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Those are the words of WTOP Director of News & Programming Julia Ziegler from a note she sent to the WTOP news team as the events from Wednesday began to wind down and she had a chance to catch her breath. We interviewed Ziegler Thursday to find out exactly how WTOP sprung into action as events quickly changed Wednesday afternoon.

In our continuing coverage of the radio industry's reporting on the historic events in Washington, DC this week, we turn to CBS Audio Network VP & General Manager Craig Swagler, who explains to us how things went down, and how his team stepped up, in his own words.

The company pre-announced Q4 2020 earnings on Thursday and says Q4 net revenue is expected to come in at $110 to $114 million, an increase of 4% to 7.7% over Q4 of 2019. Full year revenue is expected to deliver revenue of between $373 million and $377 million, a decline of between 14.8% and 13.7% over 2019.

Longtime KMJ Fresno host Ray Appleton criticized how the media was covering the Capitol Hill riots by saying on his show that “certain news editors should be hanged ... maybe.”

Over the holiday's, WTN Nashville host Brian Wilson had a conversation with PD Dan Mandis about letting him take his Nashville Morning show on the road for the Georgia special election, then to travel to Washington for the Trump rally and the Electoral College certification story. They signed off on his request and he was in DC for what turned out to be quite a historic day. Here's what he had to say about Wednesday...

Director of News Programming at ABC Audio Scott Goldberg tells Radio Ink Wednesday's focus wasn’t supposed to be about a Trump rally, it was about a joint session of Congress confirming the electoral vote. But when things changed quickly, ABC Audio was ready.

When a national news event breaks, that the entire world is watching, how does a local all-news station located several states away get in on the action? It's good to be part of a larger company with assets everywhere. Here's how 1010 WINS in New York did it.

Barely eight months old, iHeartMedia's Black Information Network was also ready to take on one of the biggest events in our nation's history. As head of the network Tony Coles points out this was a new experience for his young team and he's proud of how they performed.

(By Buzz Knight) There are consistent themes over the years that resonate from the CES experience. I’m into my second decade of attending, and as I reflect on what I’ve learned, I’m still just as curious about what our industry has learned — and, more importantly, has acted on.