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93.9 LITE FM Chicago will flip on the Christmas music November 3. A two-hour commercial free kick off will be hosted by Melissa Forman, Robin Rock and Mick Lee.

Brilliantly Black is an initiative to support local black-owned businesses, restaurants and non-profits in Chicago. Listeners on all six iHeart Chicago stations are encouraged to visit station websites and enter the keyword “brilliant.”

The City of Atlanta has dropped traffic charges against Radio One Atlanta host Qri Montague. Montague says she was tased during an October 2018 traffic stop. Earlier this month she announced she was filing a lawsuit against the city.

Urban One has signed an agreement to purchase Cox Media Group's radio cluster in Houston, which includes 93Q Country (KKBQ), classic rock The Eagle 106.9 and 107.5 (KHPT and KGLK), and Country Legends 97.1 (KTHT).

(By Bob McCurdy) We have long known that radio does a terrific job of getting listeners to act on the commercial messaging they have heard on-air. At the Austin Radio Show, a study was unveiled that again reinforces and quantifies radio’s ability to get listeners to take action.

Beasley Media CEO Caroline Beasley will be on our Executive Super Session at Forecast 2022, moderated by Gordon Borrell, which will also include Townsquare CEO Bill Wilson. The most important financial gathering of the year is now less than two weeks away. We spoke to Beasley about the importance of attending.

With the political season blossoming, Entercom is joining with Deep Root, to enable agencies, advocacy groups, and political campaigns to identify and reach custom voter audience segments. The partnership will offer advertisers expanded targeting options.

Following a very critical documentary on HBO, which includes abuse allegations against Michael Jackson, radio stations outside the U.S. have started to drop his music. What do you plan to do?

Radio Ink talks with Margaret Low, CEO of Boston's WBUR, about the station's decision to leave Twitter, and how the app's actions are a warning - not just for public broadcasters, but for all traditional media. Should market managers prepare?

(By Bob McCurdy) The owner of ad agency Coming of Age, Jim Gilmartin, wrote a blog titled, “Don’t Put Ten Pounds Of Copy Into A Five Pound Bag,” and as the title implies, he believes when it comes to copy that “less is more.” But he also touched on another concept, “conditional positioning,” which plays to a unique strength of radio.