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Jason Courtemanche is the new Director of Sales for the Alpha West Palm cluster. Courtemanche was previously VP of Sales for Cumulus Media in Los Angeles and iHeart in Chicago. Prior to that, he was Sales Manager for WBBM in Chicago. Courtemanche also served as GSM for Clear Channel in San Diego and Las Vegas.

The Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and CBS Radio Houston will honor SVP/Market Manager CBS Radio Houston Sarah Frazier at the Chamber's annual awards at the Marriott Marquis in Downtown Houston tomorrow. She will receive the Chairman/President & CEO Award.

iHeartMedia Des Moines announced Thursday that Eric White has been named afternoon personality, music director, and imaging director for 107.5 KISS FM/Des Moines, effective November 27. He will fill the 2 - 7 p.m. slot. White will report to Greg Chance, SVP of Programming for iHeartMedia Des Moines.

Rich Broadcasting has promoted Josh Tielor to PD for Star 98, The Rock 94.9 and 104.5 in Idaho Falls. Owner/GM Rich Mecham said, "Josh’s vast experience, work ethic, and industry knowledge have proven to be an amazing asset to the Rich Broadcasting team."

Just days before Veterans Day, the entire Bert Show cast and dozens of volunteers gathered to pick up thousands of The Bert Show’s “Big Thank You” letters. Over 153,000 handwritten thank-you letters were received.

Beasley Media Group’s Chief Executive Officer Caroline Beasley was recognized among this year’s honorees at the 2017 Women Who Lead luncheon presented by the Alliance for Women in Media. The event took place on Tuesday, November 14, at the Marriott Marquis in New York City.

On Wednesday CBS Radio's WFAN in New York officially announced its new lineup. Gregg Giannotti (pictured), currently co-host of Gio & Jones on CBS Sports Radio, has been named co-host of the newly renamed WFAN morning show, Boomer & Gio, alongside former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason.

Premiere Networks and Mercury Radio Arts, Glenn Beck’s multimedia production company, extended their agreement to syndicate The Glenn Beck Program, which celebrates its 15-year anniversary in national syndication this year.

Southern California Broadcasters Association President Thom Callahan will be a featured speaker at the J.D. Power/NADA  Automotive Conference – LA  on November 28 in Los Angeles, at the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown LA,

Burk Technology has appointed Jim Alnwick Senior Vice President Worldwide Sales. Alnwick will have overall responsibility for all direct and indirect sales activities in Burk’s core broadcast markets and will guide the company’s sales acceleration efforts worldwide.