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The focusing of these professional resources will enable Benztown to support and power its partnership with Yamanair Creative, which provides custom commercial creative to stations and their sales representatives in over 400 markets.

Beasley station WMMR-FM's morning personalities Preston & Steve aren't taking the sports drought lying down and initiated March Sadness, calling it a "social-distancing-safe free-throw competition played over FaceTime."

Entercom has revamped the lineup at KROQ-FM in Los Angeles. Current afternoon drive co-hosts Stryker and Kevin Klein will move to mornings after Kevin Ryder, the remaining half of the Kevin and Bean show, and his morning show cast, were let go.

iHeartMedia Harrisonburg, VA, has named Bridgett Knupp Market President for the six-station cluster. Knupp previously served as SVP of Sales for the cluster. She will also be responsible for the market’s operations, including sales, on-air and digital programming, events, and promotion initiatives.

Haskell will join Max Media’s Norfolk/Virginia Beach cluster as VP of Operations and Programming on April 1. He will also serve as Brand Manager and afternoon personality of WGH-FM (New Country 97.3 The Eagle).

Country Radio Broadcasters has announced the 2020-2021 Agenda Committee leadership: Brent Michaels (KUZZ/Bakersfield) serving as Chairman and Joey Tack (KNCI/Sacramento) serving as Vice Chair. Applications are now being taken from industry professionals who would like to serve on the committee.

Jay West has been promoted to Brand Manager of Max Media’s AC station WVBW (92.9 The WAVE). West joined the station last January as the afternoon host.

Jim “JJ” Johnson has been named morning show co-host for Detroit Hits station 104.3 WOMC (WOMC-FM). Johnson will join JoAnne Purtan as co-host of JJ and JoAnne. Johnson will also continue serving as the station’s midday show host.

The former WABC New York PD joins Hubbard's all-news powerhouse in Washington, D.C. Monday after spending the last 5 years at WABC. Cumulus recently sold WABC to John Catsimatidis’s Red Apple Media. Schwalb's title at WTOP is Director of Content Integration and Operations.

Cumulus New Orleans host Greg Vigne, known as Papa Smurf on the air, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Louisiana Broadcasters Association. Vigne has been a voice New Orleans residents have heard for 40 years. He's currently hosting afternoons on KMEZ-FM