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And they are: Trent Muldrow - Eastern region, based in Columbia, SC; Jeff Caudell - Western region, based in San Antonio, TX; and, Geary Morrill - Midwest region, based in Saginaw, MI.

Jeff Jarnigan takes on the role having 30 years’ experience in radio broadcasting in the Knoxville market. Cumulus’ Knoxville cluster is headlined by WIVK-FM.

Conry has taken over the 3-6 p.m. slot at Power Talk 1360/1280 in Modesto. Conry is heard throughout the Midwest, Southeast, and West Coast, and has been on-air in Central California for three years on Sacramento's News Radio KFBK. In addition to his own show, Conry has sat in for Jason Lewis and Mark Belling nationally.

Paul Giammarco will join Lite Rock 105/WWLI-FM in Providence to host afternoons as of Tuesday, July 26. Giammarco moves to WWLI-FM from the CW28, where he was in account management and development.

New York State Broadcasters Association President David Donovan points out that pirate radio enforcement by the FCC is way down in the last year. He provided us with the following stats from the FCC website to prove his point...

Big news announced Monday that iHeartMedia’s 24/7 News Network will provide its 1,000 affiliated radio stations, plus iHeartMedia's more than 850 radio stations, with access to NBC News broadcasts, along with an hourly newscast provided to its network.

About 90 percent of EAS activations are generated by the National Weather Service (NWS) and concern weather events. The amended FCC rules add three new “event codes” that can be used to warn the public about the storm surges and extreme winds that may accompany hurricanes and other severe weather events.

Fort Myers Florida Conservative Morning Show host Drew Steele announced Monday he was leaving 92.5 Fox News Radio to take a job at KSL in Salt Lake City. The person who hosted mornings before Steele was Trey Radel (pictured) who went on to become a Congressman in 2012.

In a long feature story about his successful radio journey and best-selling book, iHeartMedia syndicated country host Bobby Bones tells Rolling Stone he's had 15 death threats. "I have security with me everywhere I go. It's not even that they care about me, Bobby. But I'm an asset to the company." Bones tells Rolling Stone writer Joseph Hudak, "I'm the best interviewer in the whole format. Except for Howard Stern, I'd put myself against anybody. Because I ask human questions." Read the full interview HERE.

Sheryl Personett is the new Senior Vice President of Integrated Marketing Solutions for Entravision in Denver. Personett will be responsible for selling Entravision’s media and marketing solutions across the company’s television, radio, and digital properties in that market.