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Entravision is moving to further cater to their Latino audience of NFL fans, entering into an agreement with Univision to broadcast its 2019-2020 NFL season radio coverage to Univision’s TUDN stations in the Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Miami, and New York markets.

Having faced hurricane disasters in the past, JVC Broadcasting's stations in Long Island and Florida were prepared when the coronavirus crisis took hold. There have been challenges, of course, and the JVC CEO explains what they were but also tells us why he's optimistic. LISTEN

Independent podcast company Acast has launched host-read sponsorships on its self-serve podcast advertising platform. Advertisers can now use the self-serve platform to buy sponsorships from popular podcasts such as WTF with Marc Maron and The Higher Ground Network.

To honor the life and legacy of Philadelphia radio legend Sid Mark, Talk Radio 1210 WPHT is bringing back “Fridays with Frank” on Friday, April 22. Mark passed away this week at the age of 88.

Starting Monday October 19 The Middle w/ Brooks, Mayes, and Eytan will be live in Philadelphia. The show will be on-line, M-F, 11 AM - 1PM, at PhillyVoice.com/TheMiddle.

Entercom’s 99.9 KISW (KISW-FM) is preparing for a virtual version of the sixth annual Live Day. The event is being promoted as "High Wire" radio.

Cumulus Media has announced that its Detroit News/Talk radio station, 760 WJR, is launching an all-local primetime slate starting on June 20th. The changes include moving morning host Paul W. Smith into a newly created timeslot to replace the Dan Bongino Show.

Intelligence For Your Life with John Tesh, Connie Sellecca, and Gib Gerard has renewed its partnership with Westwood One in a new multi-year agreement. Westwood One has represented the program for 15 years. The show airs on over 280 radio stations.

The company is bringing Aaron Trimmer to the Arizona capital to be Program Director for 550 KYFI (News), Fox Sports 910 Phoenix, and KYFI 2 (Talk), effective July 5. Trimmer will work closely with on-air personalities and sales to oversee the station brands’ on-air and digital news programming, as well as local events and partnerships.

It was hard to find any good news from the Audacy earnings report on Tuesday. A revenue decline of nearly 4% was caused by "advertising headwinds" according to CEO David Field. He said the biggest drag was radio revenue at the company's large market stations.