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Kavi Halemane is the new General Manager of Digital Programming for iHeartRadio. Halemane was VP of Premiere Digital Media, where he led the revamp of its digital network. He also worked as the Executive VP and Head of Digital for The Collective, as well as a variety of digital, marketing, and product management roles at Interscope Geffen A&M Records.

Entercom Denver’s Alice 105.9 (KALC) have decided to keep Slacker & Steve for another five years. Slacker & Steve have been together in afternoons for Alice 105.9 for 10 years.

Nathan James has been named Director of Marketing for Philadelphia where the company has six stations. James will oversee the promotions and digital departments for the stations and will be responsible for building and executing revenue opportunities for advertisers using remotes, events, social media, station contesting, and talent appearances.

Joel Katz is teaming up with Maryann Morgan to co-host mornings, 5:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. Mondays through Fridays, on Magic 98.3 New Jersey. Program Director Debbie Mazella said, “I have been pushing for this for a long time and it’s finally here."

Nationally syndicated talker Dave Ramsey presented his Smart Money event in Sacramento this week and filled the Adventure Christian Church. Ramsey combined forces with local affiliate Talk 650 KSTE to promote the event.

The increase was driven by national, which was up 19%, while local was down 4%. Breaking down national, spot revenue was up 14% while national network business was up 26%. Here are the details on the Entravision quarter...

Entravision CEO Walter Ulloa was very complimentary about Entravision's syndicated network lineup on the company earnings call, Thursday night. That content includes Erazno y la Chokolata (who will appear on the March 27 cover of Radio Ink Magazine), Alex El Genio Lucas and Eduardo Piolin Sotelo. Ulloa says that lineup has a lot to do with Entravision's advertising success.

As Entravision’s President & Chief Operating Officer, Liberman will continue to lead the management and operation of all of Entravision’s radio, television and digital media properties, and will continue to report directly to CEO Walter Ulloa.

And even more news from Entravision as the company announces the purchase of a company called Headway, which provides mobile, programmatic, data and performance digital marketing solutions primarily in the U.S., Mexico and Latin America. Here's what Entravision CEO Walter Ulloa said about the deal.

Entercom and CBS Radio have established pricing for a seven-year, $500 million senior secured term loan B to be issued in connection with their merger. The loan will be issued to refinance Entercom’s capital structure, with proceeds used to repay its existing term loan and redeem its preferred stock, as well as pay transaction fees and expenses.