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Mike Kaplan has been named Senior Vice President, Programming and Program Director of ALT 92.3 (WBMP-FM) in New York. In addition, Christine Malovetz will join ALT 92.3 as midday host and will be on-air from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST weekdays, starting Monday.

Sandra Carmin Herrst, known as Carmin on The Mike Calta Show on 102.5 The Bone in Tampa, was arrested over the weekend. She's accused of hitting her boyfriend in the face, causing him to bleed. It's a misdemeanor domestic battery charge.

Scotty Davis has been named afternoon host for US103.5/Tampa Bay, starting Monday, May 14. Davis joins US 103.5 from iHeartMedia Tampa Bay’s 93.3 FLZ, where he has served as the afternoon host for the past six years.

Sports Radio 950 KJR-AM/Seattle has announced that Cliff Avril will join Jason Puckett as co-host of The Jason Puckett and Cliff Avril Show, effective July 9. The show will broadcast weekdays 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Marty Wall has been appointed Director of Marketing, Cumulus Media-Detroit. Wall will oversee all marketing initiatives for Country radio stations WDRQ/NASH FM 93.1 and NASH ICON/WDRQ-HD2, as well as Hot AC station 96.3 WDVD.

In St. Louis, Matt Johnson has been named Program Director for Z107.7, KSLZ-FM. Johnson has been programming Top 40 stations for over 15 years, including stops at WDKF/Dayton, WXKB/Ft. Myers, and KUDD/Salt Lake City. 

The FCC’s Media and Wireless Bureaus granted a request filed by broadcast attorney's Frank Montero and Keenan Adamchak on behalf of the Puerto Rico Broadcasters Association to waive the FCC’s rules limiting the scope of settlements involving mutually exclusive FM translator applications filed in the Auction 100 MX filing window.

We found out via Allen's Facebook page that he passed away over the weekend. Allen's many friends in the radio industry are posting their condolences for the long-time broadcaster HERE.

Salem Media Group has hired Carolyn Cassidy as its new GM in Columbus, Ohio. Cassidy previously held the GM spot at Salem’s Denver radio stations. She's also worked for Wilks Broadcasting in both Denver and Columbus.

Smokey Rivers has been named PD for Entercom's "The Sound" (KSWD-FM) in Seattle. Prior to joining Entercom, Rivers was VP of Programming at iHeartMedia in Phoenix and VP for all CBS Radio Adult Contemporary Stations. Until Smokey arrived, the programming duties were covered by VP of Programming Dave Richards.