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(By Ronald Robinson) I wonder how so difficult it must be for radio’s ownership and management to articulate what “out of the box” really means. They seem to be unable to describe or define the “box” in which they find themselves right now!

A job well done by Alpha’s Star 106/Mason City, IA, raising $29,377 for Children’s Miracle Network, with the help of McCloskey Appliance, during their 10th annual radiothon. Mason City’s Kids Helping Kids campaign played a large role in the radiothon.

He's been with the powerhouse Boston all-news station since 1993, Program Director and News Director since 1996. Peter Casey tells Radio Ink he's looking forward to his next professional challenge, doing some things he's been unable to do while running one of the country's most successful news stations.

In an interview with The Coloradoan, ESPN Radio host Mike Golic said he was angry and disappointed his 18-year show with Mike Greenberg came to an end. "I had no clue. Zero. When I went into see the bosses, I thought it was to talk about the next deal since our contracts were ending." Golic begins a new morning show with Trey Wingo today on ESPN Radio.

(By Bob McCurdy)I believe it’s actually a marketing benefit not having all ads customized, as advertising to both the “interested” and “soon-to-be-interested” generates more overall revenue than advertising to only those interested.

In all, Westwood One News can be heard on 830 radio stations across the country. The network says it has signed renewals with WINS-AM in New York, KYW-AM in Philadelphia, WBZ-AM in Boston and WWJ-AM/Detroit. In addition, 70 new stations have been added.

Entercom’s KYW-AM Newsradio 1060/Philadelphia joined with Comcast to deliver 10 new Dell Latitude Education Series laptops to General Philip Kearny Elementary School.

Marc Rayfield has been in radio since 1990, more than half his life. His first job as a manager was as the Local Sales Manager for WIP in Philadelphia shortly after it launched as the second sports radio station in America (behind WFAN in New York). His last two positions with CBS Radio were running the New York and Philadelphia markets. A huge responsibility.

More bad news for Cumulus. On Tuesday, the company received notification from the NASDAQ indicating that, as a result of the company’s noncompliance with NASDAQ listing rules, the company has been delisted and will no longer trade on that exchange, effective immediately.

In a company-wide call, Tuesday, Entercom CEO David Field and COO Weezie Kramer pumped up the troops of the much larger company now that former CBS employees are on the Entercom team. Kramer asked Field questions that were submitted by employees.