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Beasley Broadcast Group CEO George Beasley is on a medical leave of absence, effective immediately, the company announced Friday. EVP/CFO Caroline Beasley will be interim CEO in George Beasley's absence; he continues as chairman of the board.

Cumulus owned MIX 107.3 in Washington DC has inked a new contract with midday personality Ashley Nickels. She also picks up the Music Director job with her new deal. Nickels joined the station in 2014, hosting nights, coming to DC from KDND in Sacramento

Ray Baum will join the NAB on March 31 as the organization's new VP of Government Relations. He'll report to NAB Executive Vice President of Government Relations Curtis LeGeyt.

The Nebraska Broadcasters Association has inducted Dave Thorell into its Hall of Fame, which was established in 1972. He becomes the 97th member and will be inducted in a ceremony on August 16 during the 82nd Annual Convention in Lincoln, Nebraska.

A GoFundMe page has been set up for Miller who, according to his friend Art Wright, fell about 900 feet while skiing in New Hampshire on Sunday. Miller was helped by other skiers to a Ranger station and then medivac'ed to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital. Wright says Miller's injuries are severe and his recovery will be a long one. Miller and his wife Elisa have two children. She is also 34 weeks pregnant. Miller is Nielsen's VP of Audience Insights

iHeartMedia Los Angeles has named Anne Hudson VP of Sales for KRRL REAL 92.3. KRRL is iHeart's Hip Hop station in Los Angeles. Hudson moves to L.A. from iHeartMedia Chicago, where she was sales manager for WGCI, WVAZ, and Inspiration 1390. Prior to Chicago, she held management positions in Los Angeles and San Francisco at 106.1 KMEL and Wild 94.9.

Mohiuddin will be responsible for sales at 93.9 MYfm, BIG 95.5, V103, 103.5 KISS FM, 107.5 WGCI, Inspiration 1390AM. She replaces Anne Hudson who was just promoted to VP of Sales for iHeart's KRRL REAL 92.3 in Los Angeles. Most recently, Mohiuddin was an AE at WTMX-FM in Chicago. She began her sales career with iHeartMedia’s 93.9 MYfm in 2005.

The third annual iHeartRadio Music Awards will be hosted by Jason Derulo on Sunday, April 3, at the historic fabulous Forum in Los Angeles. The event will air live on TBS, TNT, and truTV at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and will be simulcast on iHeartMedia stations nationwide, as well as on the iHeartRadio digital music platform.

Joshua Flemming has been hired as the Director of New Business Development for Powell Broadcasting's cluster in Panama City, which includes WKNK, WPFM, WRBA, and WASJ. Flemming will be responsible for the creation and execution of NTR programs, revenue development expansion on air, onsite, and digitally with Powell's in-house iCast Interactive division.

Longtime radio programming and operations executive Kris Abrams is the new Director/Partner Integration at Futuri Media. Reporting to Sr. VP/Operations Todd Thomas, Kris will work directly with client stations on implementing Futuri’s platforms at local stations domestically and internationally.