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Entercom reported same-station revenue increased 3% in the third quarter, with August being the strongest month. CEO David Field said local, political, and digital were all up, with National off a bit. Excluding political, Entercom's same-station revenue was up 2%.

After disappearing from the top of the Media Monitors weekly chart, The Home Depot is back at number one, a spot is occupies more than any other advertiser on the radio. The home improvement big-box ran 47,284 commercials on radio stations all across the country last week.

Entercom rocker 99.9 KISW in Seattle will present Live Day for the second year on November 22. Both BJ & Migs (AM Drive) and The Mens Room (PM Drive), shows will be completely live, including commercials, announcers, bands, sound effects, and the music. Last year, Live Day had more than 1,000,000 listeners tuning into both shows on air and through the KISW app.

WERO-FM, WRNS-FM, and WQSL-FM in Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville, NC, held three live remotes on Tuesday, October 25 to collect goods to assist victims of Hurricane Matthew. As a result, one box truck and one 14-foot cargo truck were filled with donations.

Cumulus Regional Vice President Donna Baker is known in the industry as a great manager and leader who's specialized in successful turnarounds during her 25-plus career in Radio. Her peers tell Radio Ink she has great instincts in all parts of the business and she's wonderful to work for. "She responsive, supportive, instructive and ready to help at any time." In her current role as RVP of Cumulus Midwest, she oversees Minneapolis, Kansas City and Des Moines. Baker is also one of Radio Ink’s Best Managers for 2016 and she’s featured in the issue of the magazine that is out now. Here’s our extended interview with one of radio’s best managers.

The FCC"S Media Bureau has hit Pinebrook Corporation's WINW-AM in Canton with a $13,000 NAL for failing to file a timely license renewal application and engaging in unauthorized operation of the station.

(By Bob McCurdy) We all remember the three Rs from our grammar school days. Well, Brad Kelly, the Managing Director of Nielsen Audio wrote a terrific article titled "The Six R’s of Radio -- A Best Practices Guide on Radio’s Role for Advertisers." We wanted to expand on Brad’s six Rs a bit.

iHeartMedia's KOST 103.5 will officially launch holiday music this Wednesday. PD Michael La Crosse said, “This is the 15th consecutive year that KOST 103.5 has provided the soundtrack for the season to Southern California. Last year alone, KOST 103.5 averaged more than 5 million listeners weekly during the holidays, making KOST one of the most listened to radio stations in the country during that period."

MLB's Atlanta Braves and Dickey Broadcasting Company have announced a 10-year extension for Dickey Broadcasting Company to remain the exclusive radio rightsholder for Braves baseball through 2026.

It was a 13-hour radiothon on October 26, and it really paid off, to the tune of $17,180. Aurora and Joliet stations, 95.9 The River (WERV) and Q. Rock 100.7 (WRXQ) were the hosts, with proceeds going to Variety: The Children’s Charity.