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Lisa Ballance is the new Senior Vice President of Sales for iHeartMedia Huntsville. Lisa most recently served as VP Sales for iHeartMedia St. Louis.

Lucy Lopez says after more than two decades on Power 96 in Miami she's leaving the station. She posted to Instagram that Audacy is making changes to the station and it's time for her to move on. The Miami Herald has all the details HERE.

The Bert Show officially introduced the newest member of their nationally syndicated morning radio show, Brian Moote. Moote joins existing hosts Bert Weiss and Kristin Klingshirn weekdays from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. EST in over 17 markets.

Dave Fogel is joining Kim Berk to co-host mornings on WLS-FM in Chicago. Berk’s former morning co-host Brant Miller, a local TV weatherman, will anchor weather on WLS-FM and WLS-AM. Fogel co-hosted mornings at the station from 2010 through 2013. He joins WLS-FM from WJMK-FM in Chicago, where he co-hosted mornings for the past five years.

iHeartMedia San Diego’s Joe Haze has added a new role to his duties with the company. Haze has been named PD for STAR 94.1. Haze currently serves as PD for Channel 93.3 and afternoon drive host for STAR 94.1. In his newly expanded role, he will serve as PD for both Channel 93.3 and STAR 94.1, and continue as afternoon drive host on STAR 94.1.

WCOW General Manager William Hoffman passed away suddenly on Wednesday at the age of 57.

Sandra Sims-Williams has been appointed Chief Diversity Officer for Nielsen. She will take over from CEO David Kenny, who has held the CDO title in addition to CEO, since February 2019.

Chris Petlak has been appointed on-air night personality/Director of Digital Content at WTMX/Chicago (101.9 THE MIX). Petlak moves to Hubbard Radio Chicago as the co-creator, Co-Executive Producer, writer, and lead on the TV series The Jamz on Amazon Prime and Apple TV.

Fields has been named the new Afternoon Drive Host at the Beasely station. He will begin his new position on Monday, October 16. Fields most recently served as a meteorologist at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles.

The stations that comprise the group Public Radio for Central Florida have launched a new content leadership team that will focus on better serving public radio listeners across digital and other platforms, and find ways to make local journalism a more-conversational experience.