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How many times have morning show hosts been told by consultants over the years to run that money giveaway in the 7:00 hour, or to break that big news in the 7:00 hour? COVID-19 has thrown a monkey wrench into all of that thinking.

Dianna Ploss brokered time from Russell Broadcasting's WSMN in Nashua, New Hampshire. Following a Facebook Live rant where she yelled at workers that they needed to speak English in the United States, WSMN dropped her program issuing a statement that said they will not tolerate discrimination. TMZ has the Ploss video HERE.

Jumping up from 7th two weeks ago, Babbel was radio's number one advertiser last week, according to Media Monitors. The language learning site aired just under 70,000 commercials on radio stations across the country. Here are the top five...

Voter registration, voter education and voter mobilization in advance of the November 2020 election is the behind an effort being championed by Atlanta's Black Radio stations. Here are the details on Black Radio United For The Vote.

Like many other 2020 events, ARKCON 2020 has been canceled, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The state association will instead host a virtual sales and management media summit July 22nd – 23rd. Read the letter from Executive Director Luke Story.

Beasley Media Group's Boston cluster is partnering with RCN Business to award $200,000 in marketing support to assist the Small Business Association Grant Program in Boston. 

If and when the NHL resumes play, the Carolina Hurricanes will continue to be heard on Capitol Broadcasting's WRAL-FM in Raleigh after a two-year contract extension was announced on Monday. Capitol has been carrying Canes hockey for 15 years.

With local economies starting to rebound across the country, advertisers and local businesses are getting back in the game, hoping to bring back the customers and the revenue they lost during the forced lockdown.

The RAB's Jeff Schmidt is hosting a one-hour live presentation tomorrow at 10:00 AM Central called Getting Your Billing Back on Track. Now that businesses are starting to open up it’s time to make money again. Register for this webinar HERE.

A federal judge appointed Larry Patrick as Receiver for KREV-FM 92.7 in San Francisco KFRH-FM 104.3 in Las Vegas and KRCKC-FM in Palm Springs.  This stems from a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement by 17 music copyright holders. The reported debt of the three stations is over $2 million.