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Holiday Toys for Girls and Boys, a virtual event to benefit Toys for Tots, dedicated to bring toys and smiles to less fortunate children across the country is underway. 100% of the virtual donations will be turned into physical toys under a family’s tree Christmas morning.

Country Radio Broadcasters has released the list of nominees for this year’s New Faces of Country Music® Show voting. Voting for the Class of 2021 opens November 30 and runs through December 4.

iHeartMedia Atlanta is helping the Atlanta Community Food Bank. The Giving Tuesday event runs today from 6 AM - 10 PM.

If you’ve always wanted to attend Forecast but were unable due to the travel or expense, this is your opportunity. It may never happen again – don’t be sorry and miss it! Check out this lineup for Forecast LIVE!

Benztown and P1 Media Group are hosting a free 30-minute webinar called The Radio Personality Success Path – Five Stages of Growth, Thursday at 10:00am PST. Register HERE

NewsRadio 610 and NewsRadio 96.7 are preparing for the Make 12 Hours Count radiothon. The event is set for November 17 from 6 AM - 6 PM.

The Coronavirus Radio Ideas Awards are out. Benztown, P1 Media Group and Radiodays Europe teamed up for the Friday the 13th virtual presentation of 13 winners in 13 categories.

Revenue from Urban One's radio division, on a same-station basis, was down 29.7%. Excluding political, it was down 34.5%. By comparison, Q2 was down 57.1%. Radio did improve by over 50% from Q2 to Q3 this year which is another indication that, as the year goes on, revenue is coming back.

Total revenue for the Conservative/Religious broadcaster declined about $4 million from Q3 2019. Broadcast revenue was down 4.8%, ($45.4 million), compared to 2019 ($45.7 million) and up 15% compared to Q2 2020.

Hispanic Media Company Norsan Media is expanding to Texas. The company is purchasing KZNX and translator K236AY which covers the Austin area. The frequency will be used to launch La Raza 95.1 FM/1530 AM with a Regional Mexican.