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In the increasingly crowded consumer music space, YouTube has launched a new advertising campaign for the service it launched in November. Many research studies show that, much like radio, YouTube is very strong at introducing new songs and artists and increasingly that's where consumers go to discover new Music.

“Business Rockstars”, the show aimed at entrepreneurs and those interested in starting a business has a new host. Pat O'Brien will take over as lead anchor, replacing Ken Rutkowski. The show is seen on TV in over 40 million homes and airs nationally in 150 radio markets.

Last week, the Bobby Bones Show featured former U.S. Marine Sgt. Kirstie Ennis on the Country morning radio show to share how she lost her leg serving as a helicopter door gunner in the military. This inspired Bones and his on-air crew to honor her service using proceeds from the sale of “America Strong” T-shirts.

Scholarship winners for this year’s Rising Through the Ranks seminar presented by the Radio Advertising Bureau, BMI, and the Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio group have been chosen. The 20 recipients will attend this year’s seminar August 24-25 at the BMI Nashville office.

Burger King had a big week of spending ad dollars on radio, according to Media Monitors. Last week the burger chain ran 29,366 commercials on radio stations all across the country, good for third on the Media Monitors chart.

The benefit is to support the police officers of Portland and southwest Washington. Called 98.7 The Bull Evening for Law Enforcement, the benefit will be held at the Skype Live Studio on July 21, and feature a performance from this year’s American Idol winner, Trent Harmon, along with several other surprise celebrity cameos.

The syndicated morning show will now be heard on STAR 107-9/KVGS-FM in Vegas. Current morning host Aimee will stay on and provide hourly local content for the show. Brooke & Jubal are also heard in Seattle, San Antonio, and Portland. The show is produced by Hubbard and has been distributed by Premiere since March.

The iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina returns to the American Airlines Arena in Miami on Saturday, November 5. This is the third annual “mega-concert” celebrating the best in Latin music.

Ashley “AC” Trybula is taking on the role as Digital Program Director for iHeartMedia's Chicago cluster, which includes 107.5 WGCI, V103, 103.5 KISS-FM, 93.9 MYfm, BIG 95.5, and Inspiration 1390 AM.

Premiere's FOX Sports Radio says The Herd with Colin Cowherd is now broadcasting on over 100 affiliates. Cowherd's newest stations and markets include: WINZ-AM in Miami, KHHO-AM in Seattle, KGME-AM in Phoenix, and KLSD-AM in San Diego. After leaving middays at ESPN, The Herd launched on FOX Sports Radio, iHeartRadio, and FS1 in September 2015.