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102.5 WDVE14th annual 'DVE Rocks for Children’s Radiothon' raised a record-breaking amount of over $1.06 million in support of UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. For the past 14 years, the Radiothon has raised over $8.7 million to benefit UPMC Children’s.

Will the FCC get involved in a dispute between a radio station and SoundExchange? The company that collects money from radio stations that stream music online hopes so and has filed an "informal objection" to KWHO's license renewal with the Commission.

Those were the words of Urban One Regional Vice President Deon Levingston at Radio Ink's Hispanic Radio Conference last week. More specifically Levingston was talking about politicians and how both Urban and Hispanic stations give them too much free airtime and do not demand that political ad dollars follow.

WTMX Chicago radio host Eric Ferguson is being accused, by a former assistant producer, of forcing her to perform sexual favors. Ferguson, through his attorney, denies the allegations and Hubbard says it thoroughly investigated the claims.

Business Forward, a nationwide coalition of 100,000+ small business leaders, has launched a $1.2 million radio ad campaign in 12 swing congressional districts across the country about clean economy solutions and climate action.

For the third week in a row, privacy protecting search engine DuckDuckGo remains number one on the Media Monitors radio chart. The company aired more than 51,000 ads last week.

149 radio/audio spots and campaigns made it to the finals of the 30th anniversary Radio Mercury Awards. The winners will be presented November 17 during a virtual ceremony.

The 21st Power Of Urban Radio Forum is designed to give attendees the chance to get in touch with the over One-Trillion dollar Black Consumer Market. The all virtual event is set for October 14.

Beginning October 10, 'Sports Huddle' will return to the Sunday morning lineup on 830 WCCO Minneapolis. Mike Max and Pete Najarian host the interview and call-in show.

The 9th Annual Sista Strut breast cancer charity walk in Milwaukee is set for October 2. iHeartMedia's Hip Hop/R&B station, V100.7 (WKKV-FM) is supporting the 3K walk to bring awareness to the importance of breast cancer screenings.