Nationally syndicated radio show HardDrive has announced its inaugural national concert tour featuring All That Remains, Lacuna Coil, Maylene & The Sons of Disaster, From Sword To Sunrise and Taking Dawn. The trek will begin in Albany, NY on September 22 and is scheduled to hit over 40 cities before wrapping on November 17 in Toronto. HardDrive host Lou Brutus will be on-hand for some of the dates, where elements of the radio show will be worked into the evening’s live event. "After 13 years as the most kickass new rock show on radio, HardDrive Live will now be unleashed as the greatest music tour known to man or beast," said Brutus. "Leave your earplugs and your good shoes at home."

Brian Jennings, formerly VP of Talk Programming for Citadel, becomes head of Alpha Broadcasting's News-Talk and Sports stations.

With WOXY.com moving its base of operations from Cincinnati to Austin, TX, the station's new mailing address will be: WOXY 2130 S Congress Ave. Austin, TX  78704-4317, effective September 1.

Amit Kumar joins RCA Records for Southeast Regional promo duties replacing Jen Sullivan who exits to relocate to New York to be closer to her family. Kumar most recently handled Atlanta local promo for Reprise.

Warner Music Group and Cisco Systems extend their partnership, with the label using Cisco's software as part of their artists' websites. WMG uses Cisco's Eos social media service for a number of its bands' sites and is now expanding its usage to acts including Paramore, Trey Songz and Halestorm.

Sirius XM Radio announces it will offer $250 million in Senior Secured Notes, due in 2015, and use the proceeds to repay debts incurred by its Credit Agreement with Liberty Media Corp. Earlier this week, Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei gave the satcaster a boost of confidence, saying the company has already hit its bottom and is on the way back up.