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November 1 through November 22, 102.5 KNIX will hold the “Million Can Crusade” for the 10th year to help hungry families across Arizona.  Their goal is to surpass last year’s total of to 1.5 million cans of nonperishable food items for St. Vincent de Paul

Benztown, the imaging, voiceover, and jingle folks, are calling for applications for their fourth annual Benztown 50 – an exclusive listing of radio’s biggest imaging voices. Voice talent can apply for the Benztown 50 from now through December 1, 2017 at www.benztown.com/50.

According to a new study by Piper Jaffray, teens are turning their backs on Pandora. In its semi-annual survey of US teens, Piper Jaffray asked the question: “Do you listen to music on Pandora?” 35% of those in the study answered “yes.” In 2014 when teens were asked the same question: 74% answered "yes."

Once I heard Jay Abraham’s take on radio, I begged him to come to our Forecast conference at the Harvard Club in New York on November 15. And, I asked him to bring one of his billionaire clients, Shark Tank’s Daymond John.

On Monday more details were released regarding who will run the Entercom markets once the deal to merge with CBS Radio closes. The new information came from COO Weezie Kramer, who told Entercom employees that all Entercom Market Managers will be elevated to Senior Vice President, to be consistent with CBS Radio titles, and all Entercom Regionals will receive the President title. Here are the specifics on who will run each market and who will cover each region. 

Greg Ashlock, previously President of iHeartMedia Markets Group West Division, who also served as the senior business leader representing the company in the west, has been named President of the iHeartMedia Markets Group. Ashlock will now manage the entire iHeartMedia Markets Group, including all 850-plus radio stations in over 150 markets. 

Two in Queens and one near Boston were nabbed by the Commission. Ignace Jean-Charles of Mattapan, Massachusetts, Efrain Lanchi Ortega from Queens, and Migui Mora also from Queens were put on notice that they have 10 days to shut down the pirate radio stations they were operating and respond to the FCC. Here are all the details...

By airing 26,431 commercials on radio stations all across the country, Wal-Mart came in at number four last week, up from number 65, on the Media Monitors weekly chart. AT&T Wireless also made a big jump, from 29th to fifth, with 25,706 spots. The Home Depot was first (55,246), followed by GEICO (43,825), and JCPenney (28,412).

Media attribution, and data analytics, can make a difference for your advertisers. That's why trying to understand the best way to invest their media dollars is what every advertiser wants to know, and involves highly valuable insight. Join RBR Editor Adam Jacobson and Veritone Media Senior Product Manager Michael Kennedy for a free webinar Thursday at 1 p.m.

93.9 MYfm in Chicago will broadcast around-the-clock Christmas now through the holiday season. On-air personalities Kristina Kage, Robin Rock, and Mick Lee will continue to host the station’s programming. When not playing holiday music, the MYfm format is AC.