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Alpha Media's KFOR in Lincoln is 95 years old. To say, over the years, KFOR has served its community quite well, would be a massive understatetment. Last Week in Vegas, Market Manager Julie Gade and her team accepted their fifth NAB Crystal Radio Award for exceptional year-round community service.

And sell more advertising. So the online retail giant has launched a new ad-supported music-streaming service. The free service will be available to customers with Alexa devices who don’t subscribe to Amazon Prime

Illinois State University and Bradley University signed a deal in which WGLT-FM will take over WCBU-FM in Peoria starting June 1. WCBU will continue to run broadcast operations on the Bradley campus and will keep the WCBU call letters and 89.9 FM frequency.

iHeartMedia Pittsburgh has extended its agreement with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL, through the 2023 season. The Steelers Radio Network originates from WDVE-102.5 FM and WBGG-970 AM & 106.3 FM.

(By Editor-in-Chief Ed Ryan) Some of you may know that in 2018 we launched the Podcast Business Journal, a daily online newsletter about the business of podcasting. This week I wrote a column about burnout called "Could Podcasters Deal With The Pressure Of Being A Radio Host?"

South Carolina radio vet Rhonda Rawlings has joined the campaign staff of Democratic presidential hopeful Cory Booker, according to The State. Rawlings is well known in the Greenville area.

The 4K 4Charity Fun Run held at the 2019 NAB Show raised more than $68,000 for Girls Who Code, a national non-profit organization working to close the gender gap in technology and to change the image of what a programmer looks like.

The company has won the National Headliner Award for its reporting and coverage of the Parkland school shooting in Florida last year. This award recognizes the entire Westwood One News staff

A record-breaking $2.7 million, in fact, during its annual radiothon season to support "St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital: Finding Cures. Saving children." Over more than 20 years, Cumulus has raised $24.2 million through its annual event.

In his latest blog post, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, following up on his NAB Las Vegas speech, announced that on May 9th the agency will be doing more to help AM Broadcasters survive.