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It's a market where Cumulus Media has some of its most-consumed radio stations, including WFTK "96 Rock," Classic Hits WGRR, WRRM "Warm 98," Classic Rock WOFX "92.5 The Fox" and WNNF "Queen City Country." As of today, those five FMs have a new VP/Market Manager.

From the start of 2001 through May 2015, she was a key leader within the Wireline Competition Bureau of the FCC, rising to Chief in July 2012. Since October 2015, she had been associated with law firm HWG LLP, where she became Partner. Now, many across the National Capital Region are mourning the loss of Julie Veach.

A 30-second political ad paid for by an organization devoted to bringing U.S. Hispanic voters to the polls on Election Day warns of the potential higher bills MVPD subscribers will pay should TEGNA and Nexstar Media Group merge. The ad takes aim at both FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and President Trump.

"Message confusion doesn’t stay contained; it spreads through employees, the media, and public perception and will cost more to clean up later," warns PR professional turned public speaker Rosemary Ravinal. "That’s why leaders at all levels and industries benefit greatly from message discipline."

Six PRD stations are now using the Optimod 5950 Digital Audio processor

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The radio broadcasting company headed by Jeff Warshaw that instantly mushroomed in size by acquiring Alpha Media has named a Regional Manager of National Sales for the West Coast, overseeing activities across five markets under the leadership of Tina Murley.

ShareBuilders, provider of an eponymous CRM platform for media sales teams, is rolling out a new integration with AI video technology specialist Waymark. It is designed to give sales teams the tools to generate and manage AI-generated spec spot videos without leaving CRM.

Here are two items from our Who's Buying What page

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On January 22, the FCC released a public notice that could have easily gone unnoticed, as it dealt mainly with the Robocall Mitigation Database Report and Order.  One broker of radio stations took note of one provision of the FCC rule change, which took effect Thursday, and has a warning for all licensees.

Free TV Networks (FTN), now a division of NBCUniversal spin-off entity Versant, has signed off on a series of new multi-platform distribution agreements that include digital multicast and streaming distribution. CBS O&Os are now in the mix.