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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.

Long-time WBBB-FM midday host and APD Alli Morgan has announced she's leaving the Curtis Media Group as of September 12 to pursue other opportunities. Morgan spent the last eight years with CMG in various roles, including middays, Social Media Director, and APD.

Shawn Quinn’s new morning show debuts on X105.1 (KCJK-FM) on September 6. Quinn joins X105.1 from a GenX.FM in Hagerstown, MD, where he was Director of Programming and morning host.

Detroit’s 97.1 The Ticket (WXYT-FM) has moved Jamie Samuelsen to mornings where he’ll join Mike Stone and Sara Fouracre to form The Jamie and Stoney Show beginning Tuesday, September 6.

ESPN and SEC Network play-by-play broadcaster Brent Musburger has been selected to be the ninth recipient of the Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Broadcasting from Fordham University's WFUV Radio.

TuneIn has announced new partnerships with AEG Live (promoter of the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival) and Sonos, that will bring Bumbershoot Radio to TuneIn's millions of monthly active users and into the homes of Sonos owners.

The two companies announced Wednesday an expansion of their multi-year partnership for digital media solutions. Skyview, which has engineered the process of preparing audio for digital readiness for TuneIn, will now process additional streams, including 45+ more collegiate streams and 24/7 simulcasts of NBA TV, NFL Network, MSNBC, CNBC, and more.

On Wednesday, Nieslen sent clients a follow-up explanation regarding the ratings snafu in Los Angeles causing 35 homes to be removed from the August survey. "The investigation determined that an isolated personnel issue caused several households to be improperly brought online between January and July 2016. Additionally, the investigation confirmed that this issue was isolated to Los Angeles and that no media outlets were involved." Here's the full Nielsen statement...