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WMJX-FM, normally home to a "Today's Hits & Yesterday's Favorites" format, is another of the early birds on the dial to flip to Christmas music....

Westwood One's has announced its list of holiday specials, hosted by a stellar lineup of artists. This year, the yuletide festivities commence with a side of turkey first -- A Thanksgiving Weekend Celebration with Chris Young -- a four-hour country music special available to stations Thursday, November 23 – Sunday, November 26, between 6 a.m. and 12 midnight.

WGN Radio has announced it will do a series of live broadcasts from the “Saturday Night Live: The Experience” exhibition inside the Museum of Broadcast Communications at 360 North State Street in Chicago. The series will begin on Tuesday, November 21 with The Steve Cochran Show from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m

94.5 KTI’s “Truck for the Troops” radiothon raised $41,896 to replace a broken-down service vehicle for USO Wisconsin. The all-new truck has all the mod cons, and will mainly serve service members training at Fort McCoy. The radiothon ran from 5 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday, November 10.

Beasley's WRAT will hold its 19th annual "Broadcast to Benefit the People of New Jersey Thanksgiving Season Collection Drive" at Shoprite (Route 66, Neptune), Monday, November 20, 6 a.m.-midnight, and Tuesday, November 21, 6 a.m. until 7 p.m. "The Rat" will attempt to fill the 21st truck in the history of the event to benefit those in need in the community.

And as we mentioned last week, we are hearing the word bankruptcy more than we ever have in the past. Two weeks after choosing to default on a $23.6 million interest payment on 7.75% senior notes due 2019, Cumulus has disclosed a previously confidential term sheet that includes pre-packaged Chapter 11 details.

At Forecast 2018 tomorrow, Marla Kaplowitz, president and CEO of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, and Bob Liodice, CEO of the Association of National Advertisers, will appear in a joint keynote presentation at New York City’s Harvard Club. The session will be moderated by Christine Travaglini, president of Christal Radio and Katz Partnerships.

Entercom has announced who will lead all of its formats when the merger with CBS Radio is complete, which could come as early as this Friday. All format captains will report to Pat Paxton and Chris Oliviero. Here's who the company has named as Format Captains...

When you combine two companies as large as Entercom and CBS, not everyone gets to be a format captain. Steve Moore (News/Talk) and Tim Roberts (Country) were both format leaders for CBS Radio. EVP/Programming Chris Oliviero (pictured) sent a nice note out to CBS employees about both Moore and Roberts. Here's what it said...

On the Media Monitors weekly spot chart, JC Penney aired 42,743 commercials on radio stations all over the country to push GEICO into third place (39,035). The Home Depot held onto top place with 60,366 spots. With the holiday season approaching, national jewelry chain Jared enters the top five, at number four, with 27,217 commercials.