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Employees at KCRW in Santa Monica voted to recognize SAG-AFTRA as their labor union. The online vote was conducted according to an election agreement reached between SAG-AFTRA and KCRW.

(By Ronald Robinson) All the canaries, once ensconced in radio’s coal mines, are gone. Talent was inserted instead. Even before the Great Deregulation Apocalypse of the mid-‘90s, radio’s ownership and leadership had stopped paying any attention to the canaries that were passing out.

iHeartMedia Des Moines’ 1040 WHO has just had Van Harden and Bonnie Lucas inducted into the Iowa Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. The Van and Bonnie Show has played an important role in the community for 24 years.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital recognized the fundraising efforts of Country station WUSY-FM/Chattanooga with the 2019 Spotlight Award. The annual Heart Strings for Hope event has raised more than $1 million over the course of a decade.

That station is 101.5 WKXW-FM and the award comes from the New Jersey Broadcasters Association. The story that earned the award was coverage of a fatal bus accident in Paramus, NJ, on the morning of May 17, 2018, when a school bus collided with a dump truck on Interstate 80.

Washington DC stations, WMAL AM & FM, are now simulcasting talk. On July 1, the AM will flip to sports with a mix of ESPN's national voices and local talent. The station will be called ESPN 630.

The 27th annual Radio Ink Radio Wayne Awards will be presented at The Radio Show in Dallas on September 26. How cool would it be to hear the name of your Sales Manager, AE, D.O.S., Market Manager, NSM or Digital Sellers name called? Answer: very cool. The only way to make that happen is to make the nomination before midnight tonight. Do it HERE.

Well, the St. Louis Blues won the Stanley Cup on Wednesday night after a tough seven-game series with the Boston Bruins. And, naturally, folks in radioland never miss an opportunity to celebrate.

(By Art Vuolo) When your middle name really is Records, you know you were destined to be on the radio. Back in the '90s, radio talent coach Dan O’Day proclaimed that “more young guys were influenced to become radio DJs by John Records Landecker than anyone else in the business.”

Thanks to 7 Mountains Market Manager Sean O'Mealy for sending in today's great station promo. Sean says this digital inbound marketing promo was written and produced by Creative Director Rob Frazier for the 7 Mountains cluster in Selinsgrove/Bloomsburg, PA.