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This time it’s 99.9 KEZ, Phoenix, flipping to non-stop Christmas music through December 25. At 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, the festivities began with "Most Wonderful Time of the Year" by Andy Williams. 

Nationally syndicated program The Bert Show has had great success with its “Big Thank You” campaign, reaching its goal of providing every service person deployed outside the U.S. with a handwritten “Thank You” letter on Thanksgiving Day.

As CBS Radio prepares to spin off from CBS Corp., Matthew Siegel joins the company as chief financial officer. He was most recently co-CFO and treasurer for Time Warner during its merger with Charter Communications; before that he was senior VP and treasurer for TWC. CBS Radio President Andre Fernandez said Siegel's "broad financial experience serving top media organizations will help position us for continued success."

Jack Dunkle has been elevated to Senior Vice President of Affiliate Sales, while Roger Nadel has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Affiliate Operations. Both promotions are effective immediately, and both executives will report to Julie Talbott, President of Premiere Networks.

Law360 is reporting that an Oregon federal judge has agreed with a magistrate judge's recommendation to toss out the TRN anti-trust suit. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken dismissed half the allegations with prejudice and half without based on the September recommendation to grant a motion to dismiss against the suit brought by TRN and other radio producers. TRN's Mark Masters told Radio Ink last night, "We are going to appeal, then win."

Those are the words of NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith who spoke at a Communications Forum luncheon Tuesday, sponsored by The Media Institute (Smith is also speaking at Radio Ink's Forecast in New York City, Wednesday). Smith said these are transitional times as local radio and television stations become even more relevant to, and more trusted by, communities

Dr. Ronald Hoffman’s syndicated Intelligent Medicine show airs on more than 100 stations, including flagship WOR-AM in NYC. Now the podcast of the same name is matching that success, having just surpassed 3 million downloads.

The conservative talker was a big supporter of Donald Trump and is now being considered for White House Press Secretary.

The disquiet on the right continues in the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential victory. This time it was Glenn Beck lashing out and saying of the President-elect's Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon: "He is a terrifying man," according to the New York Daily News.

Former KYGO Denver host David Mueller says this photo, leaked to TMZ, will help him win his court case against Taylor Swift. Mueller's attorney's tell TMZ the picture "doesn't prove a thing other than he didn't have his hand underneath her skirt." Picture courtesy TMZ