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Entravision has teamed up with Clip Interactive to develop an app for its nationally syndicated El Show de Erazno y la Chokolata. The app has already generated close to 100,000 downloads. Entravision COO Jeff Liberman, who will be part of Radio Ink's Hispanic Radio Conference next week, talks about the new app...

Liberman Broadcasting in Houston is selling regional Mexican KCOH-AM to Roberta Ramirez's Pueblo de Galilea for $1.8 million in cash. At the present time, the station is simulcasting the format from a Liberman FM. Pueblo will most likely flip it to either Spanish religion or brokered programming. John Saunders was the broker that represented Pueblo de Galilea on the deal.

Radio Express is partnering with The Interview Factory to distribute Country Mailbag, a 60-second daily feature, to U.S. and international radio stations. Each installment of the feature spotlights a different country artist every day, who responds to questions submitted by listeners.

The name of the new product is "SAM" and it stands for Sentiment Analysis Module. SAM is a research tool that analyzes written feedback and comments from listeners and presents those findings in an in-depth report for stations.

The station will be called 97.3 PLAY and will feature a mix of today’s contemporary hits and classics from 2000 through today. The station starts off with 10,000 songs in a row.

Mike Killabrew has been named Senior VP of Programming for iHeart's Indianapolis cluster. He'll also program WFBQ-FM and WOLT-FM. The iHeart Indianapolis cluster includes WFBQ-FM, WUBG-GM, WOLT-FM, and WNDE-AM.

Steve Mullins is the new Senior VP of Sales for iHeartMedia's Arizona region. iHeartMedia includes 95.5 The Mountain, Mix 96.9, 99.9 KEZ, 102.5 KNIX, 104.7 KISS-FM, 93.7 KRQ, 550 KFYI, KFYI2, and Fox Sports 910 AM.

The NAB Education Foundation announced Monday the 10 individuals selected to participate in the 2016 Technology Apprenticeship Program, which begins this month.

The Samsung Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge smartphones have just hit the market and they are fully equipped with NextRadio. These first two phones are the beginning of the FM Chip-enabled mobile phones that will be available this year.

Adams Radio has named Cheryl Salomone VP & Market Manager for its cluster of stations in Salisbury-Ocean City, replacing Phil LoCascio. Salomone leaves Townsquare where she was the Regional Vice President in Washington overseeing the Tri Cities and Yakima.