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iHeartMedia owns conservative talker 1130-AM in the Twin Cities. Jack Tomczak was hosting the morning show with Andrew Lee but Tomczak is out and nobody is saying why. Lee posted on the radio station website that he's not going to go into the reasons why Tomczak is gone.

iHeartMedia Milwaukee announced Thursday that Tom Potts has been named VP of Sales. He'll now be responsible for generating revenue for FM106.1 WMIL; V100.7 WKKV; 95.7 BIG FM WRIT; News/Talk 1130 WISN-AM; 97-3 NOW WRNW; and Big 920 Sports WOKY-AM.

Entravision Communications is bringing in Michael Holderle as VP of Integrated Marketing Solutions for its McAllen, Texas, market. Holderle will be responsible for selling Entravision’s marketing solutions across the company’s television, radio, digital, and event properties in McAllen.

The legendary Packers QB will make his debut on SiriusXM NFL Radio on August 5 at 6 p.m. ET, with a special "Town Hall"-style show live from Canton, Ohio, where he and other members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2016 will be enshrined the next day.

This news came to us late Wednesday night from Cumulus in Kansas City. KCMO morning news anchor Dennis Rooney passed away after a two-year battle with cancer.

CEO David Field told investors and analysts Wednesday that he was not given the opportunity to get a look at the Greater Media assets before they were sold to Beasley Media Group, adding, "It looked like a great deal for Beasley."

Those were the words of David Field, Wednesday, after taking a question about the announced Shazam ratings service. Entercom and three other companies announced they were launching a new app-based ratings service with Shazam, although the details about the service were minimal, and when it will be ready is unknown.

The nice comments (and a few not so nice) from industry veterans about former RBR/TVBR Publisher Jim Carnegie are piling up following the announcement of his death, and Eric Rhoads' editorial about his friendship with Carnegie. We heard from Walter Sabo, Joe Bilotta, Katy Bachman, Dick Taylor, and Barry O'Brien, just to name a few. In cased you missed it yesterday, here's the link to the editorial and the comments.

The 2016 NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show will be hosted by WCBS-FM morning man Scott Shannon.

When consumers listen to local radio, the DJ's will tell them when a band or artist, in the format they're enjoying, come to town for a contest. Now, when you give an artist a thumbs up in Pandora, you'll get a notification when that artist is making a stop near your town. And one tap will send you to the ticket purchase page. Pandora purchased Ticketfly last year for $450 million.