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Alpha Media in North Dallas raised $52,000 from the 4th Annual Wheeler & Castellanos Back the Badge Memorial Golf Tournament. The money goes to the Texoma Back the Badge Foundation.

(By Mike Savage) The business model for public radio is under pressure. A drop in sponsor revenue has led to layoffs and furloughs at public radio stations across the country. Small and rural stations operate on the thinnest of margins in the best of times.

WBCN and The American Revolution, the documentary about Boston's famous 60's underground radio station, is helping Public Radio WHAV, Haverhill, MA. The filmmaker is offering the documentary to help pay for nonprofit local news reporting. 

Xperi has expanded DTS Connected Radio coverage throughout Italy in a partnership with FM-world, a streaming and aggregation platform for radio stations. The companies have completed and validated country-wide integration in Italy and plan to add more FM-world territories in other countries.

The next Edison Research webinar goes beyond age and sex in profiling listeners. Radio Listener Profiles: An Infinite Dial Report is set for Today at 1 p.m. Eastern. REGISTER

2020 Radio Mercury Awards are virtual this year and the best in radio creativity will be announced, rewarded and honored October 6.

What started out as an on air conversation between WIRK’s Tim Leary and Chelsea Taylor, resulted in a donation drive for the Palm Beach County Food Drive that raised enough money to buy 20,400 meals for those in need.

Charlottesville based Monticello Media is holding Change for Charity events throughout September. Money collected will go to support the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank.

ESPN Chicago 1000 AM morning show co-host, David Kaplan, will walk 29 miles on September 29 for charity. Walk as One is to raise awareness for Bernie’s Book Bank.

In an after hours filing Tuesday night it was disclosed that Entercom CEO David Field has purchased 248,000 shares in his company over the past few days. At an average price of $1.42 a share the total cost of the purchase was about $352,200.