» Baker's Back In Boston: Veteran broadcaster Tom Baker is returning to Boston as the newly named Market Manager of Greater Media's Boston station cluster including FM News/Talker WTKK. The move marks a fulltime return to his hometown for Baker who has been serving as Interim Market Manager for Greater Media's Detroit cluster for the past year. "I love Boston, [company CEO] Peter Smyth and Greater Media," said Baker. "The recent birth of my first grandchild in New England makes the move from Santa Barbara back to Boston that much more special to me and my family." Baker will officially assume his new position in mid-January.

» CBS Radio Digitizes Mark Mason: The longtime Executive Editor/PD of All-News WINS/New York has been named VP/Digital Media for the company's New York City radio stations that also include WCBS AM & FM, WFAN, WWFS and WXRK. In his new role Mason will manage the stations' online content offerings and develop programming and sales strategies designed to increase traffic to the websites which currently generate in excess of 16.5 million page views monthly and stream more than 4.2 million hours of online radio programming. "I feel lucky to be able to work exclusively on this rapidly growing frontier at this point in my career," said Mason of his new gig. "I anxiously await the next big thing we can offer our audiences." As a result of Mason's promotion, WINS News Director Ben Mevorach will take over day-to-day programming responsibilities for the station, while KYW/Philadelphia PD Steve Butler will assume Mason's previous corporate role as VP/News Programming for CBS Radio.

» Thank The Lord For The Nightime: Now that we have that Neil Diamond classic wandering through your head, we give a shoutout to the crew at WIND/Chicago as the Salem News/Talker bucks current trends by staffing a new, locally produced overnight Talk show that will debut on January 6! Chicago Overnight will be hosted by Geoff Pinkus and produced by veteran Chicago producer Bonnie Sporn. The new midnight-4am show will focus on the people, places and stories that make the Windy City one of America's most unique metros. "I grew up in Chicago listening to some of the city's radio legends and I hope I can emulate a little of what I've heard over the years on our new show," said Pinkus. "What better time of day is there to talk about what makes this city great than the middle of the night?"

» Do You Hear What I Hear? If you've listened in to WABC/New York lately, you might have noticed a new imaging package on the Citadel News/Talker that was created by creative audio pro Ray Avila. Ray's also the creative imaging master for WTKK/Boston and KOGO/San Diego, and was long the man behind the original unique imaging of groundbreaking News/Talker KFI/Los Angeles. If you're looking to create a new sound for the New Year at your station, reach out to Avila via TotalMedia Communications' head honcho Frank Murphy at fdmurphy@bellatlantic.net.

» Searching For Holiday Tunes? Our friends at GreenBookOfSongs.com have been busy little elves this season, compiling 25 different ways to search for the perfect holiday bumper music for your station. They're also offering a special holiday discount that'll give you access to their service all year long for under $10 bucks! Just type in our special promo code, "holiday2008," when you check out. Meanwhile, here's a half-dozen holiday hum-a-longs to help get your listeners in the mood for mistletoe and holly:

• 'Zat You Santa Claus? - Louis Armstrong
• Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus? - Brooks & Dunn
• To Someone That I Love - B.B. King
• Five Pound Box of Money - Pearl Bailey
• Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid
• Hot Rod Sleigh - Toby Keith