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Kristin Okesson is the SVP of Connoisseur Media and is responsible for managing Connoisseur’s entire Connecticut operations, which cover the Bridgeport, New Haven, and Stamford/Norwalk markets. Kristin fills us in on the coronavirus situation in Connecticut and how her cluster is covering it.

The company was scheduled to release Q4 and full-year 2019 earnings this morning. That has been pushed back to Friday morning to allow the company's accounting firm to complete its audit.

In 1990, Joe O’Rourke was handling sales for a new radio station in town when an order for Ryan Imported Car Repair crossed his desk. The morning guy knew the owner, Joe Ryan, and he told O’Rourke, “Get to know Joe Ryan, he already knows your car.” Our weekly advertiser success stories are sponsored by SPECbyte.com

With the NCAA’s March Madness playoffs cancelled due to the coronavirus, Westwood One will rerun 15 Great Games in NCAA Tournament History to help college basketball fans experience the madness of March.

Top 40/Hot AC show In The Mix With HK is now available free of charge and with no contractual commitment to non-affiliated stations that are understaffed or in need of programming content due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

No tours for the kids, no picking up prizes, no listeners dropping by to say hi to their favorite DJ's. Those are the new rules implemented by Midwest Communications in Sioux Falls, and most likely radio stations all across the country as they do their part to flatten the coronavirus curve. Midwest has even posted the new rules on their website.

Sun Broadcast Group has implemented a plan to protect its workforce across the country through what it's calling a Smart-Work initiative. Employees across SBG’s five locations began a phased transfer into a telework scenario until at least April.

(By Gary Berkowitz) We've been brainstorming ideas broadcasters could quickly implement to help deal with this coronavirus outbreak. Here's a list to help keep on message and listeners engaged.

Townsquare's 2019 pro-forma net revenue increased 4.7% over 2018. Excluding political revenue, which declined $6.9 million from $10 million in 2018 to $3.1 million in 2019, pro forma net revenue increased 6.6%.

Monday was the first opportunity to hear from a public radio company since the coronavirus situation ramped up into a serious crisis late last week. Townsquaare CEO Bill Wilson said the impact in the month of March has been significant.