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Ron Stone's idea for a national radiothon to raise money for Feeding America begins on most stations at 6AM. 3,400 individual stations plus another 7,000 via syndication and network access will, no doubt, bring in a lot of money. So, what are Stone's expectations?

New Jersey Broadcasters Association President Paul Rotella believes so and he's filed a letter on behalf of NJBA members with the FCC requesting the Commission hold off on raising regulatory fees at its next meeting May 13th.

Carolyn Gilbert offers some interesting insights from research NuVoodoo has been conducting about radio habits during COVID 19 and how they've been affected by the crisis. LISTEN

Another letter has been sent to House leaders asking that any future coronavirus stimulus packages include money for local news publishers and broadcasters. This latest letter has 124 signatures. It's the 6th letter that's been sent to either Congressional leaders or the President. Read it HERE

After an internal contest that generated hundreds of suggestions from CMG employees, here'd the new CMG company logo.

The power of radio was used for a Southwest Wisconsin electric co-op meeting. WRCO AM/FM Richland Center, Wisconsin helped the Richland Electric Cooperative conduct a virtual meeting.

They were told by e-mail yesterday that if they make over $50,000, and have not already volunteered to take a 5% pay cut, they will be required to take two weeks off without pay.

The $2 Billion of first quarter revenue for SiriusXM was on a pro forma basis and net income came in at $293 million, compared to $162 million in Q1 2019. The company added 69,000 self-pay net subscribers. Here's how Pandora performed... .

CEO James Meyer said the company experienced a substantial disruption of its call center staffing due to the coronavirus crisis. Staffing levels fell 50% to 60%, lengthening hold times, increasing abandoned rates and reducing the company's ability to handle customer needs and support sales campaigns.

The full 2020 Smart Audio Report from Edison Research and NPR will be presented during a webinar tomorrow. The research digs into smart speaker consumer behavior in the United States.