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Gator Harrison has been named Senior VP of Programming for iHeartMedia’s Nashville market, which includes WSIX-FM, WUBT-FM, WNRQ-FM, WNRQ-HD, WRVW-FM, and WLAC-AM. He previously worked as the Senior VP of Programming for iHeartMedia Chattanooga.

A radio vet with an intoxicating name, September 1 sees Daniel celebrating 40 years great service to the airwaves of Charlotte. These days, he’s an on-air personality with iHeart's WEND-FM, but his career has seen him fill a multitude of roles.

The outspoken Clay Travis will start his new gig beginning September 6. Outkick The Coverage with Clay Travis will broadcast weekdays from 6 to 9 a.m. ET on 220 stations nationwide, in addition to FOX Sports Radio’s channel on iHeartRadio.

Portland, Oregon, that is, where KEX-AM is iHeartMedia's News station. Cort Webber, who joined iHeartMedia in 2010 and has worked in radio in Portland for 21 years, replaces Dave Hill who took off to Florida to work at another iHeart station.

Phoenix native Jeana Shepard has landed the plumb on-air spot in her home town on LIVE 101.5, beginning Monday, September 19. Shepard will be heard weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. She replaces Kimmie Caruba following Caruba’s move to WUSN-FM in Chicago.

Cumulus' Albuquerque talker KKOB-AM is now broadcasting as a simulcast on 94.5 FM thanks to a new FM translator being purchased from a local owner. The translator on top of Sandia Mountain is equivalent to a 50,000-watt FM and reaches all of the Albuquerque metro area.

iHeartMedia San Francisco announced Thursday that Kelsie Loos will be the new Digital Program Director beginning September 19, 2016. Loos will oversee digital strategy for the company’s five San Francisco radio station brands.

Holland was a programmer at Portland, Maine’s Ocean 98, Cincinnati’s Warm 98 (WRRM), and Sunny 95 and Contemporary Christian 104-9 the River (WCVO-FM) in Columbus. At Goodratings, Holland will serve as an adviser, full-service consultant, and, when needed, a short-term programming director.

The podcasting network is launching a new action sports and racing show called Jim Beaver's Project Action. The weekly show will feature various action sports stars, celebrities, race car drivers, and other adrenaline junkies.

Our series of interviews on the topic of how to make money selling digital continues today with Angie May-Yarusso, SVP of Digital & Partnerships at Emmis Digital. Yarusso leads the Digital Initiative for all of Emmis' radio stations and Marketing Partnerships for Where Hip Hop Lives, Emmis’ Cross Platform Hip Hop Audience. She's the perfect mind to tap to get all the answers our readers have been asking with regard to monetizing digital.