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Cumulus Regional Vice President Donna Baker is known in the industry as a great manager and leader who's specialized in successful turnarounds during her 25-plus career in Radio. Her peers tell Radio Ink she has great instincts in all parts of the business and she's wonderful to work for. "She responsive, supportive, instructive and ready to help at any time." In her current role as RVP of Cumulus Midwest, she oversees Minneapolis, Kansas City and Des Moines. Baker is also one of Radio Ink’s Best Managers for 2016 and she’s featured in the issue of the magazine that is out now. Here’s our extended interview with one of radio’s best managers.

The FCC"S Media Bureau has hit Pinebrook Corporation's WINW-AM in Canton with a $13,000 NAL for failing to file a timely license renewal application and engaging in unauthorized operation of the station.

John DiModica (right) becomes PD for WQQO-FM (Q105.5) and Russ Ryder takes over as APD. DiModica will keep his shifts as Afternoon Drive host on WQQO and as Midday host on sister station WMIM (98.3 NASH Icon). In addition to his new role at WQQO, Ryder will host the Midday show on WQQO.

(By Bob McCurdy) We all remember the three Rs from our grammar school days. Well, Brad Kelly, the Managing Director of Nielsen Audio wrote a terrific article titled "The Six R’s of Radio -- A Best Practices Guide on Radio’s Role for Advertisers." We wanted to expand on Brad’s six Rs a bit.

iHeartMedia's KOST 103.5 will officially launch holiday music this Wednesday. PD Michael La Crosse said, “This is the 15th consecutive year that KOST 103.5 has provided the soundtrack for the season to Southern California. Last year alone, KOST 103.5 averaged more than 5 million listeners weekly during the holidays, making KOST one of the most listened to radio stations in the country during that period."

MLB's Atlanta Braves and Dickey Broadcasting Company have announced a 10-year extension for Dickey Broadcasting Company to remain the exclusive radio rightsholder for Braves baseball through 2026.

Bobby Bones was presented with the Partners in Music Award at the 54th Annual ASCAP Country Music Awards on Monday, October 31 at Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville. Creative Director Robert Filhart presented the award to Bones for his unwavering support of emerging and established ASCAP songwriters and artists.

The company made the announcement Friday, promoting Brian Gann to Regional Senior Vice President of Programming for its Central Texas Region, effective immediately. iHeart has 15 stations in the region, including KASE 101, 96.7 KISS FM, and News Radio 1200 WOAI.

Twins Lulu and Lala have joined New York’s 103.5 KTU as nighttime hosts beginning November 14, weeknights from 7 p.m. to Midnight. Marissa and Marianela Gonzalez, better known as “Lulu & Lala,” first showed up on the Latin market’s radar in 2007 as part of The Luis Jimenez Morning Show on X96.3 in New York.

The apps development company has announced the promotion of Kate Levy to Vice President of Software Development. Levy joined jacapps as a mobile application developer in 2010. In that time, she’s been involved in the development of more than six 600 mobile apps