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97.6 FM KOYE (La Invasora) Program Director, Juan Martin Ovalle was honored as Professional of the Year at the 9th Annual Hispanic Business Achievers Awards on October 26. The annual award recognizes Hispanic-owned businesses and professionals that have been successful in their respective industries.

The most important gathering of the year is only weeks away. If you planned on attending Radio Ink's Forecast 2017, Early-bird registration of $1,395 ends today. As of Tuesday, November 1, registration goes up to $1,595. Register for Forecast HERE. Check out our agenda HERE.

SummitMedia Birmingham station Easy 102.1-FM is that city's first all-Christmas music station. It flipped on Friday. PD John Olsen said, “This has been such an emotionally difficult year and Christmas music brings so much joy, we wanted to offer listeners the opportunity to get into the holiday spirit early this year.” Easy 102.1 will play Christmas favorites through Christmas Day.

Last week it was announced that the FCC would hold a hearing regarding the license renewal of Entercom's KDND in Sacramento. The hearing was prompted by a station contest that lead to the death of a listener. On Friday, Entercom CEO David Field issued a statement (see next story). Today we turn to broadcast attorney John Garziglia to get his thoughts on this hearing, which way it might go and what managers should do regarding their contests and contest rules.

Jess Wright takes on the newly created role of Country Music Format Captain at Slacker. She will oversee all things country from her home office in Nashville.

As we reported Friday morning, the FCC is conducting a hearing on the KDND Sacramento license renewal ten years after a listener died during a station contest. Entercom CEO David Field issued the following statement Friday morning....

The former RAB SVP of training and long-time Nebraska broadcaster died last week after suffering a major stroke a year ago. Dodson was 74. There will be no funeral, but a celebration of life Tuesday. Dodson got his first radio job when he was 15 at KNCY in Nebraska City.

(Bob McCurdy) Big data is getting a lot of headlines and has made the process of purchasing media more sophisticated over the past several years, as everyone is searching for ways to maximize the impact of their marketing spend.

(By Ronald Robinson) Very seldom, when I am visiting with old friends who are not involved in radio, do I bring up any of the material I discuss in this space. Somehow, I did touch on it when having a coffee with a good pal. He listened to some of the points I regularly make here, paused briefly and said, “Psy-Ops.”