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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.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has written an editorial asking local residents to call FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and pressure him to get Bob Romanik off KZQZ-AM. Romanik hosts a show and is a candidate for the Illinois Statehouse. The paper says what he's saying about his opponent on the air is hate speech and has no place on the public airwaves.

As CBS Corporation gets ready to separate its radio division from the mothership, we are now able to see actual radio revenue numbers, as opposed to having them jumbled in with a line called "local broadcasting." And in Q3, CBS' 117 radio stations saw a small increase in revenue.

Radio One radio revenue slid from $55.5 million to $52.5 million in the third quarter. CEO Alfred Liggins blamed the decrease in the radio division on the markets the company operates in being down, format competitors, and sales underperformance.