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Glenn Curry is the new market manager for the Stephens Media Group in upstate New York.

CBS RADIO has upped Tracy Brandys to Senior Vice President, Market Manager and Director of Sales for its Baltimore market, effective immediately. She will oversee a four-station cluster that includes WJZ-AM-FM, WLIF-FM, WWMX-FM, and the CBS RADIO Up Close Performance Studio. Brandys will report to Scott Herman, Chief Operating Officer, CBS RADIO.

After six months of searching for a PD, Entercom decided to hire from within at Sports Radio WEEI. Current WEEI APD Joe Zarbano (pictured) has been named PD replacing Kevin Graham, who left last spring.

Radio One Richmond announced the promotion of WCDX-FM midday host Paris Nicole to APD. Paris began her career in radio at 16 years old as an intern at a local radio station. Paris went on to graduate from Hampton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism.

In this newly created position, Glen Tacinelli will oversee all sales for 77 WABC, 95.5 WPLJ, NASH FM 94.7, and Radio 103.9, as well as Cumulus Media-New York’s digital assets. Tacinelli was previously GSM of 77 WABC, a position he has held since July 2015.

iHeartMedia announced Wednesday that Jose Gadea has been named PD for La Preciosa Network, which includes affiliates in Sioux City, Salinas/Monterey, Bakersfield, Riverside, Santa Barbara, and San Antonio.

Calling them Bounce Ambassadors, Beasley Media Group has unveiled the local lineup of hosts for 105.1 The Bounce. The station launched in July when it was owned by Greater Media, flipping from Sports to Throwback Hip Hop. The format has been very well received by the Detroit market, with excellent ratings out of the gate. Here's the new local lineup...

The new title for Ronnie Stanton is Vice President of Programming with direct oversight of the Rock, Classic Rock, Alternative, Oldies, and Classic Hits formats. He’ll also be PD for KBAY and KEZR (both in San Jose).

Bryan Moffett takes over as Chief Operating Officer at National Public Media. NPM manages corporate sponsorships for NPR, PBS, and member stations.

That’s Andy Winford and he joins the Cumulus stations from Townsquare Media-Yakima, WA, where he was Brand Manager of KIT-AM and KATS-FM. Prior to that, he was Brand Manager for Townsquare Media’s Billings, MT, station group.