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After five weeks at number one on the Media Monitors weekly spot list, Walgreens has dropped down to number eight. GEICO retakes the top spot, moving up from number two, with its 40,262 commercials played on radio stations all over the country.

William Kelly, host of the Citizen Kelly Show on WCGO-1590 AM and 95.9 FM, is a plaintiff in a suit naming Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. The suit alleges COVID-19 shutdown restrictions have harmed business owners and residents.

The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation will present WABC's Joan Hamburg with the Gracies Lifetime Achievement Award at its 41st Annual Awards Luncheon June 21st in New York City. The Gracies recognize exemplary programming created by women, for women and about women in all facets of media.

Grant County Broadcasters has rebranded WNKR in Williamstown, KY, from classic country to classic hits on The Oasis. This change comes as Owner Jeff Zeismann prepares to sell the former home of The Oasis to Relevant Radio for $4.5 million.

(By Buzz Knight) We must marvel at the success of sports radio from a ratings perspective and from a revenue perspective. Let's run the bases with specific lessons the sports talk format could teach other formats in the industry.

With revenue of $28 million in the second quarter of 2021, Saga saw its revenue jump 66% from a year ago, at the height of the COVID lockdown. April was up 83%, May was up 74% and June was up 47%.

Birach Broadcasting Corporation has debuted Freedom 1160 WCXI. The station will carry a full slate of syndicated shows.

Are you getting tired of your clients telling you they're getting results with social media? Here's some new data to help you in your battle for that budget. MediaPost has the details about a biannual study with CMOs conducted by the American Marketing Association, Deloitte and the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

The Podcast Business Journal will host a 10-week virtual session "Make Real Money Podcasting: The Series." The series starts Thursday, September 1 at Noon ET.