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Univision is launching its L.A. based afternoon show, “El Free-Guey,” into syndication beginning April 10. She show is hosted by Sylvia del Valle “La Bronca,” with co-hosts Jose Gutierrez “El Tambochi” and Carlos Ivan Paez “El Compa Ivan.

Univision announced that radio personalities Joel Santiago and Nany Sánchez will be bringing their personalities to the television screen as the faces of Univision New York’s new entertainment program “Viernes y Más” (Friday and More).

Drew Bland is moving from Florida to Seattle as he takes the position of PD at Entercom's 100.7 The Wolf starting April 12. Bland joins the Entercom Seattle team from K92.3 FM (WWKA) in Orlando, where he was Director of Programming and Branding. Bland was #19 on Radio Ink's 2017 Best Country PD's in America list. He replaces Mike Preston.

(By Bob McCurdy) It has been a wild week of media news, led by Verizon, AT&T, Enterprise, GlaxoSmithKline, GM, Walmart, Pepsico, and J&J’s boycott of Google and YouTube due to their inability to safely “traffic” Web advertising. The environment in which some of their banner and video ads were served make commercials airing in radio’s more controversial programs akin to appearing in Ozzie & Harriet.

(By Jeff McHugh) You must share your authentic point of view with the audience for your radio show or podcast to be memorable. Your point of view includes opinions, emotions, inner thoughts, and/or personal stories. Most media personalities share their point of view cautiously, timidly and politely. Most are afraid of upsetting someone. 

Not the Big Boy syndicated by Premiere. The Big Boy pictured here, who will join Shay Shay on Beasley's 105.1 The Bounce in Detroit. Big Boy in the Morning show with Shay Shay starts today.

After we ran our story yesterday updating you on Bubba The Love Sponge's latest counter-claims against the ratings firm, we heard from Nielsen bright and early in the morning. Their statement was short and sweet:

Dave Ramsey teamed up with WORD-FM in Greenville this week to present his Smart Money event at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium. Ramsey is pictured here with the Entercom Upstate team.

As part of the expansion of its Dallas headquarters, the company has added Mary Jo Nsuk as Corporate Accountant. Mary Jo, who also holds an MBA and B.S. in Business Administration, will join the team led by MusicMaster CFO/Controller Ryan Young. A Dallas resident, Nsuk brings a diverse accounting background to the MusicMaster team.

That's according to a new report from Borrell & Associates called "How Franchisees Are Changing Marketing Expenditures." Borrell surveyed 500 local franchise operators and the new report says these franchisees spend 67% more than the typical local business and are heavy buyers of digital, which recently overtook direct mail as their number one media choice.