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Entercom has launched HOT 105.7 (WXSS-HD2), as a hip hop and R&B station. The change takes The Fan off of FM, rebranding it as 1250AM The Fan (WSSP-AM).

At the opening panel of the 2020 Radio Show Monday afternoon Cumulus CEO Mary Berner, Entercom CEO David Field and iHeart CEO Bob Pittman described to MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle what it's going to take to get back to business after a near total government mandated business shut-down due to the pandemic.

Cumulus/Westwood One Chief Insights Officer Pierre Bouvard is out with a new blog that analyzes the latest Nielsen numbers from PPM markets. He says drive time audiences continue to climb after the March drop due to COVID-19.

AnalyticOwl is partnering with vCreative to allow stations to automatically surface audio files directly from vCreative vPPO into the AnalyticOwl attribution platform. This new capability matches individual creative elements to detailed campaign analysis information.

Conference Cloud is the company's first research, marketing and digital combo product. The product is the first from NuVoodoo's just added Digital Division.

The Cares for Kids Radiothon in Albany, NY raised over $274,000 to benefit the Bernard and Millie Duker Children’s Hospital at Albany Med, the local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. News Radio 810/103.1 WGY and 99.5 The River hosted the 22nd Annual Radiothon.

(By John Garziglia) In response to Petitions for a Writ of Certiorari of the 3rd Circuit’s decision in Prometheus IV filed by the FCC and the NAB, the US Supreme Court on Friday, October 2, 2020 granted Certiorari. Let's dig deeper into what this is really all about...

Premiere Networks' Elvis Duran will host the 2020 Radio Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on October 29 from 7-9 p.m. The ceremony will be live from multiple locations and broadcast on radio stations across the country, on iHeart Radio, and on SiriusXM.

(By Mike McVay) The economy for broadcasters showed a downward turn long before COVID-19 became known as a worldwide pandemic. The Coronavirus has created even more job eliminations. This is especially true for on-air talent. The question is, what to do when you lose your job?

(By Paul Weyland)  “A mindset is a belief that orients the way we handle situations—the way we sort out what is going on and what we should do. Our mindsets help us spot opportunities, but they can also trap us in self-defeating cycles.” -Gary B. Kline, Ph. D