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Republic Ups Briggs To VP/Commerce

• Republic Records has promoted Jonathan Briggs to Vice President of Commerce. Briggs joined Republic’s Commerce team in 2014 as Director

• Entercom has tapped Armen Williams as the new Program Director for Houston Sports-Talk duo KILT-AM (SportsRadio 610) and KIKK-AM (CBS Sports

• Cumulus Media New Orleans dropped its simulcast of Urban AC 102.9 KMEZ on 106.7 (the former Old School 106.7) and in

• iHeartMedia Top 40 WHQC/Charlotte emerged into the New Year with a shiny new rebranding, dropping its longtime Channel 96.1 moniker

• Yesterday we reported Entercom Urban WVEE (V-103)/Atlanta had parted company with two-thirds of Frank and Wanda In The Morning — co-host

• iHeartMedia today made two major programming moves — Tommy Austin, SVP of Programming for the company’s Chicago Region and PD

• Kathy Byerly has been promoted to VP/GM of Neuhoff Media’s Decatur, IL group. Byerly had been serving as Associate GM and

• BMG has appointed longtime music industry exec Jonathan Palmer as Senior Vice President, Creative Synch. Based in Los Angeles, Palmer

• Hanna Bee is busy loading up the car and will soon be headed east from Phoenix to Nashville to begin her

• It’s long been a dream of many radio folks to someday own and operate their own radio station, and