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Classic Rock station PYX 106, (Albany, NY), will hold its fourth annual "Vets Rock" broadcast on Veterans Day, featuring 10 local military service men and women. After auditions were conducted, the vets were selected to host the station’s programming and conversation topics for a day.

News doesn’t get much better than this. KIRO Radio 97.3 FM’s Ron & Don show, the Seattle Police Department (with the support of the Seattle Police Foundation), and Sleep Train will provide 300 beds to children in need through the 2016 “Beds for Kids Project.”

What do you get when 600 people come together for a Thanksgiving meal? In Des Moines, you get donations for the needy and a shot at a Guinness world record. On November 6, the good people from Cumulus-Des Moines brought together the 600 for a fun attempt at a world record, and to raise awareness for the needy as Thanksgiving approaches.

Already you hear and read about the possibility that Commissioner Ajit Pai could take over as Chairman after Thomas Wheeler leaves his post. And Pai has been extremely friendly to radio.

In his latest blog, Tracy Johnson Media Group founder Tracy Johnson says, love him or hate him, Donald Trump is the winner. And Johnson believes there are lessons that can be learned from the Trump victory on Tuesday and incorporated into a radio show.

Revenue for iHeartMedia in Q3 came in at $857 million, compared to $847 million in 2015. The slight increase was attributed to political revenue, growth in the network business, more revenue from syndication -- specifically the news/talk format which benefits from a heated election -- and iHeart's traffic and weather divisions. More revenue is also coming in from events, including the iHeartRadio Music Festival which was held in September.

The CEO of your lobbying organization, Gordon Smith, sent out the following statement the morning after...

iHeartMedia CFO Richard Bressler said the company does thousands of events every year across its hundreds of radio stations, calling it an important part of the company's "embedded sales strategy," and they do produce revenue.

That's how many registered users the app now has, according to CFO Richard Bressler. Despite that big number and the planned January roll-out of two paid on-demand services on the app, Bressler says digital listening remains secondary to radio...

On Thursday, iHeartMedia's 93.9 MYfm will flip to all holiday music. PD Mick Lee said, “For the past few weeks, we’ve asked listeners to go to www.939myfm.com and take a guess at when they think we’re flipping to Christmas music. With thousands of submissions, it’s clear that Chicagoland is ready for the holidays. We’re thrilled to announce the tradition of Christmas music continues on 93.9 MYfm with our 16th annual holiday celebration.”