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Five core panel moderators have been announced for Country Radio Seminar 2017. These five industry vets will oversee and direct the bulk of the seminar’s educational panels, which will be held Feb. 22-24 in Nashville.

McDonald is a former Executive Director of Programming and Consumer Research at National Geographic Channels. He fills the position as head of NAB Research, previously held by Tanya Van Pool. McDonald will report to Ann Marie Cumming, Senior Vice President, Communications.

95.5 KLOS/Los Angeles has re-signed The Heidi & Frank Show to a multi-year deal. In addition, Frosty Stillwell will reunite with his former cast members as a permanent co-host beginning Tuesday, September 6. The reunion comes six years after Frosty left the show to do News/Talk in San Francisco.

In taking up representation of The 5 AM Miracle with Jeff Sanders, AdLarge Media has added the self-help category to its roster of podcast ad sales.

Thanks again to BMI, the 2016 Radio Show will feature LOCASH, Jonny P, Graham Nash, The Roosevelts, The Sisterhood, Muddy Magnolias, Kyshona Armstrong, Modern Inventors, and Shannon LaBrie as part of the Radio Show Artist Spotlight Series. The performances are free for registered attendees.

It's a newly created position for Smith, who gets promoted from VP of Sales to GM for two Cumulus FMs, Hot AC WDVD-FM and Country WDRQ-FM.

Capitol Broadcasting announced Monday that 2015 Marconi award winners Gene and Julie will no longer be hosting mornings on MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM. We spoke to GM Katie Phillips and asked her about the change.

(Bob McCurdy) Several years ago I wrote an article titled, “Targeting Your Way to Lower Profits.” It contained four important premises. Our conclusion was that just like salt, a little bit of targeting is good but too much is a recipe for lower profits. Last week, the world’s largest and arguably its most sophisticated advertiser came to a similar conclusion. Let's take a closer look.

Are you getting your fair share of back to school ad revenue? This time of year, all over the country, parents and their kids are scrambling to get everything they need to start another school year. And advertisers are doing everything they can to be top-of-mind when that group of shoppers is ready to dig into their wallets and make purchases.

Your on-air personalities are what make you unique. They are what differentiates radio from every other medium, including every shiny new digital choice consumers are bombarded with every day.