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Cox Media Group Orlando has named Evelyn Pacheco as its new Director of Sales. In this role, Pacheco will lead the sales organization of CMG Orlando’s top-performing radio and digital brands (WCFB, WCFB-HD2, WDBO, WMMO, WPYO, WWKA, and ESPN).

iHeartMedia Louisville announced Friday it has promoted Kevin Hughes (pictured) to Senior Vice President of Sales and Michael Jordan to Senior Vice President of Programming, effective immediately. Both positions will oversee iHeartMedia’s Kentucky-Indiana region and will be based out of Louisville.

iHeartMedia Phoenix is adding Brooke Hoover as new morning show co-host on KNIX's Ben and Matt Show, joining Ben Campbell and Matt McAllister Monday-Saturday mornings 5-10:00 a.m. Hoover joins KNIX from iHeartMedia Raleigh. She spent more than four years on the Bob and The Showgram show at G105, where she co-hosted and served as Assistant Producer.

Marta DeLisi has returned to Beasley's WJBR-FM in Wilmington as GSM. DeLisi says radio is her life but Beasley is her home. “Over the past 14 years, I’ve worked in several radio positions at stations throughout the Philadelphia and Wilmington media markets, but my greatest accomplishments were when I have worked for Beasley."

Entercom Gainesville-Ocala has shifted Peter Rothfuss into the GSM position for its 4-station cluster. Since 2014, Rothfuss has served as an Integrated Marketing Specialist at Entercom Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Rothfuss has held sales management positions in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Florida.

Chuck Whitaker is now the Operations Manager of Cumulus' five-station cluster in Pensacola. Whitaker joined Cumulus Pensacola last year as PD of AC-formatted WMEZ-FM after more than 20 years programming stations in Augusta, including nine years at Beasley Top 40 WHHD.

Mark McCauley previously served as Market President for the Florida Gator Network and Florida News Network, and launched FNN Hispana, a statewide Hispanic news network, in 2008. As Senior VP of Sales, McCauley will oversee all sales operations for the West Palm region.

As Senior VP of Programming, Rad Messick will oversee all programming operations for the West Palm Beach region. Messick joins the region from iHeartMedia Omaha, where he most recently served as Senior VP of Programming.

Ryan McCredden will continue in his role as PD at sports-talk stations SportsRadio610 and CBS Sports Radio 650 in Houston. CBS says under McCredden's leadership, ratings for both stations have increased.

To set the stage for the 51st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, nine-time ACM winner Jennifer Nettles will host Westwood One’s 2016 ACM Nomination Special.