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SNL cast member and comedian Punkie Johnson is teaming up with Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud Radio on SiriusXM for a new show debuting June 19. Love Thang with Punkie Johnson delves into the world of love, relationships, and steamy topics.

iHeartMedia Cleveland is offering small businesses the opportunity to be featured in a $25,000 marketing plan. Businesses can register online at any of the eight Cleveland iHeartMedia station websites.

(By Gary Berkowitz) Have you ever looked at the ratings and wondered: How do certain ACs always come out on top? There is a reason. Do a “programming X-ray” on the most successful and consistently high-rated AC stations, and you quickly see the common elements that make them winners.

The Salem Radio Network will broadcast a live one-hour special, Coronavirus Pandemic: An SRN News Special Report, Wednesday March 18 at 6 p.m. on most SRN-affiliated stations. 

New York Festivals® Radio Awards has announced the 2021 Finalists. The Finalists were selected based on production values, writing, creativity, direction, achievement of purpose, and audience suitability.

(By Buzz Knight) I was recently afforded the opportunity courtesy of my friend International Consultant Phil Dowse to meet Omar Essack. Essack is the Strategy Director/Business Development for Red Tech News.

WBUR, Boston’s NPR News Station, is looking for entries to the annual Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize. The Schorr Prize is a coveted honor awarded to a public media journalist age 35 or younger whose work stands out for its ambition, storytelling craft and reporting rigor.

The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters and The U.S. Black Chambers fall conference will be in person and virtual. There will be limited in person attendance with all participants required to show proof of vaccination.

The American Action Network, a nonprofit group aligned with Speaker Paul Ryan, is turning up the heat on opponents of the American Health Care Act. The bill will be voted on by the House, Thursday, and according to The Washington Examiner, the non-profit launched a $10 million radio campaign on conservative talk stations in 28 House districts.