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The network has two Labor Day weekend music specials, San Francisco Celebration and The Greatest Modern Country Duets, and, three one-hour news/talk specials: ABC News Radio’s Powerhouse Politics: 5 Things to Know, Back to School Survival Guide, and ABC Radio's 10% Happier with Dan Harris. For more information on how you can get the shows, e-mail [email protected]. Here are a few more details on each program...

The awards will be televised live from the Forum in Los Angeles on TBS, TNT, and truTV March 5, 2017 and siimulcast on iHeart stations across the country, as well as iHeartRadio.

It’s a 3-day event under the theme of “Un Million Para Los Niños” (One Million for the Children), to help raise funds for the Children’s Miracle Hospitals network. Last year, Entravision raised $2.9 million, benefitting over 95 communities nationwide.

Blair Garner, who's been hosting mornings on Cumulus' NASH network since 2013, heads back to overnights with a new Blair Garner Show, starting later in the fall. Ty Bentli comes on board to co-host America's Morning Show on September 6. Garner says the change was his decision so he could spend more time with his kids.

The company is now located in Silver Spring, MD. According to The Washington Business Journal, Radio One is looking for 100,000 square feet to relocate its headquarters and is considering options in Washington, DC, Silver Spring, and Bethesda.The paper says the move could be made at the end of 2017.

Five core panel moderators have been announced for Country Radio Seminar 2017. These five industry vets will oversee and direct the bulk of the seminar’s educational panels, which will be held Feb. 22-24 in Nashville.

Thanks again to BMI, the 2016 Radio Show will feature LOCASH, Jonny P, Graham Nash, The Roosevelts, The Sisterhood, Muddy Magnolias, Kyshona Armstrong, Modern Inventors, and Shannon LaBrie as part of the Radio Show Artist Spotlight Series. The performances are free for registered attendees.

Capitol Broadcasting announced Monday that 2015 Marconi award winners Gene and Julie will no longer be hosting mornings on MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM. We spoke to GM Katie Phillips and asked her about the change.

(Bob McCurdy) Several years ago I wrote an article titled, “Targeting Your Way to Lower Profits.” It contained four important premises. Our conclusion was that just like salt, a little bit of targeting is good but too much is a recipe for lower profits. Last week, the world’s largest and arguably its most sophisticated advertiser came to a similar conclusion. Let's take a closer look.

Are you getting your fair share of back to school ad revenue? This time of year, all over the country, parents and their kids are scrambling to get everything they need to start another school year. And advertisers are doing everything they can to be top-of-mind when that group of shoppers is ready to dig into their wallets and make purchases.