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Albany, Georgia, is where Dollar becomes the Operations Manager for Cumulus' six radio stations in the market. Dollar will also be midday host on NASH FM 104.5 (WKAK-FM) in Albany, and on the air on Rocker WJAD-FM afternoons from 2-6 p.m. Dollar moves to Albany from Cumulus Montgomery where he was PD at WLWI-FM for over eight years.

The new supporters of the act are Representatives Carlos Curbelo (FL-26), Andy Harris (MD-1), Mac Thornberry (TX-13), and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5), chair of the House Republican Conference. The Local Radio Freedom Act (LRFA) now has 191 cosponsors in the House and 22 in the Senate.

Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins might be having a protracted waltz with the organization over a new playing contract, but that hasn’t prevented him signing a new one-year commitment with 106.7 The Fan. Cousins will return to mic duties for the third consecutive year on the Grant and Danny show.

The Country station has announced that Lois Lewis will commence her dual roles July 17. Lewis previously worked as the Assistant Program Director and Music Director for iHeartMedia Las Vegas’ 95.5 The Bull.

At the annual awards banquet of the Missouri Broadcasters Association, June 9-10, the Park Hills station received three first-place finishes and a certificate of merit. One of the awards was for Best Local Website for kfmosports.com.

We all know the troubles the Windy City has been going through in recent times, with shootings seemingly a daily occurrence. Well 107.5 WGCI isn’t taking it sitting down in the studio. Instead, the good folks at WGCI are organizing Peace in the Streets Summer Block Parties at various times and locations (see the listings in story).

Airplay monitoring outfit Mediabase has promoted Minal Patel to Project Manager. Minal joined the company in 2008 as Director of Client Services and has advanced through various departments. Her experience includes stints at Loud Records, Billboard, Atlantic Records, and Premiere Radio Networks.

Direct access to concert and festival listings from AXS and Eventbrite, embedded within Spotify, gives those fans fast purchase access. This expands the company’s venue offerings to hundreds around the globe.

According to the Internet Advertising Bureau, the first quarter of 2017 was the highest Q1 ever for digital advertising in the U.S., reaching $19.6 billion. That's an increase of 23%, or $3.7 billion, over Q1 2016. It's also the second-highest quarter of all time, following the 4th quarter of 2016, which was $21.6 billion.

We'll see if this prediction from Magna actually materializes at the end of the year, however, Magna is predicting that due to decreased demand from a variety of ad categories, radio ad revenue will decline 4.4% this year. So what were those categories?