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Brian Beasley has been named Chief Operating Officer of Beasley Media Group, a promotion from Executive VP of Operations. Brian Beasley has worked for the company since 1977.

Alpha Media, Clinton, Missouri has a new Market Manager in Mike Fell. The Clinton market is home to KDKD-AM, KDKD-FM, and KXEA-FM.

The RAB's SVP of Research Andy Rainy is leaving after 23 years on the job. Her last day will be Friday. Meanwhile, Annette Malave (pictured), Vice President of Business Development, has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Insights.

CEO Jim Meyer said second-quarter results demonstrated continued strong demand for SiriusXM's content bundle and solid execution by his team. Net income of $173 million in Q2 is up 68% over Q2 2015. For the year, SiriusXM has added 1 million new subs, about 6,000 every day. The company is also raising guidance for the full year.

Revenue for the quarter was $1.6 billion, however net income decreased 1.7% to $114 million. The company says that was mainly due to the impact of foreign exchange. Net income increased 3.6% on a constant currency basis. Audio revenues grew 1.7% on a reported and constant currency basis.

On May 2, Entercom CEO David Field announced, "It was a terrific quarter," when he reported first quarter earnings to investors and analysts. Same-station Q1 revenue increased 6% over 2015 as the company turned in its 4th consecutive quarter of growth.

Brittany Hodak, writing in Forbes, says yes and she's pointing the finger directly at radio programmers. In a long and well-researched essay, Hodak shows that there were only seven women (nine songs) on the Billboard Country Airplay Top 30 chart so far in 2016. She outlines the reasons why she believes this is happening.

KRLD-AM in Dallas, WBAL-AM in Baltimore, WBT-AM in Charlotte, WDBO-FM in Orlando, and WINS-AM in New York will fight it out for Legendary Station of the Year as Marconi finalists this year. On Tuesday, the NAB announced all the 2016 finalists. The winners will be announced September 22 at the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner during the 2016 Radio Show in Nashville. Here are all the finalists:

The two stations (KMTT and KFXX respectively) have agreed to a multi-year affiliation agreement with the Washington State-IMG Sports Network. Cougar game-day broadcasts will now be broadcast on 910 ESPN-Portland for that city, with select games also airing on 1080 The Fan.

Ten years of dedicated support has earned Entercom Upstate, a collective of seven regional radio stations, the accolades of the Greenville Health System. Upstate has supported the Children’s Hospital over the past decade and now the hospital is dedicating its fifth floor family room to the radio group.