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And that means Michael Savage is out. O’Connor will host a new three-hour weekday afternoon (3-6 p.m.) show on WMAL-AM/FM beginning January 2. He segues from his co-hosting duties on WMAL’s Mornings On The Mall with Brian Wilson.

Kevin Graham is the new Program Director for News/Talk radio stations WBAP and KLIF in Dallas. Graham moves to Dallas from Boston, where he was Brand Manager for WEEI-FM/AM and Red Sox Radio Network, and Sports Radio Format Captain for Entercom for the past three years. Graham is replacing longtime Program Director Tyler Cox, who is retiring.

Talus Knight, who is the PD at KKND-FM and KMEZ-FM, has been promoted to Operations Manager for the entire New Orleans cluster. And Shawn Williams has been promoted to APD at WRKN NASH 92.3 and WZRH 106.1 the Underground. She will continue as afternoon host on WRKN and midday host on WZRH.

Scott Smith has been inducted into the Alaska Broadcasters Hall of Fame. The 27-year broadcasting vet worked his way up from Account Executive to Market Manager. He has served on the Alaska Broadcaster’s Association for 20 years and is a two-time past president.

From our keynote speakers to our informative panels from the best financial minds in America, the reviews from Forecast 2017 have been extremely positive. Broadcast Attorney Frank Montero, who conducted a great off-the-record interview with NAB CEO Gordon Smith, said, "Congratulations on the very best Forecast ever. It was a huge success." Plan now to attend Forecast 2018 on November 15, 2017 at The Harvard Club in New York City.

Jeffrey Eisenach has been appointed to head President-elect Donald Trump’s FCC transition team. He's also considered to be a candidate to head the government agency along with Commissioner Ajit Pai.

According to BIA/Kelsey, over 77% of small- and medium-sized businesses are now using social media. For the third year in a row, social media is the top marketing channel used by small businesses to communicate with their customers, according to BIA/Kelsey's latest survey.

STX Entertainment aired 27,222 commercials last week to promote its movie "The Edge of Seventeen" The movie stars Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson, and Kyra Sedgwick and takes a look at what it’s like to grow up as a young woman in today’s modern world. Here are the advertisers that filled out the Media Monitors top five.

Despite 60 number one hits, Country superstar George Strait is ticked off at country radio. Strait says Country radio is kicking him to the curb because he's too old and his music does not fit into the current country format.

The new Newsfeed feature on NextRadio provides station-centric content, such as trending Tweets from the user’s favorite radio shows. Other content pushed by NextRadio Newsfeed is specific to the user’s favorite formats and includes artist and song facts, the day’s hottest song, and which artists are coming to town with the ability to buy tickets through Vivid Seats.