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WMMR is making its first on-air change in 8 years. Longtime WMMR-FM night host Matt Cord is moving over to mornings on Beasley's 95.7 BEN-FM. Cord will co-host mornings with mid-day host Kristen Herrmann as of January 3. Jacky Bam Bam will take over Cord's shift.

Guillermo Moreno will begin hosting a talk show on iHeart's PowerTalk 96.7 and AM 1400 in Freson January 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. Moreno is a conservative talker.

Out this week, the newest print issue of Radio Ink magazine. ESPN's Dan Le Batard and Stugotz are on the cover with an amazing story about how their show became one of ESPN's most popular. In addition, our annual list of Top Local Sports Talkers in America is in this issue along with a ton of content to make you a stronger leader, manager, and seller in 2017. Subscribe to our digital version for only $49 per year HERE.

Christmas was a lot more joyful for many Salina, KS, kids thanks to KSAL-AM and Y93.7. The Alpha Media stations collected hundreds of toys through on-air donations, and several community toy drives at Target, November 28 through December 13, to benefit the Saint Francis Community Services “Christmas for Kids” campaign.

Michael Banks has been hired by Connoisseur as GSM for its Farmingdale, Long Island, cluster. He joins the Sales Management Team, consisting of GSM Paul Anthony and Digital SM Lisa Phillips. He'll report to Connoisseur Media Long Island’s Director of Sales Darren DiPrima. Banks' first day on the job was Tuesday, December 27.

Entercom's KOIT-FM in San Francisco has hired Nick Steele and Kristen Flowers to host morning drive. They begin Thursday, January 5, 2017 and replace Andrew Hart, who resigned earlier this month to pursue opportunities outside of radio.

(By Bob McCurdy) Lately there’s been a lot written about “fake news” on the Internet, with Facebook mounting an aggressive effort to address it. Similarly, there’s a lot of fake news and erroneous perceptions surrounding AM/FM that we must also address. We need to look no further than the Q3 2016 Cumulus/Westwood One/Edison Share of Ear study to confirm some of these misperceptions.

Gearing up for his annual visit to CES in Las Vegas, Beasley Media Group Vice President of Programming Buzz Knight recently interviewed Jim Barry, media spokesperson for the Consumer Technology Association. Another year of fascinating technology is up ahead and here's what Barry expects to be hot in tech in 2017.

Twenty-seven-year-old Kevin Ozoria was originally charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and tampering with physical evidence. He was suspected of driving the vehicle that killed SBS New York Jean Paul Guerrero, also known as DJ Jinx Paul on La Mega 97.9. Ozorio turned himself in this past Friday. Police later dropped charges against Ozoria, after it was decided there was no evidence that Ozoria was actually behind the wheel during the crash

After dumping Bubba The Love Sponge in Tampa, Beasley's former "No Rules Rock" website is now being branded "Donald 98.7 FM." The station is also running promos promising to "Make Radio great Again." For now the station appears to be playing all music about money.