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You don't often hear radio executives get very specific about their stock price during an earnings call, but that's exactly what Saga CFO Sam Bush did Thursday.

(By Matt and Lisa Miller) While many companies prepare for the COVID-19 outbreak and ask their employees to work from home, we ask the question if radio is an industry that can provide the same quality product with absentee employees? 

The  Hispanic Radio Conference has been postponed and is now scheduled for October 15-16 at the Intercontinental at Doral. Here are all the details...

TM Studios has created several Coronavirus jingles and is offering them to stations for free. Download the package HERE. Use is unlimited.

Westwood One stations NASH FM 103.3 (WKDF) and 95.5 NASH ICON (WSM-FM), took over The Listening Room in downtown Nashville as Chuck Wicks & His Super Famous Friends raised over $10,000 for the American Cancer Society.

The folks at WMAS/Springfield, MA (94.7 WMAS) raised a whopping $226,878 with their Baystate Children's Hospital Radiothon to benefit Baystate Children's Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts.

However, the plan to host the presentation of digital data in a live New York City event will have to wait another year. The release of streaming audio, social media, and podcasting stats, starring the comical duo of Tom Webster and John Rosso, will still be held March 19 at 1 p.m., however, it will remain as it has been every year, a webinar.

The event, which was set for June in Minneapolis, has been postponed for the same reason many other events are being canceled, postponed, or delayed. Paid registrations will be carried over to the new date, which organizers will announce as soon as possible.

The NAB is distributing new public service announcements to radio and TV stations to educate Americans on how to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The PSA effort is part of a Coronavirus Response Toolkit.

The Commissioner is adamant that the FCC must do more in the face of the spreading threat represented by COVID-19 (coronavirus). She outlines steps that could be taken to best serve the general public at this time and stresses the need for urgency. Here is her full statement...