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Kevin Musselman has been named VP & GM for Adams Radio Group’s Fort Wayne cluster. Musselman has been with Adams in Fort Wayne since it entered the market via the acquisition of Oasis Radio and Summit City Radio Group. From 2007 to 2012 he served in GSM and GM roles for Federated Media.

Three promotions for the company on the Island: Christina Kay will take over the Afternoon Drive slot on Hot AC WALK 97.5; Joe Varecha is promoted to Marketing Director and Michael Keeney has been promoted to Promotions Director overseeing events and contesting for the five radio stations.

From Wall Street investors to your local direct sales, ratings, and technology, Hispanic radio leadership’s perspective on today’s industry will help you navigate what’s coming tomorrow. And at Radio Ink's Hispanic Radio Conference next month, Jose Valle will moderate this exciting panel discussion

In his latest Media Unplugged, Mark Ramsey points out that Apple CEO Tim Cook argues that fake news is “killing people’s minds.” Ramsey disagrees. "Not only do we think that Tim is dead wrong, we also think he’s powerless to change the state of things." In this episode of Media Unplugged Ramsey says he and Tom Asacker go inside what’s really going on in media.

Wheatstone has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Pacific Research & Engineering from GatesAir (formerly Harris Broadcast) for an undisclosed amount.

Saga Communications’ six station cluster in Jonesboro, Arkansas partnered with Raycom Media’s KAIT-TV in Jonesboro for a Wishathon. An astounding $351,123 was raised for the Make-A-Wish foundation.

At Thursday's NABA Future of Audio Symposium in Washington, DC, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said you could make a case that all smartphones should have their FM Chips activated on public safety grounds alone. However he said because he is a free market kind of guy he cannot support a government mandate requiring activation of the chips.

The prestigious Hispanic Radio Conference "Medallas de Cortez" awards received an unprecedented number of nominations this year by the close of Wednesday's (2/15) deadline.

Classic Rock DJ “Uncle Joe” Benson has signed a new multi-year agreement with Entercom's KSWD-FM in Los Ageles. Uncle Joe will continue to host on-air weekdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. PD Dave Beasing said, “Joe is the best-known and most-loved classic rock DJ in Los Angeles.

Morning host/Sports Director Tom Ackerman and morning host/news reporter Michael Calhoun (pictured) have signed multi-year extensions with expanded roles at News/Talk station KMOX 1120 (KMOX-AM) in St. Louis. The pair can be heard weekdays from 5:00 to 8:30 a.m.