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Westwood One is serving radio stations its annual A Thanksgiving Weekend Celebration — a four-hour country special hosted by multi-platinum artist Luke Combs. 

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iHeartMedia’s KQXT/San Antonio (Q101.9) will flip to all-Christmas music, Friday, November 15 at 6 p.m. The changeover will be coordinated with the launch of the Whataburger Zoo Lights.

Lexington, KY, News/Talk radio station WVLK will air a nine-hour broadcast dedicated to confronting the opioid crisis and how it impacts Central Kentucky and the Commonwealth.

It was not a good quarter for Salem Communications. Overall revenue dropped 2.2%, same station broadcast revenue decreased 1.4% and digital revenue was down 12% at a time when all other broadcasters are reporting big revenue increases in digital.

Edison Research and NPR presented the new spoken word data Tuesday which showed, since 2014, share of time spent listening to spoken word audio has increased 20%, while time spent with music decreased 5%.

Community Broadcasters WBDR and WOTT’s Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon to benefit Watertown, NY’s Samaritan Medical Center, raised $140K in three days. The PDs of the two stations broadcast stories of children and families helped by CMN.

As part of the company’s ongoing Community of Caring initiative, employees from the its Las Vegas cluster recently volunteered at Opportunity Village, a non-profit that serves adults in Southern Nevada with intellectual and related disabilities.

The Gracie Awards, presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation, has opened the call for entries for the 45th Annual Gracie Awards Gala, May 19, 2020, at the Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills, A Four Seasons Hotel. We have the details.

On Tuesday, at noon, KRWM-FM/Seattle Brand Content Director Ron Harrell, and work-day host Shellie Hart, flipped the station to Seattle's Christmas Station, WARM 106.9.