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CBS RADIO has upped Tracy Brandys to Senior Vice President, Market Manager and Director of Sales for its Baltimore market, effective immediately. She will oversee a four-station cluster that includes WJZ-AM-FM, WLIF-FM, WWMX-FM, and the CBS RADIO Up Close Performance Studio. Brandys will report to Scott Herman, Chief Operating Officer, CBS RADIO.

The stations – WXMA, WDJX, WGZB, WMJM, and WGHL – raised an incredible $890,000 from the marathon, November 17-18. They broadcast live from Norton Children’s Hospital, which was also the beneficiary of the radiothon. In a nice touch, each station took the name of a child treated by the hospital.

Radio's number one advertising category had a pretty good month thanks to deep discounts and Black Friday. The 3.7% increase in sales over November 2015 translates to a rate of 17.87 million vehicles on an annualized basis. The strong month puts the auto industry on track to break an all time record for sales.

Listeners across the country can now get a free taste of iHeartRadio's two new on-demand services: iHeartRadio Plus and iHeartRadio All Access. The official launch of the products will be in January, but iHeartRadio app users will have an opportunity to sample the two new products over the next 30 days. iHeart hopes being able to save songs from live radio, replay them at will and have unlimited skips will give the company an advantage over all other streaming companies now in this space. The question is will consumers pay $5 or $10 per month for those features?

(By Laurie Kahn) Many of us remember the style of interviews that were done in the ‘90s and early 2000s: Tell them how hard the job is and try to scare them away; if they come back, consider hiring them. Unfortunately, even with a tight labor market, many managers are still scaring away people who could be solid candidates and potentially successful in sales.

(By Tracy Johnson) Tracy Johnson is president and CEO of the Tracy Johnson Media Group. We stockpiled your questions, shipped them off to Tracy, and he delivered the kind of information you’re going to want to print out and tape to your studio window.

The overnight show is hosted by Jon Grayson, and Westwood confirms the syndicated version of the program will be history January 1.

After a 10-year run, Al Peterson is closing down the newsletter and website he publishes that focus on News, Talk, and Sports. The final editions of NTS MediaOnline Today, and NTS MediaOnline Monthly will be Friday, December 16.

After six months of searching for a PD, Entercom decided to hire from within at Sports Radio WEEI. Current WEEI APD Joe Zarbano (pictured) has been named PD replacing Kevin Graham, who left last spring.

WYCD-FM Detroit afternoon co-host Rob Stone spearheaded a station fundraiser to help the family of fallen Wayne State Police Officer Collin Rose. With the help of PD Tim Roberts, here's what they were able to accomplish...