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(By Carol Commander) So you’re in radio sales, in a pandemic. Selling air in a pandemic, doesn’t sound all that appealing when worded that way, does it? Think again!

Entries are now being accepted for The Gracie Awards, presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation. 2021 will the 46th year the Gracie Awards Gala and Gracie Awards Luncheon will be held.

Entercom and the National Urban League are partnering to advance racial justice and equity initiatives. The partnership will promote Urban League programs in education, job training, entrepreneurship and more.

The HEROES Small Business Lifeline Act has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. It includes provisions to expand eligibility for U.S. Small Business Administration loan access to struggling radio stations. Here's what NAB CEO Gordon Smith said when he heard what the Senate was up to...

The New York Post's Andrew Marchand is reporting that former WFAN morning show co-host could sign a contract to return to the station as early as today. Marchand is speculating that Carton will partner with Evan Roberts in afternoon drive and 67-year old Joe Benigno will retire.

(By Gary Fisher) It was a chilly April 15 morning on the Black Horse Pike in Atlantic City. It should have been the start of another bustling summer season at the Jersey shore. We just finished chatting with the mailman, who left without delivering any checks for the fifth straight day.

(By Buzz Knight) Finding personal satisfaction and a sense of overall happiness can be an incredibly difficult thing. Even in a non-pandemic moment there are days that pass where this sense of well being is elusive.

The NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and iHeartMedia Cleveland announced a multiyear agreement beginning with the 2020-21 season. The new deal will keep WTAM-AM/FM and WMMS-FM as the official flagship stations for the Cavs.

Bonneville in Salt Lake is sharing a press release about how the company is helping competing gubernatorial candidates who are calling for civility in politics. The company is donating airtime to help the cause.

We have two excellent panel discussions led by Matt Feinberg from HRN: Leveling the Playing Field: Will Hispanic Growth Grow Advertising Allocations? and Univision's Eric Garcia who tackles podcasting – What’s the Revenue Potential & Can It Help Grow Radio Audiences? Hispanic Radio Live is back this morning at 11:30 am Eastern.