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The 9th Annual Raul Jimenez Thanksgiving Dinner Radiothon was held Friday, October 21 in the Alamo Lounge and the accompanying radiothon raised over $131,000 to go towards the largest Thanksgiving dinner in the country.

A lawyer for Republican state Senator Chris Walters (pictured) has sent a “cease and desist” letter to several Charleston West Virginia radio stations demanding they stop running ads that he says falsely claim Walters testified on behalf of a convicted child molester.

You may have the read the national news story about how the California National Guard is requiring veterans to repay signing bonuses they were given years ago when the Guard was trying to keep service members from retiring. Syndicated morning hosts Armstrong & Getty are asking their listeners to help those veterans by signing a WhiteHouse.gov petition to force the government to forgive the debts.

In the last 10 days, the Hillary Clinton For President campaign has run 15,531 radio ads on stations in the 85 major markets Media Monitors receives data from. But that wasn't all...

If you are considering attending the 8th annual Hispanic Radio Conference in Fort Lauderdale next March, Radio Ink has a special offer to make conference budgeting easier. Those who sign up now through October 31 can choose between two convenient payment options. Registrants can pay in full now or spread payments out in a six month installment plan.

The radio industry surely would not mind if a war of radio ads broke out in the insurance industry. Liberty Mutual wasn't even on the Media Monitors chart two weeks ago, but last week, the insurance provider came in at number seven.

AdLarge Media has signed the Weather Channel to an exclusive network radio ad sales agreement. As part of the arrangement, the Weather Channel radio network will join the AdLarge ROI Network. The Weather Channel’s weather services are heard on more than 100 radio stations.

Grace Broadcast Sales has released a new series of :45-second audio features on the lives and times of America’s first 40 presidents, entitled Presidential Portraits. The 40 produced features are designed for sponsorship by local advertisers and market exclusive. To hear a sample of these new features GO HERE.

WHCU Ithaca's popular radio show All Things Equal has received the "Serving New York Award" from the New York State Broadcasters Association. The award recognizes the extraordinary efforts of New York State’s broadcasters in serving their public interest every day. All Things Equal features in-depth conversations on race, class, diversity, sustainability, and other important issues.

That's the opinion of Community Broadcasters co-owner Bruce Mittman who we recently spoke with about how his company performed in Q3. We also asked Mittman about how he finds good salespeople, political advertising, his thoughts on 2017 and what he believes radio needs to do better in the coming years to compete with all the media choices in the marketplace today. One of the things Mittman says radio needs to improve on is building local stars. "We are not producing personalities as we have in the past given all the voice tracking and syndication." Here's our interview with Bruce Mittman