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Two years after leaving Westwood One to work at a chemical solutions company, Brian Switzer is back with Westwood One. Switzer joins the company as VP/GM for Music & Entertainment -- Country, overseeing the marketing and operations of all owned and represented Country shows.

The audio and music platform will use Triton Digital's programmatic audio advertising exchange a2x. SoundCloud’s digital audio advertising inventory in the United States will now be part of Triton’s exchange. The addition of the U.S. market expands Triton and SoundCloud’s existing partnership, which covers Australia and Canada.

Beasley's new HD-2 format in Tampa is called Playa 106.9, which will also be simulcast on 92.5 (WYUU-HD2). It will feature Salsa, Merengue, and Bachata, with artists including Marc Anthony, Juan Luis Guerra, Gilberto Santa Rosa, and Luis Enrique.

It's called Format Tracker, which the company says will provide PDs with greater insight into their station’s ratings results. The report provides a customized selection from 118 different gender/ethnic/age groups, and gives the user the information in an organized, graphical, layout.

The Players’ Tribune is launching a podcast network, in partnership with DGital Media. The network will feature oral histories, athlete-hosted podcasts, a flagship show and other series. The network debuts January 26 with Giant Steps, an oral history that chronicles the rise of the Giants’ first Super Bowl championship in 1986.

The latest GMR court filing states that radio stations represented by RMLC do not want real competition concerning the music they play, nor do they want to pay for the value GMR and its writers bring to the table. And GMR has asked the court to dismiss the RMLC's lawsuit for three reasons.

In his fight with Nielsen, Bubba The Love Sponge had been challenging Nielsen's claim that certain documents were confidential. On Friday, United States District Judge James Whittemore denied Bubba's request to have those documents available for the public to see.

iHeartMedia announced on Friday that it has extended the deadline on an offer to bondholders to exchange $625 million in notes that are due next year. The offer had been set to expire last Thursday night and will now expire at 4 p.m. today.

Pai is a great friend of the radio industry, so this will be very positive news to radio executives all across the country. Pai, a Republican, will initially lead an FCC with a 2-to-1 Republican majority. The President can name a Republican and another person to fill the two open seats with nominees who will need Senate approval.

Although born into the family that gives the company its name, make no mistake: Caroline Beasley has earned every stripe and worked for every crack in the glass ceiling. Starting her radio career answering phones at a young age, she learned the business from bottom to top. And along the way, she has earned the respect and recognition of her peers.