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Don Dalesio will join the company as its new Chief Operating Officer and Market President. He will have complete oversight of Press’ marketing, sales, promotions, programming, and digital sales efforts as well as overall general management of the day-to-day operations.

That was the statement from John Abbot, Cumulus' Chief Financial Officer, who's been on the job now for four months. And, he's been spending the majority of his time trying to deal with that debt, which is $2 billion.

The country music will flow this Thanksgiving with the four-hour, commercial-free CMT Thanksgiving Special with Cody Alan. Premiere Networks announced the Thanksgiving special for Country stations, Thursday. The special will feature country hits as well as holiday-themed songs, hosted by CMT personality Alan.

For the third quarter, Saga's net operating same-station radio revenue dropped slightly from $27.8 million in 2015 to $27.6 million in 2016. For the first nine months of 2016, Saga's same station net revenue for its radio stations was up about $1 million. The company took in $529,000 in political radio revenue in Q3 and has booked $1.9 million in political radio revenue for the year so far.

iHeartMedia's KLOU-FM in St. Louis has named Jules Riley PD at the "Greatest Hits of the '70s and '80s" station. Riley has over 15 years experience, including Ops Manager, Brand Manager, PD, and host. She moves to St. Louis from Tulsa where she was Operations Manager for Scripps' KVOO-FM. From 2005 until 2008, Riley was PD for WARH-FM and KMVN-FM in St. Louis, where she was named one of Radio Ink’s Best Program Directors in America in 2007.

News Director Rob Graham is retiring after 32 years with WINA Charlottesville. Graham joined WINA in 1982 and was there until 2000 when he went into public relations, returning to WINA two years later.

iHeart's "Variety" station WASH-FM in DC is bringing back Jenni Chase to host middays. Chase held down that slot until a family move took her to Dallas this past spring. She's also worked the midday position for iHeartMedia’s WMZQ-FM, and has more than 15 years of experience in Washington, DC, as an on-air talent. Sabrina Conte will segue to host 97.1 WASH-FM’s afternoon drive.

Tonwsquare's Local Marketing Solutions division, which includes radio and digital, saw a net revenue increase 3.8% in the third quarter. Political revenue will come in at just under $9 million for the year, $1 million shy of the company goal of $10 million.

Quarterly earnings are taking place for many media companies around the country. You've been reading about many of radio's public companies here in this space. Some are flat, some are up a bit, some are down slightly. When you compare radio to the once almighty newspaper industry, you may come to the conclusion that radio is still quite strong. Here are some of the results from the nation's major newspapers.

The Washington State market held its 11th Annual Tee It Up for Tots golf tournament on September 9 at Ocean Shores Golf Course, attracting more than 100 golfers. A fun day was also a huge success: More than $25,000 was raised.