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CBS Philadelphia debuted WZMP-FM as Today's 96.5 Thursday morning. The Adult Contemporary station is promising limited commercial interruptions. WZMP was one of two station CBS radio picked up in the 2014 swap with Beasley. Back then CBS flipped the station from rhythmic CHR “Wired 96.5” to its CHR “Amp.”

Michael Mann will see his duties as Director of Sales in Chicago expand in the new position of Director of Sales Strategy, Broadcast Media. Mann will work closely with the broadcast division’s senior leadership and local managers to create incremental resources, better sales tools, and ultimately more defined sales strategies.

On Thursday, Entercom Boston debuted an R&B format, calling it "The New 97.7." Since 2006, the frequency had been simulcast with the company’s heritage Rock station, WAAF 107.3FM. The PD will be Chris Malone, recruited from Cumulus's WRBO and WKIM in Memphis, and the station launches with 10,000 songs in a row.

First Beasley dumped Bubba The Love Sponge from morning drive on WBRN. The No Rules Rock format quickly became history after that and Beasley stunted with "Donald-FM," which featured a menu of songs about money. Thursday night the new format was officially launched...

The new BEN FM Morning Show with Matt & Kristen will broadcast weekdays 6-9 a.m. Matt Cord has come in from sister station 93.3 WMMR where he was night host for 11 years. His co-host is Kristen Herrmann and their first show aired Tuesday, January 3.

The submission window has opened for the NAB’s 30th annual Crystal Radio Awards, honoring outstanding community service. Entry submissions must be received by January 31, and winners will be announced at the NAB Show Radio Luncheon, Tuesday, April 25 in Las Vegas.

A boxing champion in her own right, Laila Ali now has her own lifestyle podcast on PodcastOne. Called Laila Ali Lifestyle, listeners will be able to hear Laila’s thoughts on facing life's challenges as she prepares them for victory through insights on fitness, holistic wellness, cooking, relationships, parenting and more.

On the heels of SNL/Kagan reporting the radio deal volume in 2016 was at its lowest in decades, we turned to a handful of experts who work the deals every day to find out what the reasons were and what we can expect moving forward. Here's what they had to say...

Her term expired in July of 2016 and her renomination for a second 5-year term never made it to a Congressional vote last year. On Wednesday, President Obama gave it another try by renominating Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel.

Pierre Bouvard is the Chief Insights Officer at Cumulus and Westwood One. In his latest blog post Bouvard cites a brand new study Westwood One commissioned Nielsen to conduct on a radio campaign run by an auto aftermarket retailer. And here's what the study turned up.