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WWO Launches Rebranded ‘Ty Bentli Show’

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 kevincarter Westwood One

• Westwood One will ring in 2019 with the launch of The Ty Bentli Show. Actually, let’s call it a

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Tidwell Lands At Cumulus Detroit

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 kevincarter Cumulus Media

• Lance Tidwell has touched down in Detroit as the newly named Director of FM Programming for Cumulus Detroit — Country

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BIG Move For Chicago’s Lisa Dent

December 3, 2018 kevincarter iHeartMedia

• Chicago radio pro Lisa Dent has been upped from weekends to middays at iHeartMedia Country WEBG (BIG 95.5)/Chicago, where she

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CRS Announces New Faces Class

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 kevincarter Country Radio Seminar

• Country Radio Seminar officials have announced the CRS 2019 New Faces of Country Music® Class of 2019 — please

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BUZ’N Rebrands As The Wolf

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 kevincarter Entercom, The Wolf

• UPDATED: After more than a week of teasing the market that change was coming, Entercom Country KMNB (BUZ’N @

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CMG Houston Inks Elbrink

December 2, 2018 kevincarter Cox Media Group

• Cox Media Group (CMG) Houston has named Todd Elbrink as its new Director of Sales, effective Dec. 17. In his

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Promotion Party @ Columbia Nashville

December 2, 2018 kevincarter Columbia Nashville, Sony Music Nashville

• Columbia Nashville announced the addition of Lauren Longbine as Director, Southeast Promotion and the promotion of Lyndsay Church to Director, Northeast

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Crystal’s Legendary Promotion

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 kevincarter Dick Broadcasting

• Dick Broadcasting Company makes it permanent and elevates Crystal Legends from “Acting” to “Official” Operations Manager of its Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville

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Maddie Takes Middays @ Cat Country

November 29, 2018 kevincarter Hall Communications

• Hall Communications’ Country WCTK (Cat Country 98.1)/Providence keeps it in the family and promotes Madelyn “Maddie” Grimaldi into the midday shift.