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Good news for radio stations in Southeast Ohio. The coal industry is a big deal in that part of the country and Senator Rob Portman (a Republican) is placing a boatload of negative radio ads against his opponent, Democrat Ted Strickland.

Jeff Lyons has been named Promotions and Event Marketing Manager for Adams Radio of Las Cruces where it owns and operates KGRT FM (Country), KSNM FM (Classic Hits), KHQT FM (Hot 103), and KWML AM (Fox Sports).

PodcastOne is growing the management team. Jim Berk is taking over as the new CEO. Founder Norm Pattiz retains his post as Executive Chairman. Most recently, Berk served as the CEO of Participant Media, an entertainment company focused on film, television, publishing, and digital media.

His name has been synonymous with CBS for decades and he did not stay retired for long. Once his end-of-employment agreement with CBS Radio expired Dan Mason was ready to get right back into the business and he chose radio's biggest company to do just that. The former CBS Radio CEO is now an advisor to iHeartmedia.

He began his career as an Account Executive back in 1992 with Curtis Media. Yesterday, Trip Savery was named President and COO of that company by CEO Don Curtis. The founder of the company said, "This is actually more of a formality. We have actually been working this way for the past year."

(By Wayne Ens) New technologies and alleged “big data” have made “reaching the masses,” via broadcasting or other mass media, dirty words in some circles. Advertisers are being lured by the ability to narrowcast and to finely target their marketing.

(By Ron Robinson) Based on some fairly terse emails, there is some grumbling in the ranks about the “you” thing. Many years back, the French Foreign Legion had a harsh but useful strategy to put unacceptable complaints to rest. They would openly execute the loudest of the malcontents and declare the reason as follows: “Pour encourages les autres.” This translates to: “To encourage the others.”

Amanda Allwood is the new Promotions Director for Cox Media Group Atlanta Radio. Her first day in the role will be Monday, June 27. Allwood will oversee promotions and event marketing for B98.5, 97.1 The River, Kiss 104.1 FM, and News 95.5 FM, and AM 750 WSB.

In the Fort Myers, Naples, Marco Island market, Beasley launches "WJBX News Talk and More" on two FM translators, 104.3 FM, 101.5 FM, and on 770 AM. The new station will carry This Morning, America’s First News with Gordon Deal, followed by Kilmeade & Friends, John Gibson, Dave Ramsey, Tom Sullivan, and Alan Colmes. CBS News will be heard at the top of every hour.

The company announced Thursday it intends to offer its affiliates a new format. The “Lite AC” 24-hour format, will be fully hosted and feature a wide range of music from the 70s through today. The satellite-delivered format will launch on Monday, July 11.