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CMG Tulsa has named Nathan Reed as Director of Branding and Programming for Mix 96 (KRAV-FM). Reed was most recently Senior VP of Programming for iHeartMedia’s seven-station cluster in Toledo. Prior to that, he spent seven years as a Program Director and on-air host for Regent Broadcasting in Flint.

Nextradio's Paul Brenner and Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan have been saying from day one that the more interactive a radio station was in the NextRadio app, the more involved listeners would be with their stations on the app. And now NextRadio says it has the data to prove that philosophy.

WHAS-AM (Louisville), WWRW-FM (Lexington), WCKY-AM (Cincinnati), and WSFE-AM (Somerset) will carry the live football and men’s basketball games, including pre-game and post-game programming, as well as the coaches’ shows for each. Specific conflicts with WHAS-AM will be moved to WKRD-AM. Women’s basketball games will air on WKRD-AM.

Julie Kansy adds PD stripes at Cumulus' Shreveport Top 40 station KQHN-FM/i97.3. Kansy joined Cumulus Shreveport in 2014 as afternoon-drive host and APD at KRMD/NASH FM 101.1. In 2015, she was named Operations Manager over the entire market. She's also served as PD at Sports/KRMD 100.7 FM/1340AM The Ticket.

Premiere Networks host Delilah spoke to a sold-out crowd of more than 1200 people at the 16th annual Women’s Power Lunch presented by The United Way of Siouxland on Wednesday, April 27, at the Marina Center in South Sioux City, Nebraska.

NGEN Radio is pleased to announce the addition of veteran Christian radio talent Chris Chicago as its new morning show host and production director. Chicago started his career in Christian radio at 16 years of age and brings nearly two decades worth of experience to his new gig.

Dave Ramsey presented his Smart Money event in Raleigh this week at the Durham Performing Arts Center. Ramsey teamed up with local affiliate 106.1 FM WTKK to promote the event.

Alpha Media, Peoria, IL announced today that David van Camp will permanently join Jamie Markley for the Markley and van Camp Show on 1470-100.3 WMBD in Peoria, IL, and FM News 101, KXL in Portland, OR. The first official day of the show will be Monday, May 2.

It's a purchase Spotify says will help build out the tools it provides to artists who use Spotify to grow their listeners and overall business. The company is called CrowdAlbum.

The big changes continue at CBS. The person who spearheaded CBS Radio's digital strategy is leaving the company. After six years in the position of President of CBS Local Digital Media, Ezra Kucharz is leaving that position May 6. Last week, after 13 years with the company, Senior VP of Communications for CBS Radio, Karen Mateo also announced she was departing.