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The 'Dr. Phillip Bowden Cognac, Cars, & Cigars’ is being presented by iHeartMedia Memphis on November 13. A portion of the ticket proceeds will go to the Dorothy Day House, an organization fighting homelessness.

WIVK morning team Tony & Kris are reaching out to Knoxville area listeners to reach out to military members overseas. They are hoping to gather more than 10,000 greeting cards to be delivered in time for the holiday season.

iHeartMedia and DraftKings have agreed to a multi-year strategic relationship, making DraftKings the official odds supplier for iHeartMedia’s broadcast, digital, podcast and social platforms. Content development and cross platform interactive games could result from the agreement.

The radio consultancy partnership of Dave Paulus and John Shomby will be working with Key Networks. The agreement with 'Radio's Fresh Eyes' will have Key Networks offering the service to stations for cash or barter.

If you're attending Forecast 2022 on November 16th you'll find out when Chesley Maddox-Dorsey interviews General Motors Global Chief Marketing Officer Deborah Wahl. In advance of that interview (which also includes Doug Ray of dentsu), we interviewed Wahl yesterday for a preview of what Forecast attendees will learn.

The radio industry found out Tuesday that former Interep CEO Ralph Guild passed away Monday at the age of 93. Guild created Interep Radio in 1981. The comments about the impact Guild made on the radio industry came in immediately...

(By Eric Rhoads) Some people die and fade away. Others die and live on because of the impact they had on others. Ralph Guild was one of those special people who impacted so many of us in so many ways, it would be impossible to document it all.

Excluding political from 2020, broadcast revenue at Townsquare increased 18%. CEO Bill Wilson said he was very pleased with the performance of Townsquare's 322 radio stations as advertising continues to return a little more every quarter.

The Townsquare CEO says that although the company is proud of its roots and DNA in local radio, Townsquare is clearly a "digital first company." Digital revenue represents nearly half of Townsquare's revenue and it's the source of the company's strongest revenue and profit lines.

Beasley's total Q3 revenue was $62.9 million, $13.3 million higher than Q3 2020. $500,000 came from Beasley's e-sports business and they took in $225,000 in political, compared to $3 million last year. Radio was up 28.6% or $12 million.