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New York’s Country 94.7 (WNSH-FM) in partnership with Support Our Troops has started a campaign to send letters to active military members this Valentine’s Day. This is the second year of the effort to boost morale of active duty troops.

The Independent Broadcasters Association has established a legal hotline service for the IBA with its association legal counsel, Telecommunications Law Professionals. For an annual fee of $100 IBA members will be offered the opportunity to sign up for a legal hot-line service staffed by TLP.

Westwood One is preparing to tip-off the 2021 college basketball schedule. Live play-by-play audio broadcasts of the 2020-21 college basketball season begin January 13.

The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation has extended the deadline to submit entries for the 46th Annual Gracie Awards, at the regular rate, until January 21. AWMF is also offering a further extended deadline of January 28, at an additional cost. 

Sun Broadcast group will launch a proprietary CRM later this year. SBG has signed an interim agreement with Salesforce for its CRM needs.

Southern California Public Radio has received a two-year grant from The Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The $500,000 grant will support development of content that represents the diversity of Southern California.

The National Association of Broadcasters is accepting entries for the 34th annual NAB Crystal Radio Awards. Winners will receive national recognition for their community service work during a special awards presentation hosted by NAB in spring 2021.

On Monday the U.S. Federal Register published the official notification from the Federal Commission's notice of proposed rule making adopted on November 20, 2020 that would allow FM broadcasters to use boosters to air geo-targeted content.

Some people look at what's going on with Twitter, Facebook and Parler as a threat to free speech, while others believe blocking and banning those who claim the election was stolen are preventing future violence. Cumulus jumped into the action last week and a memo VP Brian Philips sent to talk show hosts is getting national attention.

Babbel has climbed from third to first on this week’s Media Monitors list of national advertisers. Babbel aired 60,774 commercials on radio stations all across the country to take the top spot.