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iHeartMedia Connecticut has launched a website with resources to help residents navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic. The site is called WeAreConnecticutStrong.com.

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WKDZ-106.5 FM has been helping the Rotary Club of Cadiz, Kentucky with an annual auction for more than 50 years. This year the station couldn't hold the traditional Rotary Radio Auction where people would attend in person and place bids as well as bid via telephone to the auction that was heard on WKDZ.

The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation has announced the class of 2020 honorees. Four broadcasters with longtime ties to the Badger State are on the list.

Larry Gaydos, host of the Gaydos and Chad Show on KTAR News 92.3 FM in Phoenix, honored his mom, a victim of COVID-19. His mom, Darlene, passed away April 25 after being diagnosed earlier in the month.

BIA has released an adjusted local advertising projection for 2020. As expected, the impact on local media will be massive. The research firm has revised an earlier 2020 revenue prediction of $161.3 Billion to $144.3 Billion, a decline of 10.6%.

The former San Diego sports station will be called The Mightier 1090 and will include more than sports. Arizona ad agency executive Bill Hagen has invested in the station which went off the air a year ago due to financial reasons.

WLYB-FM in Livingston, Alabama is almost certainly the type of broadcast operation Chairman Pai wants to help. Livingston is situated in Sumter County, Alabama, which USA Today identified in 2019 as the poorest county in the United States.

On Monday iHeartMedia teamed up with Foodshare, Hammond Iles and NEFCO Corporation to donate face masks to all first responders in East Hartford, as well as provide food and face masks to residents of the state.

Tim Greene, afternoon personality on WSGE-91.7 FM, Charlotte, is helping youth in an outreach program stay connected while staying home. Greene purchased and presented laptop computers to students in the NC Works NEXTGEN program.