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(By Randy Lane) How do you give talent tough love in a coaching relationship and preserve their self-esteem? Presentation is everything. How you say it is more important than what you say. Dispense feedback in a direct, matter-of-fact, and non-personal way, especially when you’re giving tough love.

(By Ryan Wrecker) Over 100,000 people attending the 2016 NAB Show in Las Vegas may have been leaving their digital strategies to chance. Unfortunately, too many stations and personalities are still rolling the dice with their properties and hoping for the best. (Sorry for the Vegas puns!)

(By Buzz Knight) Is talent management your biggest priority of your average week? Don't just give a quick answer “yes” without truly thinking about the question. If you assume that a fly-by meeting in the hall can pass for a coaching session, think again.

Alpha Media Y100’s (WXYY) Mia Amini has won Best On Air Personality in Division A radio from the Georgia Association of Broadcasters.

Veteran radio programmer Thom McGinty is heading east to Columbus to take the programming chair at Saga Communications’ Iconic Rock WLVQ “Qfm96.” McGinty’s success crosses multiple formats in cities including Detroit, Seattle, and Kansas City.

CoCo Dominguez took over the afternoon slot at CBS Radio's HOT 95.7 where she's worked evenings since 2015 and filled in as PM driver since April 1.

Kelsey McDaniel has been named Director of Marketing for Alpha Media, Portland, OR, and will oversee the Promotions and Marketing for the Portland station cluster. An Oregon native, McDaniel has spent the last seven years in Portland Radio.

On Monday we release our most recent and one of our most popular issue's which featuring radio's 100 Most Influential Women. In our continuing series focusing on some of those superstars who made the list, we bring you our extended interview with Greater Media's Director of Interactive Marketing Jennifer Williams. Exactly what does a Director of Interactive Marketing in Radio do? We asked Jennifer that question and how she became one of Radio's Most Influential Women.

Saga agreed to let morning man Mike Violette out of his contract with WGAN in Portland, Maine. Violette was a conservative voice on the station for a dozen years. The 55 year old told the Portland Press Herald it was time for a change. "My kids have both graduated from college. I’m not responsible for their financial well-being anymore. The time has come to see what else is out there. (WGAN) treated me very well.”

The ugliness between Cumulus management at WHNN and former morning hosts Johnny Burke and Blondie continued in federal court yesterday. The station is accusing Burke of violating a non-compete by starting an Internet show after the station fired him. Burke and Blondie allege age discrimination for being fired.