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Charlotte Hornets radio play-by-play man John Focke has been suspended indefinitely after he used a racial slur on Twitter during a Jazz-Nuggets game. Focke deleted the tweet and said it was a typo.

The NBA's Charlotte Hornets have suspended radio play-by-play man John Focke indefinitely after he tweeted the N-word. He said it was an accident and he immediately apologized. How would you handle the situation if one of your employees sent out that tweet?

Urban One has filed a prospectus supplement with the SEC for an equity offering program. It calls for the possible offering and sale of Class A shares with an aggregate offering price of up to $25 million.

Beats 1 has been renamed Apple Music 1, and two new Apple radio stations have launched, Apple Music Hits, songs from the ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s, and Apple Music Country where Ty Bentli will host a shift.

Is iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman still the most powerful person in radio? Did someone knock him out of the #1 position, which he has occupied for the last 9 years. With six executives bumped off the list, who are the new faces that made the list?

According to new research from Nielsen, when Americans were told to stay home by the government due to COVID-19, they stayed with radio to stay informed.

As we reported on July 30th, industry executive Bob McCurdy passed away after a battle with cancer. Bob's friends have announced they would like to see a new rehab basketball facility built in his name in Norwalk, CT. Bob was a standout college basketball player and a big supporter of an organization called Full Court Peace.

Airing over 47,000 commercials on radio stations across the country kept Progressive Insurance at the top of the Media Monitors chart of national advertisers for the week of August 10th.

The Salem Radio Network is geared up for convention coverage, COVID style. This weeks Democratic National Convention and next weeks Republican National Convention will be 100% virtual/online because of the pandemic concerns.

Townsquare Media’s New Jersey 101.5 (WKXW-FM) is presenting the latest in a series of Town Hall broadcasts to help New Jersey parents prepare for the start of the new school year. It's set for Thursday August 20.