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Beasley Media Group, Big Machine Records/Nashville Harbor, Performance Racing Network (PRN), and Radio Ink magazine united on Wednesday in helping to bring together the worlds of country music and motorsports for an afternoon of entertainment as part of CRS Week in Nashville.

A digital streaming station dedicated to celebrating the life and legacy of one of country radio’s most beloved voices, Bob Kingsley, has come to fruition — courtesy of iHeartRadio.

The iHeartMedia-owned Country station serving Jacksonville has appointed its new Program Director while adding a veteran on-air talent to afternoon drive. Each report to Sr. VP of Programming for iHeartMedia Jacksonville Rick Everett.

A media network "connecting brands across radio and digital platforms where audiences consume content" is welcoming a new Director of Sales Planning, part of a continued effort to build on campaign management and strategy for the Connecticut-headquartered Focus 360.

(Randy Lane) Today, most managers share ratings with talent. As we enter March Madness, rather than obsessing over wobbly and often inaccurate ratings, take coaching advice from college basketball’s winningest coach of all time, UCLA’s John Wooden.

Happy Friday! This week’s Blast From The Past features former California air talent and voiceover artist Jerry Bishop. Send your Blast From The Past to Editor-in-Chief Cameron Coats for your chance to be featured.

Guideline is moving forward with the expansion of its Ad Intelligence Insights service with the release of Local Dynamics, a subscription report designed to enable agencies, publishers, and station groups to meet evolving market demand with transaction-level benchmarking.

In April 2021, he was hired by American General Media to lead its eight stations in Albuquerque. Now, he's heading to St. Simons Island, Ga., to oversee a group of local radio stations serving the Brunswick, Ga., market, due north of Jacksonville.

“By integrating AURN’s culturally connected audiences with AdGrid’s advanced data and identity solutions, brands can seamlessly extend messaging across programmatic display, audio streaming, mobile and connected TV,” the companies said in an announcement.

The "JJ On the Mic personality" and "My Pastor Said" podcast host will be reaching listeners on HMG's flagship KSBJ-FM in Houston and the Worship 24/7 national network. JJ Simmons is widely known for her heart for ministry, cultivating a closely connected relationship with her audience through authenticity.