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Stephanie Callihan is the Vice President and General Manager for Entercom in Austin. She started her radio career as an assistant to an account executive and worked her way up to NSM, GSM, DOS and then finally market manager. Her colleagues says she is a true radio professional.

That's what we're hearing from several industry sources, but of course those things can change when the government is involved. It was July 19 when Beasley announced it was purchasing the 21 Greater Media stations in 7 markets for $240 million Dollars. Since then Beasley has been putting its new corporate team in place and last month divested 4 stations in Charlotte to Entercom for $24 million.

We get questions. Boy do we get questions. With the amount of managers, executives, and hosts we talk to on a daily basis, great questions pop up from the people in the field doing radio's heavy lifting all the time. And when that happens we turn to the experts, those who have a proven track record of success in our industry, who we know are going to give you the best advice possible.

(By Kevin Neathery) Constant recruiting is vital to building a great sales force and insulating revenue from attrition. Online job sites are highly effective and a must, but can’t match on-air recruiting to reach potential candidates already living or working in your coverage area.

(By Ronald Robinson) As provided in a recent Radio Ink report, Neilson numbers suggest that radio still enjoys a significant advantage over other electronic media in audience penetration. Depending on demographics, radio apparently continues to attract 90-95 percent of available audience. While no longer newsworthy, the stats may yet be useful to some AEs. So, what’s next?

They are both big radio advertisers, and they were very big last year. On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported the two fantasy-sports websites will each pay $6 million to resolve lawsuits in New York regarding their advertising practices.

Country Radio Broadcasters is now accepting applications for the Rusty Walker Scholarship program, which provides an all-expenses-paid trip to, and attendance at, CRS 2017 in February. Applicants must be full-time radio station employees and a first-time CRS attendees. Three scholarships will be awarded. Apply at https://www.countryradioseminar.com/. Deadline is November 7.

The Financial Exchange with Barry Armstrong and Chuck Zodda will be added to NH1 News Radio WNNH FM 99.1 in Concord, and WEMJ FM 107.3 & AM 1490 in Laconia, both in New Hampshire.

CBS Radio and Simon & Schuster have launched a new podcast called “The Paper Donkey Podcast” on the play.it network. The 45-minute podcast is a conversation between writers and editors about their work and will be posted every other Wednesday. It's the second podcast created by CBS Radio and Simon & Schuster.

Buzz Knight, the longtime SVP/program development for Greater Media, will be joining Beasley as VP/programming on the close of Beasley's purchase of Greater Media. He takes over from Justin Chase, who, as reported earlier, has been promoted to EVP/programming for Beasley Media Group. Chase called Knight "incredibly strategic and well suited for the Beasley company culture."