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WSOU 89.5 FM, the student-run radio station at Seton Hall University, raised a total of $1,050 to donate to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey. Students, alumni, and community members all contributed to this annual effort to fight food insecurity in New Jersey.

The 2020 Celebration of Service to America Awards, which aired nationwide in August and September, reached more than 7.5 million people. The National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation will once again professionally produce the event for television and make it available for stations to air next summer.

NewsTalk 670 KBOI in Boise hosted a toy drive and gathered up over 70,000 toys and $27,000 in cash donations benefiting the US Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program.

WGN Radio is dipping into its archives for a holiday programming block. Three hours of classic Roy Leonard shows will air on Christmas Eve, followed by 27 hours of Christmas Radio Theatre, hosted by Carl Amari.

Thomas Rhett, will appear on the annual Bob Kingsley’s Acoustic Alley, to be held on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 during CRS 2021: The Virtual Experience. Rhett is a multi-platinum performer and 2020 ACM Entertainer of the Year.

Compass Media Networks has a special for Classic Rock Stations. Uncle Joe's Rockin Christmas Show is a four hour package.

Megyn Kelly, who gave up the news network grind to focus on podcasting, says she's been set free. In her Wednesday Forecast LIVE session with WABC Radio Host, Juliet Huddy, Kelly suggested "Wild West Journalism", could signal the end to traditional media.

The House of Representatives has passed Resolution 549, which reaffirms Congress's commitment to media diversity and pledges to work with the private sector on solutions to eliminate barriers to media diversity. Read the resolution HERE.

Content creators at The Current (KCMP) and Classical MPR (KSJN), the two music services offered by Minnesota Public Radio, voted to recognize SAG-AFTRA as their union.

Midwest Communications' Bob Harris is in the battle of his life. The KFGO Fargo host has been in the hospital since Thanksgiving when he experienced shortness of breath. Harris has been in a coma and went into cardiac arrest twice. The 65-year old has been with KFGO for nearly 30 years and in radio for over 40. More HERE.