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In case you were unaware, FOMO stands for the Fear Of Missing Out? And it was part of the Edison Research presentation at CRS this week. FOMO is radio's big advantage over the competition according to Edison, and with smartphone use increasing and more competition in the automobile for ear time, making sure your radio station creates that Fear of Missing Out with listeners is key. Edison's Larry Rosin says, "FOMO protects you from the competition."

Sonos announced on Wednesday that Apple Music is now available on Sonos systems worldwide. Users now have access to Apple Music features like For You, New, Radio, and My Music, and will also be able to stream the entire Apple Music catalog through Sonos smart speakers.

Robert Wallace has been named the new GSM for Curtis Media Group's WKIX 102.9 FM, KIX 1029, and WPTK 850 AM/104.7 FM in Raleigh. Wallace brings more than 20 years of Raleigh radio experience to the post, most recently serving as GSM for WRAL-FM in Raleigh. He starts in his new roles on February 15.

Mark Justice (pictured left) was in radio since high school. He joined WLGC in Ashland Kentucky in 1984 and started The Breakfast Club on September 5, 1985. On Wednesday, Justice suffered a massive heart attack while in the hospital being treated for a heart attack he suffered a few weeks ago. Justice had recently complained of heartburn and burning in his throat.

Those are the words of UMG Nashville CEO Mike Dungan who was interviewed by The Tennessean at the close of CRS last night. Dungan has been a part of the CRS board now for 15 years. He told the paper people have been predicting the decline of regular broadcast radio in the face of all these new technologies for several years now and it’s stronger than it’s ever been.

SONY Music Nashville and Radio Ink magazine honored the 2016 Radio Ink Top 30 Program Directors in Country Radio Tuesday night at an event in Nashville hosted by SONY. Here is the entire list of Best Program Directors in Country Radio.

Media Monitors released its update on the primary election that will be taking place in South Carolina. They have been tracking the political radio spots in Greenville-Spartanburg, Columbia, and Charleston, South Carolina as the focus markets. All the data is from January 1 to February 7, 2016.

Mike West will be the new on-air personality who will join Kris Daniels on KCYE 102.7, Las Vegas. Mornings with Kris and Mike will launch on Monday, February 15 and air from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m., Monday through Friday.

Fagan will host the new ESPN Radio show, Will & Kate, with ESPN contributor Will Cain, which launches Sunday and airs every Sunday from 7 – 10 a.m. ET.

Andrew Jeffries, Steve Geofferies, Tony Coles, Thea Mitchem, and Meg Stevens­ are moving up at iHeartMedia, with all taking the title of Division EVP/Programming for the iHeartMedia National Programming Group. They all formerly held the title of SVP of Programming. A sixth division EVPP is already in place, Gene Romano, and all six report to iHeartMedia National Programming Group EVP/GM Brad Hardin.