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Mary Lucia is the host for Minnesota Public Radio’s Triple A music station The Current. She began receiving phone calls and packages at work containing items like raw meat and a photo of a masked man, after responding to an email Patrick Kelly sent her about his dog dying.

The NAB is now accepting entries for the 2016 NAB Crystal Radio Awards. Since 1987 The Crystal's have been honoring stations that perform outstanding community service. 50 finalists are chosen and there are 10 winners. Entry submissions must be received by January 29. Winners are announced at the NAB Show Radio Luncheon, held Tuesday, April 19 in Las Vegas.

Mike Moore (pictured here with George Strait), Jim Fox in Sacramento, and Bob Barnett in Rochester have been given new titles: Vice President of Programming. President of Programming Pat Paxton said, “Jim, Mike, and Bob are outstanding leaders with impressive track records of success in their markets."

AMP has hired Floyd as GSM for its four-station radio group in Peoria. Floyd spent the last year as GM for Connoisseur's three stations in Bloomington. Prior to that, she was with Bud Walters' Cromwell Group for nearly 12 years as GM in Charleston-Mattoon, Illinois.

Amy Freeman is the new GSM for Entercom's WLYF/LITE FM and WMXJ/The Beach in Miami. Freeman was formerly regional account manager for Lincoln before the Entercom purchase. Prior to that, she was VP/Director of Sales for iHeart Radio Los Angeles, which included top biller KIIS-FM LA.

77 WABC in New York has added a second show featuring Curtis Sliwa to its weekday programming schedule. It's called The Drive at Five with Curtis Sliwa, and it will air from 5:00-6:00 p.m. Sliwa will continue as co-host of The Curtis and Kuby Show on 77 WABC, weekdays from Noon-3:00 p.m. He replaces Doug McIntyre, who remains at KABC/ LA.

The Chicagoland Radio and Media Blog has the details about Johnson departing as PD of the Hubbard station where he's only held the job for about 18 months. Johnson says he'll remain PD for a short while longer, while the station searches for his replacement.

On Tuesday, SiriusXM announced it ended 2015 with 29.6 million subscribers. That's 2.3 million more subscribers than the company finished with at the end of 2014. The company had projected 2 million new subs.

Focus 360 (www.focus360llc.com) announced Tuesday that Rosanne Tipton has been promoted to account director from her previous post as director, sales planning.