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(By Bob McCurdy) This time out I've included a chart of data that summarizes who actually purchased/leased new automobiles, not who one thinks purchased/leased them. The numbers might surprise you.

Saga’s Jonesboro, AK, cluster and KAIT-TV in Jonesboro teamed up for the 22nd year for their Have A Heart Wishathon for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. A total of $402,376 was raised in the one-day event. 

The National Association of Broadcasters has it for you. The NAB's print and online 2020 Election Toolkit is aimed at helping stations with their news coverage of the presidential, congressional and local elections.

WFRE-FM in Frederick, MD. recently raised $531,628 for St. Jude during the company's annual Country Cares for St. Jude Kids radiothon. In the 13 years the station has hosted the event over $5 million has now been raised for St. Jude.

KSIL-FM in El Paso flips from Regional Mexican to the LATIN X format which is aimed at including all Latinos and Latinas, according to Operations Manager Jesse Rios.

WDIA, iHeartMedia, has been added to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. The trail includes more than 100 locations across the country that were important to the Civil Rights movement of the '50s and '60s.

And Cumulus CEO Mary Berner said she was very proud of the company’s 2019 results. "On a same station basis, our team has now delivered the second year in a row of revenue growth."

Last week during Bob Kingsley’s Acoustic Alley, Radio Ink awarded its 2020 class of top country program directors with their plaques, minutes before Garth Brooks took the stage. A big thanks to RJ Curtis, the entire team at CRS, Nan Kingsley, Fitz and our sponsor Sony Music Nashville.

On Thursday Mark Ramsey Media Managing Member Mark Ramsey presented new research to CRS 2020 attendees. The goal of his research was to help PD’s understand their audience better and to bust a few myths about the country radio listener. We caught up with Ramsey shortly after he made his presentation.

Ron Diaz and Ron Bennington were a wildly popular morning show back in the late '80s and early '90s. Based out of Tampa, the show grew to 15 affiliates before it all ended.