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WEBE108-FM (107.9 FM)/Connecticut is making the switch to an all-Christmas music format through Christmas Day. WEBE108 kicked off their new holiday tradition on Black Friday with special guest Jose Feliciano, who performed his classic Christmas hit “Feliz Navidad.”

Finney Media is out with a comparison of its 2016 to 2018 Why Listen Survey of listeners of CCM stations, Hybrid stations, Teaching stations and programs. The public dialogue and rancor over the past couple of years played into tuneout reasons cited in the comparison.

It's not until February, however the host hotel is already sold out. The Country Radio Seminar, one of the most popular radio conferences, is being held February 13-15 at The Omni Hotel in downtown Nashville. On Tuesday, the entire agenda for the event was released. And we have it...

Skyview Networks will now provide play-by-play broadcast services to the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs. And with the Skyview AdView system, inventory scheduling, revenue reporting, and affidavit reconciliation are in one consolidated system.

iHeartMedia Milwaukee has debuted 97.3 The Game. iHeart gets into the sports fight with Craig Karmazin who recently launched the ESPN brand on WKTI-FM. iHeart dropped a Top-40 format for sports. Karmazin exited country for sports. iHeart will be mostly local.  

A pair of Pittsburgh stations will present “A Concert for Unity” to benefit the rebuilding of Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation in the Steel City. The synagogue was the scene of a shooting that claimed 11 lives and resulted in several injuries on October 27.

WQNU/Louisville (Q103) and Dingo In The Morning collected over 2,500 bikes during Bikes or Bust 2018, beating last year’s total by over 500 bikes. All bikes collected were donated to the Salvation Army and Toys For Tots.

Premiere Networks is offering an exclusive holiday special for Country radio stations hosted by CMT personality Cody Alan.

Coast to Coast AM’s charity album Holiday Magic Coast Style has been rereleased for the holidays. Benefitting various veterans hospitals across the U.S., the CD features traditional holiday songs and poems performed by fan-favorite guests of the nationally syndicated radio program.

KPCC In Person, Southern California Public Radio’s programming events and engagement platform, has received a two-year grant of $200,000 from the California Wellness Foundation for two more seasons of its successful community-driven storytelling series Unheard LA.