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The Board of Directors for the New Jersey Broadcasters Association has selected Association Management Incorporated (AMI) to manage, guide and lead the group going forward. AMI will oversee various aspects of NJBA, including their Public Education Program.

Amanda Allwood is the new Promotions Director for Cox Media Group Atlanta Radio. Her first day in the role will be Monday, June 27. Allwood will oversee promotions and event marketing for B98.5, 97.1 The River, Kiss 104.1 FM, and News 95.5 FM, and AM 750 WSB.

(Mike McVay) One of the smartest PDs I ever consulted had a penchant for going beyond the logical point of conclusion. That is the thinking that if something works well and is greatly accepted, then taking it up a notch or three would bring even more success.

Audio analytics and research platform Veritonic has been approved as an audio attribution partner by Spreaker. Audio analytics and research platform Veritonic has been approved as an audio attribution partner by Spreaker.

In a fantastic effort, Spanish media in the city organized a fundraiser for earthquake-stricken Mexico City in one day – and $11,400 was raised in a single afternoon on Friday. The radio groups involved were Lotus Broadcasting, Lazer Broadcasting, and Entravision. Donations can still be made.

Steve McNair is the new Market President for iHeartMedia in New Orleans. McNair moves to iHeart from Titan Broadcasting where he was Regional Sales Manager at KUBE-TV in Houston. New Orleans was without a Market President previous to the McNair hire.

NPR and Edison Research are hosting a webinar today at 2PM to unveil and break down their 2022 Smart Audio Report, which will include new data about smart speakers.

Another week into May and national radio ad play saw another 6% week-over-week decrease between radio's top five national advertisers. The latest data from Media Monitors shows Progressive is still at the top of the leaderboard for the third week in a row.

The winners were unveiled at CES Thursday. The purpose of the Hackathon is to generate potential commercial products and services utilizing existing media technology, data, and infrastructure, as well as to conceptualize the kinds of transformative, disruptive technologies that will become mainstream in the next 20 years.

Cumulus suspended The Kimmer Show (Talk 106.7/Atlanta) for three days over comments made about Representative Lucy McBath. The comments had to do with Karen Handel running against McBath and the conversation was about gun control.