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iHeartMedia will once again celebrate the holiday season across the nation with its annual "iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour 2017. The full artist lineup will be announced on October 10, but it has been confirmed that Liam Payne and Camila Cabello will perform at select stops throughout the tour.  

Cumulus Media Washington, DC stations WRQX-FM and WMAL-AM and FM, and Inova Blood Donor Services are hosting a Vegas Victims’ Blood Drive Wednesday, October 11 in McLean, VA. WMAL PD Bill Hess said, “The injured – including some from our area – face a lengthy recovery, and this is one thing we can come together and do to help in our own individual way."

Entercom San Francisco radio stations Q102.1, 96.5 KOIT, 98.5 KFOX, and 95.7 The GAME are partnering with the Latino Community Foundation to raise funds for those impacted by the recent earthquakes in Mexico City and surrounding areas. The three-week campaign will officially launch October 6.

The Nevada Broadcasters association is calling today "Broadcasters Unite Nevada Day." In the aftermath of the shooting in Las Vegas, the Nevada broadcasters are asking everyone in the state to show unity by wearing the state's colors: Silver and Blue.

Both the National Retail Federation and PwC predict happy holidays for the economy due to confidence from the American consumer. And this is certainly good news for radio as advertisers tend to spend more money when confidence is up and the economy is humming.

Alan Stock is one of the most well-known talk show hosts in Las Vegas. He's been on the air in Vegas for 19 years now, 13 with CBS-owned KXNT where he hosts afternoon drive. When he switched on the news Sunday night to see if anything was going on in the community he calls home, he knew nearly instantly that a major event was taking place.

Keeping to his word to crack down on pirate radio stations, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's enforcement team was is it again, this time notifying four pirates in Florida and one in Queens to shut down their illegal operations. Everyone in the latest notice has 10 days to respond to the Commission about what they were doing running radio stations without a license. Here are the details.

According to NuVoodoo's latest Ratings Prospects Study the answer is yes. The company surveyed nearly 3,000 people (ages 14-54) across all PPM markets. Of the 15.5% of the people who own one or more Amazon Echo or Echo Dot, 46% say they are listening to AM/FM radio through their devices.

CBS' WJFK-FM "The Fan" and WFED-AM in Washington, DC have won the right to broadcast the NHL team's games. Capitals play-by-play announcer John Walton will return for his seventh season and former Capital Ken Sabourin enters his 15th season as analyst. Last year Caps games were heard on Hubbard's WFED-AM. They were on The Fan for years before last year. 

(By Gary Berkowitz) As a radio professional, I’m sure you have often wondered what your listeners are really thinking about your station. Based on countless research studies and in-market focus groups, here are some of the most common points that come up with female AC listeners.