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Radio One Richmond has launched Classic Hip-Hop on 950 WXGI-AM, 99.5 W258DC, 1240 WTPS-AM and 102.7 W274BX. The change re-brands the signals to The New 99.5/102.7 The BOX, RVA’s New Home for Classic Hip Hop.

Travel writer Ginny Prior has joined MyWineRadio to produce West Coast Travel Minutes. She is the Executive Director of the Bay Area Travel Writers.

Everyone is finally realizing how powerful audio is. Facebook reported that more than 170 million people follow podcast pages on its platform and the company plans to make it easier to access podcasts. Facebook is also launching a new product very similar to Clubhouse. The company also stated the obvious: "We think a lot of magic happens at the intersection of audio formats."

Alpha Media's Watertown cluster held its 21st annual Sanford Children's Miracle Network Radiothon on April 14th and 15th, raising more than $135,000. It was a record amount raised by the cluster.

Media Monitor has Home Depot back at the top of the list. Indeed held on to the second slot for most aired spots.

As part of her Women To Watch in Media profiles series, host Susan Rocco interviewed Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti. The show aired Saturday morning at 6AM on WABC-AM in New York and Sunday night on WPHT-AM in Philadelphia. Listen to the replay as a podcast HERE.

WNYC Studios has become the most recent subscriber to The Podcast Consumer Tracker from Edison Research. Current subscribers include Stitcher/Midroll, NPR, Wondery, ESPN, and many other producers and podcast platforms.  

Clear Media Network COO Gary Spurgeon will present The Future of Local 24/7 Syndicated Formats, in a webinar to Independent Broadcasters Association members on Tuesday April 27 at 2pm EDT.

SOS Las Vegas listeners & Tobymac stocked Serving Our Kids Foundation with bottled water for coming summer. Serving our Kids Foundation supports thousands of local students with weekend meals during the school year.

ESPN 1000, Chicago's radio home for the White Sox and Nissan are partnering to give two lucky fans new cars. The two fans will each get a 2021 Nissan Rogue after White Sox pitcher Carlos Rodon pitched an historic no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians.