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After a mountain of criticism about what he said about the death of former pitching great Roy Halladay, WBZ-FM Boston host Mike Felger has quickly apologized. One of the things that got Felger in hot water was saying Halladay got what he deserved. Halladay was killed in a plane crash off the coast of Florida this week leaving behind a wife and two kids. Check out the Felger apology.

iHeartMedia and SAG-AFTRA have come to a tentative agreement for the employees at the all-news station about to change hands from Entercom to iHeart. SAG-AFTRA tells Radio Ink WBZ-AM employees will not have to interview for the jobs the currently hold. They will continued to be employed by iHeart.

Adams Radio Group's AC station in Fort Wayne, 103.9 Sunny FM (WWFW), flipped the switch on Wednesday. It's the fourth consecutive year the station has been serving up holiday music to Fort Wayne listeners.

The New b98.7’s morning team, Chadd & Kristi Thomas, will host their 17th Annual Toys for Tots Marathon Toy Drive on Friday, December 1 to benefit needy families throughout the Tampa Bay community. The duo will broadcast live and collect new, unwrapped toys from 5 a.m. – 8 p.m.

It’s the second-longest tenured NFL broadcast network features and for its 500th games it’s the Los Angeles Chargers vs. Jacksonville, this Sunday, November 12  at 1 p.m. ET.

iHeartMedia’s syndicated morning show The Breakfast Club, heard on Hip-Hop/R&B stations nationwide, announced Thursday #Change4Change, an all-day radiothon to benefit The Gathering for Justice, an organization whose mission is to eliminate racial inequalities, social injustice, and child incarceration.

iHeartMedia CFO Rich Bressler made a point to remind investors and analysts Wednesday that iHeart was still the biggest radio Kahuna on the block, despite all the recent hoopla and chatter about the Entercom CBS merger.

It wasn't much, .03%, but it was enough of an increase for iHeartMedia executives to say they kept their topline streak alive and are outperforming the radio industry in markets they operate, according to Miller Kaplan.

It's pretty much the same as it has been for quite some time, a smidge over $20 billion. Company executives would not discuss the debt situation on the Wednesday earnings call, citing ongoing negotiations to get that resolved. So, let's dig a little bit more into the numbers.

Nearly 800 listeners in Boston have signed a petition started by Boston WBZ News listener Benjamin Goodman. The website that promotes the petition states, "We are New Englanders deeply concerned that WBZ's recent acquisition by iHeartMedia is poised to undermine a critical public service to citizens who rely on WBZ for critical content."