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Let’s Get Ready To Rumba Louder

July 18, 2024July 18, 2024 kevincarter WBTP, WRUB

• iHeartMedia Tampa Bay played signal-swap with Spanish Hits WRUB and Hip Hop WBTP, moving The Beat to 106.5/102.9 and

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King Crowned Steelers’ PXP Voice

July 18, 2024 kevincarter iHeartMedia, Pittsburgh Steelers

• iHeartMedia Pittsburgh announced that Rob King, a part of the Pittsburgh sports media landscape for nearly 25 years and

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30 Candles On Slow Jams’ Cake

July 17, 2024 kevincarter Benztown, RDub!, Sunday Night Slow Jams

• Benztown proudly announced that on Wednesday, July 17, Sunday Night Slow Jams, the No. 1 weekend radio show in

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Your ’24 Rising Through The Ranks Recipients

July 17, 2024July 17, 2024 kevincarter BMI, MIW, RAB

• The 26 scholarship recipients for this year’s Rising Through The Ranks program, presented by the RAB, BMI, Mentoring and

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Virgin Names ‘Bumper’ Reeve SVP, Global Sync

July 17, 2024July 17, 2024 kevincarter Virgin Music Group

• Virgin Music Group has named Justin “Bumper” Reeve as Senior Vice President of Global Sync. In his new role,

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A2IM Executive Action

July 16, 2024July 16, 2024 kevincarter A2IM

• A2IM (The American Association of Independent Music, Inc), the not-for-profit trade organization representing over 600 independent record labels, announced

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Gerrard Named Area Pres., iHeart NE-IA

July 16, 2024 kevincarter iHeartMedia

• iHeartMedia has elevated Rhonda Gerrard to Area President for the Nebraska-Iowa Area, effective immediately. Gerrard is a 30-year media

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NAB Challenges FCC Ownership Restrictions

July 16, 2024July 17, 2024 kevincarter FCC, NAB

• The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) this week filed its initial brief in its challenge to the FCC’s local

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Brown Receives Buffalo Bills Boost

July 16, 2024July 16, 2024 kevincarter Audacy, WGR-AM

• Audacy makes it official and taps Chris Brown as the new radio play-by-play announcer for Buffalo Bills football broadcasts

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Bo Matthews On The Loose

July 15, 2024July 15, 2024 kevincarter Alpha Media

• RAMP has confirmed another Alpha Media budget-related personnel departure — Bo Matthews has exited as OM/PD of Alpha Media’s