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WCSX-FM Beasley Media Morning Show Host Big Jim from Big Jim’s House will drive 27 hours on a rockin’ road trip from Detroit to Minnesota to raise $50,000 to benefit Gleaners Food Bank with help from rock recording artist Bob Seger. 

Marc Guild, the son of former Interep founder Ralph Guild, has died. Marc's first job was in the radio business. He worked at Interep for years, holding many positions there including Head of Research, VP of Operations, and President of Marketing.

Katz Media Group has raised over $34,000 for the Broadcasters Foundation of America during its ninth annual two-week company-wide membership drive. All money raised supports the Foundation’s mission to improve the quality of life, and maintain the personal dignity, of radio and television broadcast professionals who find themselves in acute need.

Has the radio industry given up on The Baby Boomer generation? John Sebastian says it has. He believes a format that targets the 55-72 year old demo can work and he knows how.

During "unprecedented work conditions," Urban One rallied in the 4th quarter of 2020 to post a better year than it had in 2019. With $11.5 million in Q4 revenue, Urban One posted a 7.3% gain, the first positive quarterly number we've seen from a radio company in a long time.

As the holiday season approaches, a joint study by Comscore’s Proximic division and Nexxen reveals where and when marketing activities will surge most. Act fast: a majority of marketers will spend most of their holiday advertising budgets before November's end.

WDBO is one of the country's most well known news stations and once it was known the Orlando incident was a major national event, the station was well prepared to cover it and keep the community informed. We spoke to Cox Media Group Operations Manager Drew Anderssen Sunday about the steps his team took to get the story out on WDBO and eventually all CMG stations.

WTTS-FM in Indianapolis has been named 'Outstanding Business' in the 2022 Indiana Philanthropy Awards, presented by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Indiana Chapter. WTTS is the first radio station to receive the award in the program’s 40-year history.

High Plains Radio Network in Plainview, Texas, is expanding into a third state. After acquiring a three-FM station cluster in Mt. Home, Arkansas, Monte Spearman’s High Plains Radio Network is picking up another trio of FMs, this time in Altus, Oklahoma: KEYB-FM, KJOK-FM, and KKRE-FM from Altus FM Inc. The purchase price of $750,000 includes $600,000 for the assets and a $150,000 three-year consulting agreement.

After five weeks at number one on the Media Monitors weekly spot list, Walgreens has dropped down to number eight. GEICO retakes the top spot, moving up from number two, with its 40,262 commercials played on radio stations all over the country.