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Judy Hoepfl is now the LSM for Cumulus' five-station cluster in Fort Walton Beach-Destin. Now with over 20 years experience, Hoepfl started her sales career as an AE at the same cluster.

Davey Willhoit is the new Vice President/Market Manager for Cumulus in Pensacola. Willhoit takes the corner office after being promoted from VP of Sales for Cumulus' five-station cluster in Pensacola.

Stephen Giuttari is the new Operations Manager for Cumulus' three-station cluster in Indianapolis. He'll keep his role as PD for Country-formatted WFMS 95.5 FM, a position he has held since last October. Giuttari will now also manage operations for WJJK-FM, and WRWM-FM.

That's according to the latest update from Media Monitors, on which candidates are using radio more to try to win the White House. First, the Democrats. As far as spot totals, a combination of all ads run by campaigns and Super PACs: Hillary Clinton is tops. Picture courtesy CNN.com

After five weeks at number one on the Media Monitors weekly spot list, Walgreens has dropped down to number eight. GEICO retakes the top spot, moving up from number two, with its 40,262 commercials played on radio stations all over the country.

Five members of the House and two more Senators have joined as co-sponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act, which is a resolution opposing "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations. The resolution now has 225 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives and 23 in the Senate.

At the Hispanic Radio Conference, programming experts will address the topic of "Radio’s Talent Pool: How Deep — Or How Shallow — Are the Waters?" and show you how to find and develop tomorrow’s key players for the ratings and revenue win.

Greely, Colorado NPR-affiliate KUNC has launched a new 24-hour music discovery station called "The Colorado Sound" on 105.5 FM. KUNC has been LMAing the station since January 4 and should be getting final FCC approval to purchase it in the next month.

The Board of Directors of the Media Rating Council has voted to continue accreditation of the Media Monitors radio spot data service.

Is there a battle brewing among AM broadcasters thanks to The FCC? Those struggling to survive want the FCC to give them every opportunity to make a comeback in this era of intense competition for both ears and ad dollars. Broadcasters who are now running some of the most successful radio brands may have to pay the price for the little guys to have a chance to thrive again. At least that's what the FCC has up its sleeve.