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Last week at The Radio Show in Dallas, while answering questions about podcasting on a group head panel, iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman said "Podcasting is Radio's Birthright." That statement was then posted to the Podcast Movement Facebook page by Todd Cochrane which set that community off.

You may recall back on September 11 we reported that Saga Communications had filed a petition with the FCC about 5 LPFM's in Virginia. Saga believes the stations are operating as a cluster and running actual commercials to support their operation.

Riviera Broadcasting has hired John Sebastian as PD and consultant for KOAI-FM/Phoenix. Sebastian will evolve KOAI into his new music format called The WOW Factor. KOAI will be the first station in the country to launch this format.

At Forecast 2020 we'll have experts discussing factors that will impact the economy and what that means for radio. The moderator for this session will be Gordon Borrell is CEO of Borrell Associates and the local media industry’s leading analyst.

Barrett Sports Media has added WFAN afternoon drive host Mike Francesa to the 2020 BSM Summit in New York City. Francesa will take part in a one-on-one conversation with BSM President Jason Barrett.

PILOT, NAB’s innovation initiative, has named the winners of the latest round of its program that provides grants to NAB members to establish paid engineering or media-technology internships at their radio and television stations.

iHeartMedia Chicago’s 107.5 WGCI, V103, and Inspiration 1390, will hold the third annual Sista Strut, a 3K breast cancer charity walk to benefit the Sisters Network Inc. (Chicago Chapter), Oct. 5.

Cumulus’ Wilmington, NC, cluster will send all donated items from its annual “Christmas For Our Troops” fundraiser and series of donation drives to deployed servicemen and women overseas in time for Christmas.

(By Randy Lane) One of the top challenges for radio shows and podcasts is creating fresh content. That's why we created a comprehensive daily planning checklist to help jump-start new content ideas, features, and benchmarks.

(By Bob McCurdy) In radio sales it’s easy to get caught up in an ever-accelerating fast lane, too busy to notice how we could be working smarter — more effectively and efficiently. Ironically, slowing down might help.