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Westwood One has hired Mark Wildman as SVP for Strategic Partnerships. In this newly created position, Wildman will be responsible for leveraging Westwood One’s portfolio of products, including content, digital audio, and experiential opportunities

SiriusXM CFO David Frear spoke at an investors conference on Thursday and said the video app announced when Howard Stern renewed his contract has been delayed until 2017. It was expected to launch this year. Frear said "We continue to work through with Howard about what product will appear on the screen. It's got to start there, with the creative element and exactly what he will present."

Crowley becomes executive VP of Digital for CBS Radio, moving over from CBS Television Distribution, where he was senior VP and GM of Digital Media.

It’s called the Blacksmith’s Ride For Life and it’s another event that sees radio helping a worthy cause. Named for longtime Morning Buzz personality Andy Blacksmith, who passed away in June of 2015 due to heart disease, the ride saw 600 motorcyclists gather in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire.

At the 2016 Radio Show in Nashville, six stations made the final cut in the Marconi Awards Legendary Station of the Year category. Greater Media’s WBT-AM in Charlotte was one of them. To be considered for Legendary Station, the NAB requires a station to have been on the air for a minimum of 25 years. WBT/Charlotte has been around for 94.

(By Andy Bloom) Let’s take a journey together. Close your eyes long enough to take a mental tour of the physical layout of every radio station where you’ve worked. Consider the best and the worst stations. Your first and your most recent stations. Can you picture them?

The two companies are working together to develop a new programmatic platform that will automate the buying and selling of network radio advertising. The platform will give advertisers access to radio inventory across Marketron’s Mediascape marketplace.

Jimmy deCastro is leaving WGN-AM after three-and-a-half years as president and general manager of the Tribune Broadcasting news/talk station. The announcement was made on the air Wednesday during the morning show with Steve Cochran. He told the WGN audience, "This has been one of the most wonderful experiences of my life."

Victor Giacomelli has been named DOS for Emmis in New York City, which includes HOT 97, WBLS, and WLIB. Since 2014, Giacomelli served as GSM of Bell Media in Canada. Prior to joining Bell, Giacomelli worked for Corus Radio, also in Canada.

Robinson makes the move to Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley to co-host Selena and Scott, for the Cumulus station. She’ll team up with Scott Evans, who has worked mornings at the station since 2011.