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(By Alan Burns) Stocks and radio listening, along with many other parts of American life, got hammered this spring. Unlike the stock market, however, Radio didn’t enjoy a V-shaped recovery.

Atlanta's WPZE-FM Praise 102.5 has picked up another Stellar Award. This is the fifth Stellar Award for a Major Market Gospel Station.

(By Mike McVay) There was a time when common thinking was that local programming will beat syndicated/network programming every day of the week. Then Howard Stern, Tom Joyner, Delilah, John Tesh, Bob & Tom, Nights with Elaina, The Breakfast Club and many more showed significant successes.

As we get closer to the 2020 Radio Ink Radio Wayne Awards, which will be held virtually on September 15th, we'll be spotlighting many of our Radio Wayne finalists every day up until the event. Our focus is how to manage successfully during COVID-19. Up first, Entercom's Regional President for Southern California Jeff Federman.

(By John Garziglia) Every two years as federal election time rolls around, I realize that I have forgotten many of the nuances of the FCC’s political broadcasting rules. You may be the same so let’s take a broad look at what the FCC’s political broadcasting rules expect of broadcast stations between now and Election Day.

Mike Gould's privately owned company Eastlan will now measure ratings in Johnson City/Kingsport/Bristol TN/VA and Billings MT. Bristol Broadcast Company is the first to add Eastlan in the Bristol market and Desert Mountain Broadcasting will be first in Billings.

The Thursday, September 17 event will be held in the Twin Cities on AM 1280 The Patriot and Freedom 1570. Unbiased: Unvarnished Truth Behind Race in America will feature author and commentator, Candace Owens and SRN syndicated radio host, Larry Elder.

iHeartMedia Connecticut partnered with Live Nation Connecticut, The XFINITY Theatre, WTNH-TV, teacher’s unions Connecticut Education Association and American Federation of Teachers and the Salvation Army on a Back to School Drive for Teachers and Students.

When Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada had to cancel its main fundraiser due to COVID-19, there was an estimated $150,000 the organization raises every year that was lost. That's when KBUL-AM afternoon host J.J. Christy decided to take off most of his clothes.

KOSI 101.1 has kicked off a Chromebook for Kids Campaign. The Bonneville station is giving away three Chromebooks each weekday through September 11.