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Beasley Media Group’s Southwest Florida stations are honoring its locals. As part of the company’s We’re All in This Together Community of Caring initiative, listeners can submit names of people who they believe are making a difference in the community.

It's unknown exactly how the coronavirus will impact the U.S. economy. We know it will take a hit. In his latest Westwood One Blog, Pierre Bouvard says the economy has hit speed bumps before but there's plenty of success stories from the past to help advertisers survive. Read Pierre's blog HERE.

Jimmy Kimmel also joined the discussion with Kevin Ryder and Adam Corolla on Corolla's Podcast. Both Kimmel and Corolla worked at KROQ at the start of their careers. Ryder talks about his abrupt firing and Kimmel pulls no punches attacking Entercom executives. LISTEN

Jamie Aplin is the CEO of a company called Creative Ready. And, like many company's serving the radio space, Jamie wants to help. He's offering radio stations something for free right now. Listen to the podcast HERE to find out what it is. 

(By Buzz Knight) It’s never a bad time to look for some soul but in these scary times it feels more important than ever. I interviewed Rishad Tobaccowala a few weeks back on my Buzz Cuts Podcast after reading his new book and so much has changed in the world since then.

Marshall has taken a job with the American Red Cross in Portland overseeing volunteers and staff. Marshall was at Alpha's KXL in Portland for 20 years as an anchor, and spent the past 16 years as anchor and news director.

Local Media in San Diego is selling KFMB-AM to iHeart for $1.2 million. That brings the iHeart cluster in San Diego up to eight stations. KFMB will continue to broadcast its existing talk format and will retain the majority of its programming lineup

Some radio stations are bringing back Christmas Music in an effort to lift spirits in this time of COVID-19. Stations in San Diego and St. Louis have started offering the holiday tunes.

While Progressive Insurance held on to the top spot on the Media Monitors chart last week with 54,953 commercials airing on radio stations across the country, the United States Census Bureau jumped from 8th to 3rd airing 46,389 spots.

WGN 720-AM, Chicago, will simulcast part of the WGN-Channel 9 late night newscast. The simulcast will include the half-hour newscast at 10 PM, followed by the "WGN News Special Report: COVID-19 Pandemic" at 10:30 PM.