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iHeart creates a new position called Country Content Bureau Chief for its Nashville-based team. Zack Massey gets the gig and he'll report to Senior VP of Digital Content Strategy for iHeartMedia Dan Shelley. Massey will oversee the new Digital Content Bureau for iHeartMedia's Country stations which will produce content for iHeartCountry.com and iHeartMedia's more than 140 Country radio station websites.

Legend Communications announced that Mark Crump has been appointed to Executive VP and GM of the Big Horn Radio Network. BHRN is a nine-station radio group comprised of six FM and 3 three AM stations, and three translators in Cody, Wyoming. Crump will move to Wyoming from St. George, Utah, where he's the Market Manager of Cherry Creek Radio’s Southern Utah stations.

Cumulus' Rocker KFOG in San Francisco has hired Matt Pinfield to host mornings as of Wednesday. Pinfield works at SiriusXM’s Lithium channel and hosts the long-running nationally syndicated classic rock weekend show Flashback. Current morning man Mike “No Name” Nelson shifts to afternoon drive to make room for Pinfield.

Cumulus Media announced that it has appointed Wendy Ellis to the newly created position of Director of Marketing, Strategic and Creative Partnerships for Cumulus Media-Los Angeles. Ellis started her music career in Minneapolis, launching 93X-KXXR as Marketing Director, a position she held for 10 years.

PetSmart Charities™, a non-profit animal welfare organization, recently shined a spotlight on Johnjay Van Es of The JohnJay & Rich Show and his work to inspire pet adoption via Instagram and the hashtag “LovePup.”

Topeka, KS, station 580 WIBM, along with the Kansas Ag Network and Kansas Farm Bureau, delivered 1,100 pounds of milk replacer to ranches that were affected by the devastating fire in Kansas.

WABC, WINS, WCBS, WOR, and WBBR -- all the News/Talk stations in New York City -- will carry Westwood One's broadcast of Thursday night's Democratic debate.

Andrew Turner was caught operating a Pirate Radio Station at 95.9 in Broward County and for that he was slapped with a $15,000 fine from the Commission. Complaints to the enforcement bureau were filed in January, March, August and September of 2015 and Turner was issued warnings by the Commission in March and August about the station.

On Wednesday morning, CBS Chairman Les Moonves will be a guest on The Dan Sileo Morning Show on San Diego Sports station, The Mighty 1090. Moonves will discuss how big sports broadcasting has become. Sileo says he also plans to ask Moonves about the recent talk about CBS selling radio. He'll ask Moonves, "Why get away from radio since CBS was born on radio?"

Alpha Media, Bluefield, WV, announced that their market won multiple awards at the West Virginia Broadcasters Association “Excellence in Broadcasting Awards.” WHIS was awarded the highest honor of the night, “Legendary Station of the Year,” along with “Best Talk Show” for Radio Active hosted by Craig Hammond. Bluefield’s Dan Acquire won the “Best Sportscast” award for 2016.