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Donna Pickett joins the company as Executive VP of Marketing for Digital Products. Pickett worked for Time Life for over 20 years. As Senior VP she headed Subscriber Marketing for the music business, among other marketing and management roles. Most recently she was VP of Performance Based Media at Cannella Response Television.

Alpha Media in San Antonio has hired James Steele as Program Director for 103.3 The APP (KTFM-HD2). Steele moves to San Antonio from Alpha Media's "107.3 The Monkey" in Biloxi where he currently hosts PM Drive.

The Kevin Jackson Show will join the Genesis Communications Network – home to conspiracy guy Alex Jones – April 17, and air 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Central Standard Time, Monday through Friday. The show blends pop culture with politics, and is rich in sarcasm and humor.

(By Deborah Parenti) The recent United Airlines debacle is a good lesson for every company including radio groups and stations. Most of us have, at one time or another, had to deal with issues involving our customers, both listeners and clients, as well as the PR that swirls around those that play out in public.

The National Association of Broadcasters and the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation have unveiled an online toolkit called Awareness in Reporting to help journalists and newsrooms cover race and racially sensitive news stories.

In Cedar Rapids, the owners of KZIA have launched a new radio station for Eastern Iowa called “ROBfm.” For years, a version of this station has been heard only on HD Radio receivers at 102.9-2. Now it will be heard on translators at 98.5 in Iowa City and 95.1 in Cedar Rapids.

WNCY (Y100) Appleton-Oshkosh/Green Bay, WI, held its 4th Annual St. Jude Jam, Tuesday night, at a sold out Meyer Theatre in Green Bay. While the exact total is not yet available, the final number should be around $25,000. That’s an increase from last last year's total of $18,307.

jacapps is teaming up with Ford at the 2017 NAB Show in Las Vegas for an event called the Connected Car Hackathon. Coders and developers will compete to develop dashboard solutions that will enable audio and video content for in-vehicle consumption in today's vehicles, and in autonomous vehicles in the future.

The Prometheus Radio Project has officially asked the FCC to reconsider the change being made to the rule that limited the placement of an FM translator such that the translator’s 1 mV/m contour is not extending beyond a 40-mile radius from the AM station. Prometheus wants the Commission to revert back to the old rule. Here's why.

On April 17, the NAB issue of Radio Ink magazine will arrive on your desk (if you are a digital subscriber) and arrive in the mail that week if you subscribe to our print edition. On that cover will be the new Chairman of the FCC, Ajit Pai. The Chairman has been a great friend to radio, especially when it comes to attempting to revitalize the AM band. But what about raising the ownership subcaps in specific markets so broadcasters can better compete with Google, Facebook, and other unregulated digital companies. That's one of the questions we put to the Chairman in his cover story interview. Here's an excerpt.