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The two FCC commissioners will inspect the hurricane damage on Monday, September 18. They will also meet with those engaged in recovery operations, and receive updates about the ongoing efforts to restore communications services. 

Cox Media Group's President Kim Guthrie and Executive VP Bill Hendrich are extremely proud of how their teams in Texas and Florida performed in the face of the two recent hurricanes. Guthrie said,“After ensuring that our teams and their families were all safe, our mission was to serve our communities by relaying vital, lifesaving information to our viewers, listeners, and readers." Here's exactly what CMG's been up to since Harvey and Irma decided to carve destruction across several states...

According to a press release from SAG-AFTRA in Los Angeles, the National Labor Relations Board in is moving forward with a formal complaint of unfair labor practice charges filed by SAG-AFTRA against SBS. SBS CEO Raul Alarcon has said he plans to fight the charges, stating they are "not only totally false and malicious, they are, in fact, an insult to the talented and professional on-air personnel the union claims to represent.”

Beverlee Brannigan (E.W. Scripps), RJ Curtis (All Access), Tom Baldrica (Midwest Communications), Becky Brenner (Consulting Partner, Albright & O’Malley & Brenner Consulting), and Bob Richards (Emmis Radio Indianapolis and WLHK/Indianapolis) will form the core panel of moderators at Country Radio Seminar 2018.

99.5 The Wolf (KPLX-FM) and New Country 96.3 KSCS (KSCS-FM), brought Broken Bow Records artist Dustin Lynch to Cowboys Red River Dance Hall in Dallas, Tuesday, September 12, to raise money for the American Red Cross Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.

Babies don’t change their natural habits, even in a disaster. So when myTalk 107.1/Twin Cities donated 215,000 diapers, blankets, baby clothes, and cash for the people affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, it was a very big deal – and a welcome one.

The Las Vegas station partnered with Zappos For Good, Lyft, and the Salvation Army for a three-day broadcast September 6-8 to collect items for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma relief efforts. At the end of the three days, Chet Buchanan & the Morning Zoo filled five semi-trucks with donated supplies

Sports Radio 850 (WTAR-AM)/Norfolk, VA, has a new daily lineup that includes Clay Travis’ Outkick the Coverage, The Dan Patrick Show, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, The Nick Bailey Show, and The Rich Eisen Show.

That's according to the FCC's latest report on Hurricane Irma which pounded The Florida Keys and the entire west coast of the state. Hundreds of thousands are still without power and the cleanup will take months. 25 of those stations are in the state of Florida and one is in the U.S. Virgin Islands. For the most part in Southwest Florida, radio stations were simulcasting TV coverage of the storm.

Jeanne Griswold is the National Sales Manager for Cox Media Group in Orlando and Miami. She's been in radio for 26 years, working the national side of the business for the past ten. One of Griswold's former managers tells Radio Ink Jeanne has been a successful NSM because she displays leadership in every aspect of her job. "She excels at training and leading local staffs in negotiation, agency skills, and developing large accounts. And she's proactive with her peer group in developing innovative ways for Cox to set ourselves apart from other broadcasters."