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The Broadcasters Foundation of America’s Executive Committee of the Board of Directors held an emergency meeting regarding broadcasters in financial need due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The criteria for emergency grant qualifications has been revised to provide aid to broadcasters who meet the requirements and have been infected.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, iHeartMedia and Cleveland TV stations joined forces for a three-and-half-hour telethon on April 4 that aired simultaneously on WOIO CBS 19, CW 43 WUAB, and iHeart's WTAM 1100 and 100.7 WMMS. Over $150,000 was raised for two non-profits.

In a show of support to their local medical community, Hubbard country station KNUC-FM in Seattle has donated 3,000 medical masks to Virginia Mason Hospitals, Evergreen Health, Cottesmore Life Care, PacMed and Seattle Children’s to help nurses and doctors fighting the virus.

KIOK-FM, 94.9 "The Wolf", Kennewick, Washington, has teamed up to feed truckers hauling much needed supplies during the crisis. Truckers Lunchables is supplying truck drivers across the state of Washington with Free lunch, Monday, Wednesday and Friday until the restaurant ban is lifted.

The 30-minute webinars being held in all Beasley markets Wednesday are called Financial Relief for Small Business Owners: The Road Map will feature representatives of the SBA to discuss how businesses can qualify and apply for emergency funds and grants to help keep their doors open

SBG is making its 24/7 formats and long form shows more accessible to stations during the coronavirus crisis. Stations can now have access to several formats and shows with any automation and programming to fit any daypart as well as voice tracking for any air shift.

A free webinar offering ideas and recommendations to help broadcasters get through the COVID-19 crisis is set for Tuesday, April 7. The webinar is a collaboration between three media consulting companies.

The United States Census Bureau used radio to get people to fill out their census information. Over 80,000 census commercials ran on radio stations across the country last week, according to Media Monitors.

Torres Media in Ottawa has launched a campaign to offer free e-commerce websites to local businesses. There will be no charge to advertisers and the sites will include radio ads so businesses can promote the new websites.

Roger Lundeen is the General Manager for four stations in Galesburg, IL. The company Roger works for is Galesberg Broadcasting and it just so happens that the owner of the company is also the Mayor. LISTEN