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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.

Dustin Kross will is the new Program Director and morning drive host at Cumulus' HOT 93.3 KLIF-FM in Dallas. He replaces Louie Diaz who moved on to program a station for Cumulus in Washington DC.

This year’s class of Country Radio Hall of Fame inductees are Blair Garner, Mike & Dana Schuff (pictured), and Lisa Dent in the On-Air category, and Mick Anselmo, Kerby Confer, Jack Reno, Tim Roberts and Jim Slone in the Radio category. Luke Bryan will be on-hand to recognize the inductees during the CRS 2016 opening ceremonies