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Kaloustian will be General Sales Manager of SportsRadio 94WIP, Talk Radio 1210 WPHT, Phillies Radio, and the Eagles Radio Network, it was announced by VP, Director of Sales Dave Scopinich, CBS RADIO Philadelphia. The appointment is effective as of Wednesday, April 5.

This announcement out of the Entercom corporate office. "The Larry and Kathie J show will no longer be airing on KS 107.5 FM in Denver as of Monday, April 3rd. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we could not come to an agreement on terms. Larry and Kathie have been an important part of the station for many years. We wish them both well." A nationwide search is underway to replace them.

Lon Helton, who will be receiving his fourth ACM “National On-Air Personality” award at the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas this weekend, will also be celebrating his silver anniversary with Country Countdown USA. The show launched over the weekend of April 4-5, 1992.

You may recall our story with Galaxy CEO Ed Levine ("An Argument For More Deregulation") where he detailed how his company is no longer fighting for advertising dollars just with the newspaper, other radio stations, and a TV station. He detailed how the unregulated world of digital is gobbling up ad dollars while radio continues to find itself handcuffed by ancient FCC rules. We found another example for you thanks to BIA/Kelsey's Mark Fratrik...

They say they are leveling the playing field. Congressman Jerrold Nadler and Congressman Marsha Blackburn have reintroduced the Fair Play Fair Pay Act, which is a bill, they say, " to create a modern and uniform system of rules governing music licensing for digital and terrestrial radio broadcasts." Translation: you will pay a tax to play music. Here's what the bill says...

The Innovation in Music Awards has announced Cumulus' Mike McVay as the recipient of the Heritage Award in Innovation. The award serves to recognize McVay as a music-industry professional who has committed his entire career to identifying groundbreaking initiatives and discovering new talent.

Regarding Nadler's bill to tax radio stations, musicFIRST Executive Director Chris Israel said, “This bipartisan legislation, together with recent developments that demonstrate strong support for the performance rights of artists, shows clear momentum for reaching a solution to copyright reform that establishes free-market pay for all music creators and technology-neutral rules for music services."

Seton Hall’s famous student-run radio station – WSOU 89.5 FM – will welcome sportscaster Matt Loughlin ’79, traffic reporter Pete Tauriello ’76, and engineer Richard Koziol into its legendary HOF on Saturday, April 8, 2017. In addition, George Roskos ’09 will be presented with the station’s Distinguished Young Alumnus Award. 

In response to the Nadler bill, NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith said the legislation is a job-killer and radio plays an indispensable role in breaking new artists and promoting record sales. Here's Smith's full statement...

(By Laurie Kahn) There is an art and a science to successful recruiting. You need to have a strategy for attracting and retaining those you want and need to hire. It is not a quick or easy fix, but one that needs to be put in place, with accountability, or you are going to be lost in the dust when it comes to hiring and turnover.