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Thousands of masks were distributed in Hartford, CT by 99.1 WPLR. The Connoisseur Media station teamed up with WFSB-TV Channel 3 to give away 50,000 free masks.

Memphis Made Brewing Company is partnering with 98.1 The Max and Ajax Distributing to help hospitality workers in Memphis. Memphis Made is canning some of its Fireside beer in special 98.1 The Max cans with a portion of the sales going to the Memphis Food Industry Emergency Worker Assistance Fund.

For the first time in 13 years, the professional development course which is designed to foster and educate current and emerging female radio managers within broadcast radio has been postponed. Plans for next years seminar will be announced in early 2021.

It’s been one month since Jacobs Media launched its first COVID-19 research study. When that first survey went into the field, the death toll in the U.S. hit the 5,000 mark. One month later, it’s around 60,000.

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.