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Davis Takes Middays @ Baltimore’s Bay

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 kevincarter Times-Shamrock, WZBA

• Times Shamrock Classic Rock WZBA (100.7 The Bay)/Baltimore has named market vet Matt Davis to take over the midday shift, starting

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iHeartRadio Music Awards Postponed

March 16, 2020 kevincarter iHeartRadio Music Awards

• The 2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards have officially been postponed — the latest live music casualty of the growing coronavirus (COVID-19)

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UMG Head Grainge Hospitalized With COVID-19

March 15, 2020March 16, 2020 kevincarter COVID-19, Universal Music Group

• RAMP is still awaiting independent confirmation, but Variety is reporting that Universal Music Chairman & CEO Lucian Grainge has been

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55th ACM Awards Postponed

March 15, 2020 kevincarter ACM Awards

• The 55th Academy of Country Music Awards™ show, which was scheduled to air live from Las Vegas on Sunday,

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Beasley, Adams Implement COVID-19 Policies

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 kevincarter Adams Radio Group, Beasley Media Group

• Beasley Media Group has implemented a companywide Coronavirus prevention policy in an effort to ensure the health and safety

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Max Named SVP/A&R For Warner Records

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 kevincarter Warner Records

• Stefan Max has been promoted to Senior Vice President of A&R for Warner Records. He’s based at the company’s new

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Kane Comes Home To California

March 13, 2020 kevincarter iHeartMedia

• At long last… we initially reported this news in early January, and now… the official press release has arrived,

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Mr. Schwalb Goes To Washington

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 kevincarter Hubbard Radio, WTOP

• Hubbard Radio News behemoth WTOP/Washington has hired major market News-Talk programmer Craig Schwalb as Director of Content Integration and Operations and

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iHeartCountry Festival Postponed

March 13, 2020March 15, 2020 kevincarter iHeartCountry Festival

• The 2020 iHeartCountry Festival Presented by Capital One in Austin has been postponed to a later date amid growing Coronavirus

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Johnson Moves To Mornings On WOMC

March 13, 2020March 15, 2020 kevincarter Entercom, WOMC

• Entercom Classic Hits WOMC/Detroit keeps it firmly in the family and taps four-decade market veteran Jim “JJ” Johnson as its new