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Radio One Richmond announced the promotion of WCDX-FM midday host Paris Nicole to APD. Paris began her career in radio at 16 years old as an intern at a local radio station. Paris went on to graduate from Hampton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism.

In this newly created position, Glen Tacinelli will oversee all sales for 77 WABC, 95.5 WPLJ, NASH FM 94.7, and Radio 103.9, as well as Cumulus Media-New York’s digital assets. Tacinelli was previously GSM of 77 WABC, a position he has held since July 2015.

The Phoenix Country station’s morning show hosts Chris Matthews and Nina D., along with Packages From Home, asked Valley residents to write 53,000 “Thank You” letters to the troops this holiday season in an effort called “Chris & Nina’s Big Thank You.”

The company, which provides cloud-based artificial intelligence media analytics and cognitive solutions, has signed agreements with Cumulus' New York, L.A. and Chicago markets to license Veritone’s Cognitive Media Platform to provide near real-time audio capture, indexing and analytics.

In a White Paper to the Trump transition team the nonprofit representing 2,000 news organizations says the digital age has vastly changed the way we disseminate and receive information and it urged the Trump team to change several laws governing the news media.

iHeartMedia announced Wednesday that Jose Gadea has been named PD for La Preciosa Network, which includes affiliates in Sioux City, Salinas/Monterey, Bakersfield, Riverside, Santa Barbara, and San Antonio.

While radio is still trying to figure out how to monetize its social media accounts without alienating listeners, local advertisers are continuing to migrate to social media to build their companies. That's according to a new report from Borrell and Associates.

Wisconsin talker Mitch Henck forgot all about an interview he had scheduled with House Speaker Paul Ryan. That is until Henck started taking calls and there was listener "Paul" waiting to go on the air.

Calling them Bounce Ambassadors, Beasley Media Group has unveiled the local lineup of hosts for 105.1 The Bounce. The station launched in July when it was owned by Greater Media, flipping from Sports to Throwback Hip Hop. The format has been very well received by the Detroit market, with excellent ratings out of the gate. Here's the new local lineup...

Southern California Public Radio station 89.3 KPCC-FM has added a signal booster to improve its coverage of the west side of Los Angeles. Listeners west of the 405 Freeway, including those in Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades, Sawtelle, and Brentwood, should now experience a stronger signal with less interference from other stations on the same or adjacent radio frequencies. The project took two years.