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Don Scott (left), Program Director and Afternoon On-Air Host for Cumulus Savannah's I-95/WIXV-FM, died Wednesday from COVID-19. He was 65.

By now there should be no manager or owner in the radio industry thinking, 'it could never happen to me.' We've reported on several radio companies that have been hacked by those lurking on the dark side of the Internet. If you're not prepared for a cyber attack, it will cost you time, money and a lot of aggravation, when it does happen.

On Wednesday, inspired by Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis who announced she had breast cancer, CMG Tampa radio host Drew Garabado shared with his audience that he has stage 2 testicular cancer.

Broadcasters Foundation of America President Jim Thompson will retire from the organization at the end of 2022. He's been the President since 2009. Tim McCarthy will serve as Co-President with Thompson through 2022, then take over as President.

Audacy and the Boston Red Sox have announced a multiyear contract extension. WEEI-FM will continue to be the Red Sox flagship radio station, as it has since 1995. The length of the new deal and how much Audacy will pay for the rights were not released. 

HOT 99.5 (WIHT-FM) Washington, DC morning personality, Intern John from raised $50,000 for Fisher House during the "Intern John What's Next Comedy Tour." Fisher House has been the exclusive beneficiary for Intern John's Comedy Tour since he began touring in 2017.

The 46th Annual Gracie Awards were held and streamed virtually this week. The alliance for Women in Media Foundation gala was hosted by Lauren Ash and featured performance from Jewel and CeCe Winans.

Popular Chicago morning show host Eric Ferguson is off the air after a third allegation of inappropriate behavior was reported. Hubbard Market Manager Jeff England has taken the host off the air through October and alerted staff to brace for more press stories about Ferguson.

Intrepid Companies has closed on the purchase of KDVB-FM in Effingham, Kansas, from Cumulus. The price was $300,000 with a CP to modify. Intrepid is headed by Don Sherman, who plans to relocate the tower closer to Topeka, and upgrade to a Class C2. Eddie Esserman of Media Services Group’s represented Cumulus in the transaction.

Univision’s TUDN and Major League Baseball have signed a multi-year agreement naming TUDN Radio the official Spanish-language radio partner of MLB in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The deal provides exclusive coverage on TUDN Radio of select games during the postseason and the entire World Series.