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The Federal Communications Commission has sent out a notice that the agency will be available all weekend to any broadcasters in Puerto Rico and Florida effected by Tropical Storm Dorian. The FCC Operations Center can be reached by phone at 202-418-1122 or by e-mail at [email protected].

Here's a radio station that could use a helping hand from friends in the industry. During a thunderstorm earlier this month, lightning struck the transmitter building of Harbert Hills Academy’s radio station, WDNX, in Savannah, TN, resulting in a fire that engulfed the building and destroyed the transmitter and other equipment.

ESPN Radio has reached a long-term Local Marketing Agreement and lease with Good Karma, which calls for Good Karma to assume operations and control of ESPN Radio Chicago (WMVP-AM).

With the addition of WTQS-AM (with an FM translator at 97.1), Community Broadcasters now has three stations carrying its News Talk Network in South Carolina.

In recent weeks two stories of podcasters using content without giving proper credit have made national news. The Podcast Business Journal addresses that issue HERE by conducting interviews with eight podcasting experts.

Weekend host and columnist Chris Russell was talking on his cell phone to Chad Dukes on 106.7 The Fan when he was pulled over by police. Talking on your phone and driving is illegal in Washington D.C.

And one of the illegal radio stations was found operating at a condo association on Biscayne Boulevard in North Miami. The Sailboat Cay Condominium Association in North Miami and Winston and Sonia Murdock of Miami Gardens were both sent enforcement letters.

How do you manage multiple sales staffs? How do you treat each station equally? How do you make sure all clients are taken care of properly. Those are just a few of the items sales managers and D.O.S's have to deal with on a daily basis.

Entercom and six-time NBA champion Golden State Warriors have announced a multiyear broadcast extension. As part of the agreement, 95.7 The Game (KGMZ-FM), will continue to serve as the flagship station for Warriors basketball.

OTS Media brought home 13 awards from the South Carolina Broadcasters' Association Annual Awards on August 17, including South Carolina Radio Station of the Year for WRHI/Rock Hill, SC.