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That's exactly what former Clear Channel employee Andy Kovacs is attempting to do in Tampa. Kovacs tells The Tampa Bay Times that he wants to take radio back to its roots. Kovacs is running Low Power Radio Station WYPW-FM 99.9, or Power 100, which covers only 14 miles.

iHeartMedia Tampa Bay announced that Brian “Munchie” Donovan has been named Director of Digital, effective July 1, 2016. As Director of Digital for the Tampa region, Donovan will work closely with the programming staff and talent for the region’s 10 brands to deliver a seamless experience for listeners

Davis joins NASH FM 103.3 in Nashville from Country-formatted WQDR-FM in Raleigh, NC. Prior to that, she hosted mornings on Country station WGNA-FM in Albany, NY, and middays for Country 106.5 WYRK in Buffalo, NY. Davis is a graduate of North Carolina State University.

John Mercure is the host of WTMJ's "Wisconsin's Afternoon News." Mercure was a big part of the station's recent Stars and Stripes Honor Flight which flew 140 Wisconsin veterans to DC to honor their service to America. To show their support for the military men and women that served this country, WTMJ listeners donated $250,000 to make two flights possible. We asked Mercure to tell us why he spearheads this event.

That's for the month of March (M-F, 6A-8P) and that's based on Average Active Sessions, according to Triton Digital's latest ranker. Triton says there's been steady growth in online listening, March AAS increased over 13% when compared to March 2015 in the M-F, 6A-8P daypart.

The Chicago Business Journal published a profile piece on CBS Chicago Market Manager Tim Pohlman, who replaced Rod Zimmerman in January. The reason CBS Radio moved Pohlman from Phoenix to Chicago was because the revenue wasn't where the company wanted it to be, according to the Journal. Pohlman had good news for reporter Lewis Lazare, "I made my first-quarter numbers." He also said the most probable timeframe for a spinoff of CBS's radio division is early in 2017.

PRX stands for Public Radio Exchange. It's an online marketplace for distribution, review, and licensing of public radio programming. Over the past year, PRX has been working on a project it says will reimagine the way listeners spend their time with audio content.

eMarketer reports the US media and entertainment industries will spend a combined $7.34 billion on paid online and mobile media advertising this year. The firm is projecting that number to balloon to $11.52 billion in four years. The media category is expected to spend $4 billion in 2016, up from $3.45 billion in 2015. And entertainment advertisers will spend $3.29 billion on digital ads in 2016.

Entercom has promoted John O'Connell to PD at WMXJ 102.7 The Beach. O'Connell is already the PD for WSFS 104.3 The Shark and will continue in that position as well. Market Manager Doug Abernethy said, "Under John's guidance we have seen significant growth on 102.7 The Beach. John has the recipe for programming success in managing on-air talent, imaging, and music."