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(By Dick Kalt) How many times have you hired people for positions, thinking they’d do a great job, only to find that it’s not working out as well as you’d hoped or expected? Either they just didn’t get it together, didn’t get along with others, or simply didn’t deliver a good work product. So you sent them packing.

New York City radio reporter and anchor Glenn Schuck has been announced as the keynote speaker for the 5th annual National Student Electronic Media Convention on Saturday, October 22, in Philadelphia. Schuck has been a broadcaster for more than 30 years and currently works at 1010 WINS. The New Jersey native will share his insights on the media’s coverage of the 2016 Presidential campaigns and the evolving role of journalists in the rapidly changing media landscape.

Nigel Burton is joining the team at Portland’s Rip City Sports Radio 620, alongside Rip City Morning Show host Dan Sheldon. Rip City Mornings with Dan and Nigel will air weekdays from 6-9:00 a.m.

Law360.com reports that Cumulus has, for now, won a lawsuit against former WAOA Melbourne, FL. DJ David Vickery who accused the company of failing to pay overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

WOGL is CBS Radio's Greatest Hits station in Philadelphia where Nicky G lands the Music Director's job. He's been with WOGL since 2012 as weekday fill-in and weekend host.

Curtis Media Group has appointed veteran programmer Tim Maranville as Director of Programming for WBBB-FM in Raleigh-Durham. Maranville has worked in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Denver and also served as VP of Programming for CBS Radio in San Francisco.

The Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio Group announced it has formed an alliance with Marketron to establish the “MIW Rising Star Award,” in honor and memory of Renée Roth, Marketron’s long-time VP of International Sales. The award will go to the top scoring scholarship recipient from the Rising Through the Ranks program. Beasley Tampa GSM Erika Beasley (pictured here) will take home the inaugural award.

The San Diego Radio Broadcasters Association has merged all of its membership into the Southern California Broadcasters Association. The SCBA’s new combined membership of 168 radio stations now covers 56,000 square miles of Southern California, reaching 15.5 million radio listeners every week.

The Christian radio network will now use StreamGuys across its 17 radio stations for ad insertion, audience measurement, and statistical reporting software to support its live broadcast streams.

Community Broadcasters is moving Lance Hale up the chain of command. He's been promoted to Director of Rock Programming for the company's entire group of radio stations.