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A short press release from Beasley Media in Boston announced the retirement of long-time WKLB PD Mike Brophey. Brophey has been in radio 43 years, at WKLB for 20, and involved with Country programming for 30. Brophey has been one of Radio Ink's top Country PDs for many years, most of the time near the top of the list, and one year was ranked number one.

Corey most recently served as VP of Radio Programming at Bell Media in Toronto, where he managed programming for 105 radio stations and managed the day-to-day programming at Canada's number one station, CHUM FM. Corey began his career at age 17 at KISS 108 in Boston, where he worked his way up through the ranks to eventually serve as Music Director/APD.

Michael Fiorile was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of BMI at the company’s annual shareholders meeting. Fiorile is the Chairman and CEO of the Dispatch Printing Company & Chairman and CEO of Dispatch Broadcast Group, and was most recently Vice Chair of the BMI Board.

KQKS-FM has launched The All New KS 1075 Morning Show with Tony, Cedes, and Chonz. Meanwhile, the station’s Assistant Program Director/Music Director Michael “Big Mic” Buhrman assumes duties in afternoon drive.

Emerson College in Boston is well known for its award-winning, student-run station, WERS 88.9. On Saturday, June 3, this will be further acknowledged when the station hosts its Ninth Annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony and honors alumni who have gone on to contribute significantly to the broadcasting industry.

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, announced Wednesday that digital business strategist Tony Dunaif has been appointed to the positions of Executive Vice President and head of International Affairs. He will report to ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Matthews.

Starting this month BizTalkRadio is adding three shows to its roster. They are The Scott Lumley Show, Saturdays at 9AM, which is a program about entrepreneurs, The Price of Business with Kevin Price, Friday at 7PM and Wall Street Raw with Mark Leibovit, Saturday at 10PM.

iHeartMedia Charleston’s morning show host Kelly Golden will receive the Key to the City of Charleston today in the Council Chambers of Charlston. The honor is for her efforts in bringing pertinent information to her community and providing resources to listeners in momentous times of need.

Can a soon-to-be-divorced couple still work successfully on the air? That's what popular Entercom afternoon hosts Stevie G & TPot will soon find out after announcing they are getting separated. Listeners followed them as they dated and then married. Now they will listen as the break apart. They are staying together on the air at Entercom's B97.

SVP of Compliance and Industry Relations will be Nicole Kuntz’s full title. She’ll also be the company’s Chief Compliance Officer. Kuntz brings more than 10 years of digital advertising experience to her new position. She is a Certified System Information Auditor.