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Afternoon host Cortney Hicks will shift to daytime announcer in the 10 a.m.-3 p.m. slot. She will also continue her duties as V 101.9 Music Director. Hicks’ move finds Tone X taking over afternoons, 3-7 p.m. And that's just the start of it.

“Charlotte’s Plug For New Hip-Hop and R&B,” Power 98/WPEG-FM, have a new trio of hosts for their listeners -- and don’t let the names throw you off. Ya Girl Nikki will take over weekday evenings 7 p.m. to Midnight; Mr. Incognito will move to mornings; and John “Sport E. Odie” Adams will take over the afternoon shift from 3p.m.-7p.m., Monday through Friday.

The Amarillo station’s annual Jude Country Cares Radiothon was a corker, raising $50,639 and topping last year’s total by $8,000.

The new partnership will allow PodcastOne to offer advertisers audio advertising with one-to-one targeting abilities. PodcastOne will now be able to use AdsWizz’s suite of products, including Audio Ad Insertion Software for on-demand content, AudioServe for campaign management, and PodWave, a marketplace for podcast audio inventory.

According to the 2017 Infinite Dial Study, 82% of the U.S. population listens to AM/FM radio every month in their vehicles. CDs are next at 52%, digital music is at 45%, and online radio, which includes streaming services such as Pandora and Spotify, lags way behind at 26%.

Whether it's Pandora, iHeartRadio, or your local radio station. Whether it's on a phone, a table, or an Amazon Echo, "Time Spent Listening" to online audio continues to grow, according to the latest Infinite Dial study. Edison Research and Triton presented the data yesterday and here's what they said...

Radio lost a little ground to YouTube when it comes to music discovery, according to Infinite Dial 2017. Friends and family remains the number one source for music discovery (68%), YouTube came in second (64%), with AM/FM radio dropping to third (63%). Pandora was a distant fourth (48%) and Facebook (41%) was fifth. So how do these numbers compare to 2016?

While Pandora still remains the big dog on the block, iHeartRadio is gaining ground, in terms of consumer awareness. Eighty-six percent of Americans are familiar with the Pandora brand, while 71% are now aware of the iHeartRadio brand. And we have a pretty good idea why it's growing. Radio.

It was a modest 0.3% increase in same-station revenue for the Christian Broadcaster in Q4 of 2016, while all broadcast revenue increased $1.3%. Salem CEO Ed Atsinger said, "We had a successful quarter with overall revenue increasing 2.2%." Here are all the details...

Mark Gray has been named CEO of Katz Media Group, overseeing Katz's radio and television companies. Gray replaces Mark Rosenthal as CEO. After nearly four years with the company, Rosenthal announced his decision to step down as CEO of Katz Media Group at the end of March. Mary Gray is also the 2017 co-chair of Radio Ink's Forecast Conference.