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Katie Neal joined Cumulus in 2011 as evening host for WBNQ-FM in Bloomington. She moved to NASH-FM in New York City in 2013 as a weekend fill-in and has also worked as an AE at WPLJ-FM. She gets her big shot in New York City hosting middays on the Cumulus Country station in New York City and says she's over the moon.

It appears new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is cranking out a reform a day since he's taken over the corner office. This latest has to do with consent decrees and the Enforcement Bureau bypassing the full Commission before resolving issues. Pai wants the full Commission voting on the consent decrees, and so, it is ordered. Here's his full statement...

Nashville’s 92Q – WQQK calls her their Gospel Diva, and after more than 30 years with the station Connie Denell has decided to retire at the end of 2017. Denell has been with the station since 1983 and hosting her Gospel Diva program since 1987.

Townsquare will save about $750,000 in interest expenses after the company announced Wednesday it was successful at amending its senior secured credit agreement to reduce the interest rate on its term loan facilities due April 2022.

The Westwood One Sports Sound Awards ranked the most popular audio commercials that aired on Westwood's broadcast of Super Bowl LI. Motel 6 landed the top spot as spokesman Tom Bodett tries to incorporate millennial lingo to promote the national chain.

102.7 The Coyote/KCYE-FM “We Are Country!” is making some staff adjustments. Current APD/MD/ Morning Host Kris Daniels (pictured) resumes PD duties. Daniels will remain host of the Kris & Mad Dog morning show Mon.-Fri. from 5 to 10 a.m.

(By Bob McCurdy) I recently worked with a client to refine his commercials. Radio talks about seguing from vendor to valued partner and this is one way to do it. Everything else about the campaign can be on target, the offer, the station, the daypart, but if the commercials are not “right,” the campaign will under-perform and leave dollars on the table.

Bubba The Love Sponge will be back on the air in his home market as of February 13. His new station is 50,000 watt news-talker WWBA-AM (820), owned by Genesis Communications. Bubba was dropped by Beasley in Tampa back in December. He's been involved in a ratings tampering case with Nielsen since late 2015.

The deadline for the BMI Founders Award for Radio Broadcasting scholarship competition has been extended through April 1st, 2017. The second annual program will award up to $5,000 for the best original essay response entry.

CBS Radio Chicago has appointed Chad Feldman to the position of Director of News and Sports Sales. And, Joe Mackay has been appointed to the position of Director of Music Sales.