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iHeartMedia's Los Angeles news-talk station KFI (640 AM) raised more than $1.17 million and collected over 27,100 pounds of pasta and sauce during the station's 12th Annual PastaThon. The pasta, sauce and monetary donations will benefit Caterina's Club.

Saga announced Wednesday that Warren Lada has been elected Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors. Lada has been a board member since 2018. He served as COO from March 2016 to June 2018 and, more recently, as Interim President and CEO following the death of CEO Ed Christian.

A group of over 40 musicians have signed a letter to lawmakers urging the passage of the American Music Fairness Act, a proposed law that would tax radio to play their music. The letter comes as the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote Wednesday on whether to refer the American Music Fairness Act to the full House chamber.

Cumulus Media's D.C.-area talk station WMAL (105.9 FM) raised more than $405,000 during its Operation Fisher House radiothon. The charity campaign started December 1 and went over the course of two days.

The Radio Mercury Awards says Sherman Winfield, the executive director of marketing and communications firm VMLY&R, will be the lead judge for its 2023 competition. Award categories for the 32nd annual competition will be announced in January.

Premiere Networks says country radio stations will be given access to a new holiday special hosted by musician and radio host Granger Smith. The program is available to Premiere affiliates across the country over the holiday season through early January.

A new memoir penned by Emmis Communications founder and CEO Jeff Smulyan has earned positive reviews from a number of notable celebrities and athletes, including broadcaster David Letterman and former National Football League quarterback Andrew Luck.

Public affairs program InfoTrak signed affiliation agreements with WRIF (101.1 FM) and WCFX (95.3 FM) in the Detroit market, helping the program reach a milestone of 850 station affiliates across the country. The program is distributed by Syndication Networks.

Samsung has named the SiriusXM streaming radio app as its best music app distributed in the Samsung Galaxy Store for 2022. In a statement, SiriusXM said the app was honored for its success in marketing, promotion, development and design.

To determine whether “sight, sound, and motion” trumps audio ads, ABX examined the largest head-to-head creative study of audio and video ads. ABX examined two years’ worth of recent testing, totaling 40,000 ads and included 10,738 TV ads and 2,779 AM/FM radio ads. Cumulus' Pierre Bouvard details the findings in a video HERE.