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Salem Media Group announced on Wednesday that Gregg Stiansen will become the GM for its Philadelphia stations, WFIL-AM and WNTP-AM, on January 1. Stiansen succeeds Russ Whitnah, who's retiring. Stiansen has been in radio management for over 34 years with Nassau Media, Nassau Broadcasting, Connoisseur, and Keystone Broadcasting.

Lazer Broadcasting has named Gerardo Martinez GM for its Sacramento, Modesto, and Merced markets. Prior to joining Lazer, Martinez was the V.P. of Sales and Marketing for EMC Advertising, a law firm marketing advertising agency. Prior to that, he was GM for radio and television stations in several different markets. Lazer owns 29 stations in 13 markets in California and one in Nevada.

Highdive Advertising Founder and Creative Director has been named the chief judge for the 26th Annual Radio Mercury Awards Competition. This past fall, Gross, along with fellow DDB Chicago colleague and Radio Mercury Award winner Chad Broude, founded Highdive Advertising, a new boutique agency in Chicago.

Mitch Galvin (left) is promoted to VP/GM for Radio One Cincinnati and David Glenn Smith. also known as Hurricane Dave. is elevated to Vice President, Programming for Radio One Atlanta.

Doug McIntyre is the host of McIntyre In The Morning on KABC in L.A. He'll continue in that capacity for at least another two years.

Longtime WBAL Baltimore talk show host Allan Prell has passed away at the age of 79. Prell, a two-time Edward R. Murrow award winner, had undergone surgery several months ago. He worked at WBAL from 1982 to the early 2000s.

Cox Media Group in Atlanta has hired Michael Baisden as afternoon drive host on KISS 104.1 FM. He starts January 16. SupeRadio is syndicating the program starting in January. KISS in Atlanta will be the flagship station. An earlier version of this story incorretly stated that Cox would be syndicating the show.

WGN Radio has signed Chicago's own Bill Kurtis as the station’s signature voice. Starting in January, Kurtis’ voice will be integrated into the station’s audio branding and heard on WGN’s promos and IDs.

In a Facebook posting Jonathon Brandmeier announced Monday was his last show in syndication. "The plug has officially been pulled. Today was our last live show on the Westwood One Radio Network."

The award-winning radio and CMT personality is doing his part to make sure our troops overseas get some back-home cheer along with their Christmas...