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The Independent Broadcasters Association has announced a partnership with Sedera, a medical cost sharing community that provides non-insurance healthcare options.

COVID 19: One Year Later is a special series marking the anniversary of the pandemic declaration. The series will be featured on CBS News Top of the Hour and World News Roundup broadcasts beginning March 15 through March 19.

The NAB has announced the 52 finalists for the 2021 Crystal Radio Awards. WHUR-FM Washington, D.C. will be honored with the Crystal Heritage Award. The Howard University station will be recognized for winning a total of five Crystal Radio Awards. A virtual awards program is set for April 13.

With March Madness on the horizon; ESPN is adding to its Daily Wager brand with a podcast and producing a series of radio specials. The Daily Wager Podcast debuts March 15 and the first of four Daily Wager Tournament Preview radio specials will air March 20.

WHPC 90.3 FM has picked up seven national awards from the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System. The Voice of Nassau Community College was named Best Overall College Radio Station and Best Community College Radio Station.

iHeartMedia CEO, and radio's Most Powerful Executive for the last decade, says he's seeing a steady climb out of the pandemic and all signs are very positive. The entire radio industry would like nothing more than to get back to normal and as far away from double digit quarterly revenue declines as possible.

For the Spring of 2021 Eastlan Ratings will be producing ratings for Syracuse, NY, Cumberland MD and Prairie View TX. Eastlan, a smaller market ratings service, will deliver its Spring 2021 books to these markets on July  28.  

They are very familiar faces at every radio conference. And, the company Jinny and John Laderer launched in 2007, vCreative, has been a sponsor of so many industry events and awards over the years. It was announced Wednesday that they would both be spending less time with the company and more time with their 6 kids.

Nielsen and Carter Broadcast Group have reached a multi-year renewal agreement for measurement services. For Carter the deal includes the PPM local market report, respondent level data, TAPSCAN web, PPM weeklies, PDAdvantage Web, and Nielsen Scarborough.

(By Andrew Curran) After 365 days and 550,000 deaths across North America, the light at the end of the tunnel grows brighter each day. At the same time, what radio listening will look like post COVID-19 remains to be seen.