XM Satellite Radio Sr. Director of Label Relations Steve Kingston has been named PD for Modern Rock channel, Ethel (channel 47). Kingston will assume his PD duties for Ethel immediately and will be based in XM's New York City offices.

Programming vet John Roberts joins First Broadcasting-Dallas as Group PD. Roberts will oversee Classic Country KFXR and the soon-to-be-launched Talk-based KMGS. Roberts most recently was VP/Programming for Clear Channel-Dallas.

Clear Channel-Miami makes it official and names Michael Crushman its RVP/Market Manager. Crushman had been wearing the interim RVP/Market Manger stripes since the March exit of Dave Ross.

Clear Channel-Baton Rouge names Donnie Picou VP/Market Manager of its six station cluster. Picou will have oversight of CHR WFMF-FM, AC KRVE-FM, Country WYNK-FM, News/Talk WJBO-AM, Talk WPYR-AM and Sports WSKR-AM. Picou comes to Clear Channel from the VP/Market Manager post for Citadel-Baton Rouge.

With the recent exit of PD Jeff Ballentine, Hot AC WBNS/Columbus taps Jay Taylor as his replacement. Taylor, who boasts programming stints at KITS (Live 105)/San Francisco and KOME/San Jose, comes on board from the Director/Operations post for Triad/Mississippi Media-Biloxi. Taylor tells FMQB, "I am really looking forward to making the move with my family up to Columbus! I am joining a great company and station with amazing talent and depth. To have ability to pull from President/GM Dave Van Stone's experience and vision is huge.  What a great opportunity that WBNS has in the market and the challenge is to bring it all together. I feel that success is looming in our faces, and we have the resources to build a dynamic and successful franchise...I cannot wait!!  I'm leaving a great bunch of people from CEO David Benjamin, and SVP/Operations Steve Fehder to every person I worked with at Triad/Mississippi Media. It was a challenging year from the direct hit from Katrina, but the rewards of teamwork and success are something I will never forget." Taylor begins his new role on May 1.

After forty-two years at Boston News/Talk station WBZ-AM, morning anchor Gary LaPierre is set to retire at the end of 2006.

Les Moonves, CBS Corp. CEO, resigns his post from the board of Westwood One. WW1 has elected Walter Berger, CBS EVP/CFO, to the board as a Class II director.

Sports WFAN/New York will begin streaming online as of April 11, though it will be unable to carry sports play-by-play, with alternate programming replacing game coverage.

Sprint announces it has sold its two millionth over-the-air song download via the wireless Sprint Music Store.

Cingular Wireless is teaming with MySpace to let independent musicians who post their songs on the social networking site create and sell ringtones of their music.