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It's one of the biggest fundraisers we've reported on so far for the 2020 season. Armstrong & Getty's “Warrior Foundation Freedom Station Give-A-Thon” raised $1.2 million which will be used to help wounded vets recover both physically and mentally from service injuries.

The iHeartMedia Boston NBC10 “One Night Only” concert special featuring Kane Brown, Old Dominion, Kelsea Ballerini,  Jon Pardi, Maren Morris, Lauren Alaina and Jimmie Allen raised over $38,000 to benefit St. Jude  Children’s Research Hospital.

(By Gary Berkowitz) Format changes are nothing new to radio. But when three stations all change format in one market, on one day, now that’s news!

Like every business and industry, radio took a hit to the gut that decimated advertising revenue, strained resources, shut down studios, and had staff scrambling to set up remote office locations in 2020. Everyone was impacted, but to leaders fell the greatest responsibility any had ever faced, making decisions they never before had to make.

Before COVID-19 blanketed the United States, bringing most gatherings to an end, radio remotes were a vital tool in the arsenal of a radio sales rep. Today, as Cumulus Media's Pierre Bouvard points out in his latest blog, stations must get creative with virtual events to fill the remote void.

Westwood One will offer four distinct holiday specials designed for Adult Contemporary and Hot Adult Contemporary formats. Stations can air one of the Christmas specials or all four on Saturdays or Sundays from November 28th through December 20th.

106.9 The Fox (WAFX) and FM99 (WNOR) raised money and brought in food donations to create more than a million meals for those in need in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. The food drive this past weekend will benefit the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and Eastern Shore, and the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank.

Beasley Media Group's WCSX-FM in Detroit is now hosting its 6th Annual People Helping People. Money raised helps families in Detroit facing challenges during the holidays.

WIRK West Palm hosts Tim & Chelsea and their listeners collected more than $11,000 for their annual “Friends Feeding Friends” Food Drive. The event was held virtually with both hosts broadcasting from their homes as Tim recovers from COVID-19 himself.

The Leger newspaper in Central Florida named Boss Hogg Radio the winner of Favorite Radio Station in their Best of Central Florida 2020 competition. Owner Ferris Waller said, “How about that, a small little radio station running with the big dogs.”