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ESPN Chicago and the Chicago White Sox have signed a multiyear agreement naming ESPN 1000 as the team’s flagship radio station. WGN had been the broadcast home of the team in recent years.

With 2019 revenue at $69.8 million (according to a BIA press release), the Hubbard all-news station in Washington, DC held on to its title as the number one billing radio station in America. iHeartMedia grabbed the next four spots.

Matt Britton, Millennial, Gen Z, and Consumer Trends Expert is returning to Radio Ink's Forecast LIVE. Matt's Keynote presentation will be part of 2020 event, which is now less than one month away.

Popular ESPN host Dan Le Batard said on his radio show that he was "blindsided" when his producer Chris Cote was fired during another round of company layoffs. He called it the greatest disrespect of his career and says he will bring Coat back and pay his salary out of his own pocket.

“Selling air” has always been a battle when your biggest competitors have visuals to show off or data to brag about. Throw in COVID-19, and 2020 may go down as the toughest year to sell radio yet. We turned to several of our 2020 Radio Wayne finalists and asked them what their biggest challenges were (outside of COVID-19) and how they overcame them.

With help from Eric Weiss and The Weiss Agency, the former co-host of the syndicated Brooke and Jubal show has launched his own show into syndication. Jubal Fresh' new company is called Team Jubal Productions.

The entire iHeartMedia Chicago cluster of radio station will be helping the local Chicagoland community in their own unique way. Every station will be participating in a month-long "season of Thanksgiving." Here's how they plan to do it.

Entercom and Beasley have announced that all 64 of the Beasley Media Group stations across 15 markets will now be available on the Radio.com app. In addition all Beasley podcasts will also be made available on Radio.com. The Beasley stations are also on iHeartradio. 

WFMU has launched its Rock ’n’ Soul Radio Stream with a unique combination of AI based, upbeat DJ entities and human DJs. The stream features rock ‘n’ roll and soul music from the 1950s through modern day.

Country, Rock and News audiences all will get special attention from ABC Thanksgiving weekend. Among the hosts of the specials, country icon Dolly Parton.