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iHeartMedia selected Big Brothers Big Sisters of America for the Communities Spotlight Media Grant Program. That means BBBSA message of mentoring will be heard on all 850 iHeart radio stations through the end of the year.

Loud Media is launching the first station dedicated 100% to Lake George, NY. The format for the station at 93.5 is Hit Music with local news, weather and information relevant to the small vacation village in upstate New York. The station is also streaming at LakeGeorgeRadio.com

That's the focus of Pierre Bouvard's latest column as the auto industry booms with limited supply and strong pricing. Bouvard makes the case that, to reach consumers in the market to buy new vehicles, the auto industry should be spending more ad dollars with radio - and not just at the end of the week. Read his detailed column on why HERE.

With hundreds of radio stations across the country participating, the 2nd annual Radio Cares Radiothon, raised $40,000 which will provide 400,000 meals to hungry families in America.

Radio One Richmond has launched Classic Hip-Hop on 950 WXGI-AM, 99.5 W258DC, 1240 WTPS-AM and 102.7 W274BX. The change re-brands the signals to The New 99.5/102.7 The BOX, RVA’s New Home for Classic Hip Hop.

Travel writer Ginny Prior has joined MyWineRadio to produce West Coast Travel Minutes. She is the Executive Director of the Bay Area Travel Writers.

Everyone is finally realizing how powerful audio is. Facebook reported that more than 170 million people follow podcast pages on its platform and the company plans to make it easier to access podcasts. Facebook is also launching a new product very similar to Clubhouse. The company also stated the obvious: "We think a lot of magic happens at the intersection of audio formats."

Alpha Media's Watertown cluster held its 21st annual Sanford Children's Miracle Network Radiothon on April 14th and 15th, raising more than $135,000. It was a record amount raised by the cluster.

Media Monitor has Home Depot back at the top of the list. Indeed held on to the second slot for most aired spots.

As part of her Women To Watch in Media profiles series, host Susan Rocco interviewed Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti. The show aired Saturday morning at 6AM on WABC-AM in New York and Sunday night on WPHT-AM in Philadelphia. Listen to the replay as a podcast HERE.