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The 20th Annual 94.9 The Point Radiothon was a success; raising money for pediatric care in Norfolk. Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters will benefit from the more than $220,000 raised.

Curtis Media Group has launched Rock 92.9 in Raleigh-Durham. The station will be programmed by Len Shackelford and will attempt to compete with iHeartMedia's long time rocker WRDU.

The 4K 4Charity Fun Run held at the 2019 NAB Show raised more than $68,000 for Girls Who Code, a national non-profit organization working to close the gender gap in technology and to change the image of what a programmer looks like.

Upside has jumped from number two to number one on the latest Media Monitors list. The Cash-Back App knocked insurance giant Progressive out of the top slot.

The RAB has announced that the deadline to enter the 2020 Radio Mercury Awards has been extended to Monday, August 17. There is no charge to enter. All the info is HERE.

(By Bob McCurdy) If you read one article this week, read “Shokunin Kishitsu and the Five Elements of Mastery,” and if you watch one film, make it Jiro: Dreams of Sushi. It is available on Netflix and it is impossible to walk away uninspired. The commitment to excellence displayed by this chef in both the article and documentary is epic.

Media Monitors is reporting Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders had a huge week on radio. From April 8 to April 17 the Bernie Sanders For President campaign aired 4,791 spots, with 55 spots added by Monroe County For Bernie Sanders bringing his total to 4,846 spots. The rest of the pack was far behind.

Bank of America took the top spot on the Media Monitors list of national radio advertisers by airing 68,762 commercials last week. Bristol Myers Squibb-Pfizer was pushed into the second spot with 62,840 airing.

(By Randy Lane) Most of us have had the dead air nightmare. When many of us started in radio, dead air was a cardinal sin that would always earn a hotline call. As it turns out, dead air is actually good!

Executives at radio's second largest company are denying a blog post that claimed CEO David Field confirmed the company was filing for bankruptcy. Here are the details...