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Join the NAB for its first interactive Radio Community networking event today from 3:30-4pm (Eastern). The networking session follows a session hosted by Xperi at 3PM at the NAB's online Amplify event.

Tim Greene, afternoon personality on WSGE-91.7 FM, Charlotte, is helping youth in an outreach program stay connected while staying home. Greene purchased and presented laptop computers to students in the NC Works NEXTGEN program.

The NFL's Oakland Raiders and Entercom's 95.7 The GAME (KGMZ-FM) have jointly announced that the station will continue as flagship station for the team in San Francisco. The GAME first partnered with the Raiders in 2013. The agreement was negotiated in cooperation with Compass Media Networks.

The Public Radio Program Directors Association is welcoming a fresh cohort of industry leaders to its board of directors. With the organization on the brink of a major rebrand, the board's Governance committee carefully curated a diverse lineup of new members.

According to BIA/Kelsey, local advertising on mobile devices sold by pure-play mobile providers in 2018 will reach $19 billion. $3.1 billion of that total will go to newspaper, TV, and radio, with radio getting about $104 million of that $3.1 billion pie.

The stations are WNUQ-FM in Albany, GA, KJMO-FM in Columbia, MO, WPCK-FM in Green Bay and WTOD-FM in Toledo. The stations will be put into a trust until they are sold. Here's why they are being moved...

Listeners of the Christian radio network The Light (based in Asheville, N.C.) donated enough money on May 10 to provide 1,426 women with ultrasounds and faith-based support through the station’s “Heartbeat of Hope” campaign.

Amazon has announced that it is buying podcasting company Wondery. According to the announcement on Amazon, Wondery will join Amazon Music. Financial details of the deal have not been announced.

Educational Media Foundation, the parent ministry and programmer of the world’s two largest Christian music radio networks, announces the internal advancement of Mandy Young and Troy West. 

When you hear radio executives talk about radio hosts being companions, it's the real deal. One week after losing his 21-year old daughter, Ace from the Charlotte-based Ace & TJ Show took to Facebook to describe his shattered world. He thanked his radio family for being there for him, which garnered thousands of comments and shares in return. READ IT