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Christine Jordan gets the title of Manager of Affiliate Relations. Jordan comes to Sun Broadcast Group from United Stations where she was most recently Affiliate Sales Rep and Product Manager. She also worked at Epic Records in promotions.

Natasha Castles has been hired as the new night host for CBS Radio's KMLE-FM in Phoenix. She takes the mic next Monday, replacing Kimmie Caruba who took the night gig on WUSN a couple weeks ago.

On August 8, 2014, Hubbard brought John Gallagher in to run the company's Chicago cluster. On Monday he was let go. Hubbard Radio President/COO Drew Horowitz told Radio Ink, "We felt we needed to go in a different leadership direction."

On Wednesday, Sept. 21, ESPNLA 710AM will debut a new, live-and-local weekday lineup, and focus on all Los Angeles sports. The day will begin with a new local morning show featuring Keyshawn Johnson, Jorge Sedano, and LZ Granderson.

The 7th-, 8th-, and 9th-place advertisers on the Media Monitors list two weeks ago, became the 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-biggest advertisers on radio last week.

As of today, DJ KG is the new afternoon host on 100.9 The Beat, iHeart's Hip Hop and R&B station in New Haven. DJ KG is a 15-year veteran of the Connecticut airwaves and one of the most sought after DJs in New England.

Hubbard's WTMX-FM in Chicago is celebrating its 17th year of raising money for the children and families at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. The station raises money for the hospital all week during a radiothon.

CBS Sports Radio and Westwood One today are joining forces to launch a new weekday podcast featuring Jim Rome. It will be hosted on the Play.It network. The Daily Jungle Podcast will be a round-up of the best of The Jim Rome Show from that particular day.

It's the fourth annual We Can Survive concert in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month for CBS Radio. The event will be held Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The artist lineup includes Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande, Charlie Puth, G-Eazy, Meghan Trainor, OneRepublic, and Pitbull.

CBS Radio-owned US99 in Chicago will present the second annual Stars and Strings, an acoustic concert celebrating our nation’s military heroes and their families. Jason Aldean will headline the show.