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WNXP Adds Jaffer, Ups Young

• Nashville Public Radio Triple A 91-ONE, WNXP: Nashville’s New Music Experience makes two key personnel announcements: Ayisha Jaffer joins

• Cumulus Media announced that it’s moving The Shredd & Ragan Show, one of the most successful morning radio shows

• Community-owned NPR affiliate WYSO/Yellow Springs, OH is being given a new lease on life, thanks to the generosity of

• Connoisseur Media Long Island (CMLI) made some noise on Tuesday at 11am when daytimer Oldies outlet 1100AM WHLI/Hempstead, NY,

• Paul Mason, PD of Cumulus Sports-Talk WGFX (104.5 The Zone)/Nashville will take on the additional role of leading Programming

• Universal Music Group (UMG) formally announced the appointment of veteran A&R executive Tunji Balogun as the new Chairman & CEO

• Vivendi, the parent company of Universal Music Group, has sold 7.1 percent of UMG’s share capital to Pershing Square

• International advocacy organization, Global Citizen, has revealed many of the artists who will be performing at Global Citizen Live

• Walter Yetnikoff, the colorful and legendarily volatile head of CBS Records during its heyday in the 1970s and ’80s,

• JVC Media of Florida continues to staff the company with radio pros and industry veterans — like Brenda Franco,