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CRS 2021: The Virtual Experience will offer four mentoring breakfasts and four workshops. The events will be spread across three days of the expanded four day event, February 16-19.

830 WCCO’s (WCCO-AM), Minneapolis raised more than half-a-million dollars to combat hunger. The 13th annual “Let’s Kick Hunger Day Radiothon” raised a record-breaking $544,974 to benefit Second Harvest Heartland.

830 WCCO (WCCO-AM) will stay the flagship station for Timberwolves NBA basketball. The Twin Cities Entercom station has served as the radio home of the team since 2011.

Is the slow-rolling COVID-19 vaccine roll-out having an impact on local advertisers enough so they increase their ad spend? That's the focus of our daily series of interviews with radio executives. Ron Stone's Adams Radio Group owns stations in Tallahassee, Fort Wayne, Northwest Indiana, Salisbury-Ocean City and Las Cruces. Here's what Stone is hearing...

A yearlong 50th anniversary celebration for KISW-FM Seattle kicks off February 12. The special programming includes memories from the station’s alumni, local civic, sports and business leaders, as well as bands and artists from both Seattle and around the world.

The independent network says the new partnership with Tim Richards' company Tim Richards Media will have the veteran programmer consulting with the network's talent and production staff on content ideas and show structure.

During CRS 2021 Luke Combs and Maren Morris will join in discussion on accountability and the future of country music. NPR Music Critic, Ann Powers will moderate the session on February 17.

Ben Downs is the VP & General Manager of Bryan Broadcasting in College Station, Texas. The company owns 11 stations, including two-time Marconi Award winner and three-time Crystal Award winner KNDE-FM. We checked in with the boss to get his take on how 2021 is shaping up now that people are receiving the vaccine, including Downs himself.

Some Columbus Blue Jackets games will be heard on iHeartMedia's Alternative Rocker in Columbus. The station will carry games when WBNS/97.1 The Fan, owned by RadioOhio, does not carry the games.

iHeartMedia, Entercom, Beasley and Alpha have all come out publicly to denounce Morgan Wallen. It's likely listeners will not hear one of Wallen's songs on any radio station in America until further notice. It was a swift fall from grace for one of today's most popluar country artists.