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Entercom CEO David Field announced on the company earnings call Monday that modern rocker KBZT-FM (94.9) will begin carrying the games in 2017. Padres baseball is now heard on 1090 AM which is owned by Broadcast Company of the Americas.

Media Monitors is reporting that Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump ran more radio spots last week, moving him into second place on their chart, behind Bernie Sanders.

Kenetta Bailey has been named Senior VP of Marketing at CBS Radio. Bailey will be responsible for the marketing and brand positioning of CBS' 117 radio stations and digital products.

On Monday, iHeartMedia announced that Paul Kelley was named area Senior VP of Programming for Arizona. Kelly will continue to Program KESZ and KYOT in Phoenix and now help oversee programming in Tucson.

Brian Demay is the new PD at Cumulus' AC-formatted WRRM-FM/Warm 98 in Cincinnati. Demay joins WRRM from Providence, where he was PD for Cumulus' WWLI-FM/Lite Rock 105 for over three years. He was also host of Afternoon Drive on WWLI-FM, and continues as a syndicated Afternoon Personality for Westwood One. Demay replaces Greg Dunkin.

Patty Kincaid has been promoted to VP/General Manager of Media Staffing Network. Kincaid, along with Sr. VP, Kate Glenn, have both been an integral part of Media Staffing Network’s success in working with media clients since 1993, helping attract, hire and retain top talent in all market sizes.

Radio earnings season is underway and Entercom reported its Q1 revenue Monday morning and got radio off to an incredible start. Entercom CEO David Field said Entercom started the year off on a great note, delivering an outstanding first quarter. Same-station revenue was up 6% for the quarter. Q2 is pacing up 4% on a same-station basis.

The NAB is now accepting nominations for the 2016 NAB Marconi Radio Awards. Your deadline to nominate is May 31. Finalists will be announced in July.

The 9th Annual "Rising Through the Ranks" course dedicated to the support and advancement of women in radio sales management is open for submissions. The RAB, BMI, and the Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio Group will present the ninth annual “Rising Through the Ranks” Seminar August 24-25 at BMI’s Nashville office. BMI is again offering 20 scholarships for the program.

The new weekday on-air line-up that launched Monday on KCMO FM 103.7 and AM 710 in Kansas City includes Tom Becka from 10 a.m. to Noon. Becka returns to Kansas City having worked at one time for KMBZ. Most recently, he hosted shows on Omaha talk radio stations KOIL and KFAB.