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EJ Greig is the PD at "93 WBLX The Big Station" in Mobile. His Market Manager, Angel Brown, tells Radio Ink EJ has transformed the sound of WBLX. "One of his greatest accomplishments is creating a culture with his team of inclusion. We all know, as leaders, difficulties come from leading veteran teams. His veterans, some who have been with WBLX for 20 years, have come to realize that EJ is a leader of vision, integrity, passion, and drive. Those reasons are why his veteran team follows him."

The ratings firm says allowing Bubba The Love Sponge's claim that Nielsen, Cox and Cox morning man Mike Calta conspired against him will not only delay the upcoming June trial against Bubba, but are also "based on fanciful conspiracy theories with no basis in fact."

Joshua Mednick has been named the Chief Operating Officer for Lazer Broadcasting. Before joining Lazer, Mednick was Executive VP for Casa Media Partners. Lazer owns and operates 29 radio stations in 13 markets in California and one in Nevada.

USRN has hired Neil Barry as Executive Director/Brand Sponsorships. Barry will handle the development of multi-platform advertising programs and branded content for the network’s marketing partners.

Cumulus Media’s 103.9 WVBO in Appleton/Oshkosh is moving Chuck Lakefield (pictured) to mornings. Lakefield shifts to mornings from his midday slot on WVBO. He was also morning host on 1280 WNAM-AM in Appleton and has hosted morning shows in Duluth, Lansing, and Terre Haute.

Detroit’s News/Talk 760 WJR-AM will debut a new daily sports feature Monday: Eli Zaret’s After Further Review, will air weekdays at 4:36 p.m. on The Guy Gordon Show, which is broadcast from 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. on 760 WJR-AM. 

It will be a temporary reduction in power on (translator) 93.5-FM so Emmis can work with the FCC "to eliminate potential interference issues." You've been reading about how Woof Boom Radio President J Chapman has a station that he says is being interfered with by this Emmis signal. This reduction is to help deal with that situation.

Westwood One News has re-signed some of CBS's biggest radio brands, such as WINS in New York, KYW in Philadelphia, and WBZ in Boston. The network has also added CBS's WWJ in Detroit. The news network now has more than 700 affiliates nationwide, and as of this week can also be heard on the SiriusXM POTUS and Progress channels.

The $11.2 million purchase of KFWB-AM in Los Angeles is now closed. Lotus Communications purchased the station from Universal Media Access KFWB-AM, LLC. The sale was announced on October 4, 2016. Earlier in 2016, after sitting in a trust since 2011, KFWB-AM was sold to Universal Media Access for $8 million. Eight months later the station was flipped for $11 million. Kalil & Company were the exclusive brokers on the Lotus purchase.

And comes in second on the Media Monitors weekly chart by airing 30,947 commercials on radio stations all across America last week. GEICO held on to the top spot with 46,644 spots. Lowes' big competitor, The Home Depot, was third with 28,683. Rounding out the top five were McDonald's with 26,100 and employment company Indeed with 25,733.