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Crystal Castorena has been with Impact Radio Group since being recruited for the position of Business Manager in 2012. As of January 12, Castorena will be General Manager of the Group’s Boise cluster. 

News 95.5 and AM750 WSB (WSB-AM/WSBB-FM), and Mark Arum are working together to help Atlanta metro area firefighters who were recently impacted by vehicle break-ins. During his show, Arum asked listeners to help Gwinnett and Forsyth County firefighters who were targeted over the weekend by thieves who struck while they were out on calls.

The Billy Madison Show team is celebrating its fifth anniversary and they threw a Texas-sized bash in their hometown of San Antonio to celebrate. KISS-FM held a sold-out 5th Anniversary Celebration show at San Antonio’s Aztec Theater. In addition, the station worked closely with their newest affiliate, KCLB-FM, Palm Springs, for a promotion that landed a couple of lucky Cali listeners in San Antonio for the anniversary show.

Jim Bohannon has signed another multi-year deal with Westwood One, which will keep him hosting The Jim Bohannon Show, which is now in its 33rd year. The program airs on more than 250 stations. As part of his renewal, Westwood is launching a new Jim Bohannon podcast and Best of Bohannon program.

Before moving to Chicago, Ron Parker was on the air at NASH-FM and also worked at WCBS-FM in New York City. Parker has also held on-air and programming positions in San Francisco, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, and Tallahassee. He started his afternoon drive run on Classic Hits WLS on Tuesday, replacing Robert Murphy.

On Tuesday, Jan. 17, The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz will make its debut on ESPN Deportes Radio New York 1050AM. The program will continue airing live nationwide on ESPN Radio and Sirius XM Channel 80. Here's what Le Batard, who's always cracking a joke, had to say...

Kassof calls it TestTM – a smartphone and tablet app-based tool for radio station music testing. TestTM is designed specifically for mobile devices, according to Kassof.

The LA Rock station has more news than CNN right now. On the programming front is the new show The Frosty, Heidi & Frank Night Shift, which is airing Monday through Thursday, 9 to 11 p.m. PST. The show draws from the best of The Frosty, Heidi & Frank Show morning show, with some new content mixed in.

Skyview Networks is promoting Lloyd Hyman, Kim Ball, and Karen Henderson to Sales VP's. Skyview is a broadcast technology and national sales company that provides services to ABC Radio, and over 100 professional and collegiate sports organizations and two state news networks.

Brian Samborski was National Sales Manager for Greater Media for a dozen years. On Monday, Beasley announced it has hired Samborski as Regional Director of National Sales for Boston and Detroit. Samborski has been on Radio Ink's Best Managers list.