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We were introduced to Carlos Navarro by 2016 Radio Wayne finalist WIP/Philadelphia Sales Manager Vince Gambino. Navarro is the VP of marketing for South Jersey Industries, a publicly traded energy company based in New Jersey, just outside of Philadelphia.

Last week at the Radio Show in Nashville, while Gordon Borrell was giving radio executives a realty check about how their advertisers were turning more and more to Facebook to advertise, he mentioned the name Vince Benedetto. Vince (pictured here) is the President and CEO of the Bold Gold Media Group, which owns stations in New York and Pennsylvania.

USRN fills us in on the news about the veteran morning team. iHeart Media is adding Lex & Terry to 97.3 Planet Radio. Lex Staley and Terry Jaymes became a “team” in Jacksonville in 1992.

Entercom Los Angeles’ station 100.3 The Sound KSWD-FM announced that legendary rock radio personality Cynthia Fox will now host PM Drive. The Los Angeles native began her career at the age of 18 at the iconic KMET-FM “The Mighty Met” in the 1970s.

After 40 years in the business, KBEQ Kansas City PD Mike Kennedy is hanging it up. Kennedy has been a regular on Radio Ink's Top Country PD list for years. Here are the details...

Broadcast Dialogue reports that 500 stations will soon be available on one app for listeners in Canada. UK-based Radioplayer is teaming up with 15 companies in Canada to launch the free app, which will be launched later this year.

On Wednesday, the CBS Corporation announced that, as part of its plan to spin off its radio business, CBS Radio plans to offer $460 million of senior unsecured notes and to enter into a $1 billion senior secured term loan.

Advertising Age reports that chief marketing officers are sick of publishers making far-out claims about how great their ads perform. Those are the words of Nielsen's Chief Operating Officer Steve Hasker.

Northern Broadcast is selling its Northern Michigan stations to Blarney Stone Broadcasting. The deal includes seven stations, one FM translator, and several towers. No price has been released as of yet. Here are the details...

A lot was made of this Wall Street Journal article that stated Proctor & Gamble was cutting back on its Facebook advertising because the ads were too targeted and had limited effectiveness. It was even brought up several times during the Radio Show in Nashville last week.