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(Bob Mecham) The NAB is requiring you to be vaccinated in order to attend the convention. And, more recently, Cumulus, Radio One and Beasley have jumped on the mandated vaccine bandwagon in order to continue working for their companies. Here are my thoughts.

Radio is determined to keep its share of the DASH and the Southern California Broadcasters Association will be hosting two Auto Research Meetings for Southern California auto dealers, regional factory reps, ad agencies, and the press in February.

Jersey City is partnering HOT-97 in New York City to get more teens vaccinated. Nine public high schools will compete to see who can get get the highest vaccination rates.

Last week, Alpha Media named Ernie Martinez National Director of Digital Content. Martinez has come a long way from his first gig in radio when he was 19 and a producer for Radio Disney. As the head of Alpha's Digital Division, Martinez is now responsible for the digital strategy for hundreds of Alpha's radio stations, and that includes finding ways to bring in digital revenue.

(By Andrew Curran) Much has been written about the disruption created by new technology platforms such as Airbnb, Uber, and Pandora. Digital headlines create a black-and-white world of winners and losers. However, the world is rarely so cut and dry.

Hubbard's West Palm Beach country station WIRK (103.1 FM) raised more than $11,000 for a local food bank during a three-day charity broadcast. The donations are the equivalent of over 55,000 meals for the food bank.

With 5 stations about to be sold in Boston (Nielsen market #10), including CBS' sports powerhouse WBZ-FM and NewsRadio WBZ-AM, the ownership landscape will certainly look different if the Entercom/CBS merger goes through. The question is who will enter that market as the next big player or will these stations be scattered around to other owners. Here's what we know.

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On Thursday morning, the names of twelve Senators were officially added to the record as co-sponsors of S.1669, introduced by Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) this past May. Both Senators had teased the Supermajority earlier this week.

Alpha Media's KZEN held a Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon and raised $15,887. Market Manager, Lisa Cherry said, “Behind every dark cloud is a ray of sunshine. The volunteers here at Alpha Media, Columbus, did their best to spread hope and sunshine to those needing it at the Children’s Hospital in Omaha.”