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WTJU in Charlottesville has a big birthday celebration planed for its 65th, with three hours of special programming today, including an audio documentary about the station and four live performances.

KSL News Radio, Salt Lake City, will mark its centennial broadcasting a documentary "KSL Radio 100". The documentary will be simulcast with KSL-TV on Saturday April 2.

Max Media's WOOZ-FM in Southern Illinois (Marion-Carbondale) just wrapped a record-breaking year for their St. Jude Radiothon with a final total of $331,148. This includes a record 4.8 million pennies and over $47K from auctions. In the 28-year history of the radiothon the station has raised $4.8 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Thunderbolt Radio President and General Manager Paul Tinkle will be inducted into the Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame Saturday, August 6th at the Embassy Suites Hotel & Convention Center in Murfreesboro.

(By Michael Doyle) I love recognition. As you can see from the graphic in this post, I have a plaque in my condo in Florida celebrating what a great idea I had several years ago to buy it.

1010 WINS (WINS-AM), New York has been named the recipient of the 2022 World Radio Day Award, presented by the American Academy of Radio. The theme of this year's award centers on citizens' trust in radio.

(By Buzz Knight) What are the potential implications of the Nielsen sale for the Radio business? I posed the question to a few of my former mates from The Council of Research Excellence. CRE was a Nielsen funded think tank that was created in the early 2000’s as a means to help challenge Nielsen to improve audience measurement.

Thanks to our friends at Bold Gold Media for sharing this spot they run on their stations promoting the home radio. COO Bob VanDerheyden tells Radio Ink it highlights the need for having a radio, with fresh batteries, in the home. LISTEN

New Country 101FIVE/WKHX-FM in Atlanta, is wrapping up a Free Gas Fill-up promotion April first. The station has been filling up listeners gas tanks on Tuesdays and contesting $50 dollar gas giveaways and Free Friday Fill-Ups for the past seven weeks.

Talk Radio 1210 WPHT, Philadelphia, raised over $65,000 in support of veterans in partnership with the Travis Manion Foundation. The foundation is led by veterans and families of the fallen that develops, unites and strengthens communities by training, developing, and highlighting the role models that lead them.