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(By Buzz Knight) You can feel the energy growing as the masses are descending to CES. We are still in press conference mode with a number of offsite hotels/Mandalay Bay and Aria serving as base camp for the operation.

(By Larry Rosin) Increasingly, music radio stations are thinning their music testing targets down tighter and tighter, all but telling large parts of their own potential audiences to ‘get the hell out.’ This may suffer the same fate as the campaign of Arizona GOP candidate Kari Lake.

Sitch Radio, an Orange County California Podcast Production Studio, says two of their shows, The Field Op and Combat Vet Vision have been selected in the US Veterans  Administration launch of VA Radio Outreach.

Apple TV+ today announced today the new Apple Original podcast Operation: Tradebom, with the first two episodes of the new nine-part series releasing on Monday, January 9.

The Radio Advertising Bureau will be sharing its key findings from the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The session will take place Wednesday, January 11 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. The online event is free for RAB members; an on-demand version will be available later.

Broadcast sales consultant and workshop leader Valerie Geller will host a free seminar for sellers and leaders on January 10. The seminar, called Never Be Boring, will offer enhanced guidance for sales and marketers to help their most-productive clients in 2023. To register, go HERE.

Max Media's River Radio says it has hired Missouri native Whitney Thomas to serve as the morning show host at Cape Giradeau's country station KEZS (102.9 FM, K103). She takes over the morning time slot from Kent Crider, who hosted at the station for two decades.

Audience.io says Beasley Media Group is its newest client, with the company using Audience.io's tools to grow its digital audience and create new revenue opportunities. The partnership will allow Beasley to better tap into local and national digital advertisers.

iHeartMedia has announced a slate of new voice assistant and automotive integrations for its free iHeartRadio app. The initiatives include several partnerships to integrate iHeartRadio content onto in-dash infotainment displays as well as one to build out an iHeart-specific voice-powered smart assistant.

Cumulus has appointed Darlene Park as Vice President of its station cluster in Indianapolis. Park joins Cumulus from Denver, where she worked as the D.O.S. for Bonneville's stations there; she also serves on RAB's Sales Advisory Committee.