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Up against sales executives from some of the biggest companies in radio, Gen Media Partners' VP/D.O.S. Julie Quarm and Senior AE Alison Rae won National Radio Awards for Sales Manager and Account Executive, respectively. The awards are from the Alliance of Women in Media’s Dallas/Ft. Worth Chapter (AWM DFW) where their 34th annual Gala was held last Thursday.

The New York station has added House Smarts with Lou Manfredini to its Saturday morning lineup. The weekly talk show is dedicated to helping listeners with home improvement tasks and updating homeowners on the latest products and methods that can help add value to their home.

AIRE Radio Networks announced Monday it will extend its partnership with renowned syndicated radio personality, medical expert, and multi award-winning influencer, Dr. Cesar Lozano. Dr. Lozano will continue to host his daily syndicated program, which engages over 2 million listeners per week through an eclectic blend of motivational messaging and music.

Mark Crowley is the first Chief Operating Officer at Marketplace. Previously, Crowley served as the VP/GM of Southern California Public Radio, a subsidiary of American Public Media. Marketplace produces and distributes programs by American Public Media.

Electronics Research has hired James Ruedlinger for the newly created position of Senior Vice President of Engineering. He will have responsibility for managing both of ERI’s RF and Structural Engineering Groups. Ruedlinger spent the past two years working for Crown Castle as an Engineering Manager. He spent almost 15 years previously with ERI, from 2000 through 2014.

(By Attorneys Bill Ragland and Preston Heard) On Friday, April 14, 2017, Digital Stream IP, LLC filed two separate complaints in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas against CBS Radio Inc. and iHeartMedia, Inc., alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,757,913 (“the ‘913 patent”).

(By Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti) The public relations nightmare that has kept United Airlines in the news has also been an opportunity to engage with some of radio’s premier public relations specialists who, over the years, have provided PR counsel and expertise to some of radio’s biggest brands.

(Communication Tips from the Front Lines by Heidi Raphael) If you do interviews on behalf of your station or company on a regular basis, you may want to consider investing in media training. Here's what I mean and why...

Steve Goldstein and Fred Jacobs, and their companies Amplifi Media and jācapps, are launching a company called SonicAi, aimed at creating voice-command solutions for the radio and podcasting industries.

Lowes jumped into the top spot of the Media Monitors weekly chart last week by airing over 46,500 commercials on radio stations all across the country. The Home Depot was nudged out of the top spot but still ran 41,328 commercials. Walgreens was third with 37,069, followed by GEICO with 36,747 and Macy's with 28,997.