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88Nine Radio Milwaukee partnered with the Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee for their annual Noche de Ninos toy drive, leading up to the holidays. This partnership includes collection bins at the studio/coffee shop, in addition to other collection bins at a local restaurant chain called Bel Air Cantina.

Scripps Radio Tucson -- 94.9 MIXfm, 106.3 The Groove, 104.1 KQTH, and 104.9 & 1490 AM ESPN Tucson -- held its annual Stuff the Bus event for the Salvation Army on December 15. The donation of new, unwrapped toys made it possible for over 4,000 children 12 and under in lower-income families to receive Christmas gifts.

That's a no-no, of course, and that's exactly what the FCC says happened when it conducted an inspection of WDJS-AM in Mount Olive, North Carolina. An FCC agent was unable to complete a full inspection "because there was no staff or managerial presence at the station’s main studio and nobody answered the phone."

Just in case your eyes are still rolling into the back of your head from our story on Wednesday regarding BMI, the consent decree, DOJ, the RMLC, etc. etc., broadcast attorney David Oxenford takes a swing at simplifying the issue in his latest blog. After detailing the entire story, Oxenford says this is certain to be an issue going forward.

On Tuesday, Radio Ink Editor-in-Chief Ed Ryan hosted a special webinar on voice technology with Veritone’s Senior Product Manager Michael Kennedy and Apps Engineering Manager Steve Shaffer. Just in case you were too busy on Tuesday, here's a link to the webinar. Feel free to listen anytime.

Advertisers will continue to deduct advertising expenses from their taxes as a result of tax reform legislation passed by Congress this week. Both broadcasters and advertisers were worried that expense would be dropped and were fighting to keep it alive. Here's what NAB CEO Gordon Smith said about the legislation...

For the past 10 years, AM870 The Answer (KRLA/Los Angeles) and AM590 The Answer (KTIE/San Bernardino), have partnered with the California Highway Patrol to support their “CHiPS for Kids” toy drive. Morning show hosts Brian and Jen, The Morning Answer team, did live broadcasts, collecting over 500 toys and more than $1000.

Community Broadcasters teamed up with Homes for Heroes of Florence and Sumter in South Carolina to collect and distribute blankets for the needy this holiday season. The gathering of the blankets took place over a three-week period and they've been distributed to several locations in both Florence and Sumter.

With two days of on-air auctions of sports items, dinners, tickets and more, 610 listeners helped raise $77,160 for Star of Hope in Houston. Star of Hope is a facility dedicated to helping families who are homeless. More than just a meal and a place to sleep, it’s a true center that teaches and helps the entire family.

The mountain of toys pictured is being donated to the kids at MU's Children's Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. It ensures that all of the kids have lots of toys for Christmas Day and beyond. Cumulus Media's Q106.1 (KOQL/Columbia), “The Hit Music Channel,” collected the donations at the Columbia Mall for the past two Saturdays.