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In a video message to employees Wednesday evening, Cumulus CEO Mary Berner said combating the COVID-19 Delta variant requires the company to pivot, and that pivot is requiring all Cumulus employees get vaccinated.

Robert Feder is reporting that after being unable to find a new location for the WGN Chicago Walk of Fame plaques, the station is now offering the plaques to the recipients to take to their homes.

The deadline to submit your creative to the Radio Mercury Awards has been extended to August 31. Fifteen trophies will be awarded in 12 categories,

This year the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters will host the 45th Annual Fall Broadcast Conference and 21st Power of Urban Radio Forum as a hybrid event, October 13 through October 15, at the MGM Resort & Casino in Maryland.

RTNDA is planning to announce the national Edward R. Murrow winners August 17. Winners will be honored at the Murrow Awards Gala on Oct. 27 in New York.

SportsMap Radio has added three new programs to its weekday lineup. The new shows are: Just Sayin It with Cole Thompson, In My Opinion with Denton Day, and High Frequency with Kevin Dziepak.

The Moving Business Forward 2021 contest will award one veteran-owned, minority-owned or woman-owned local business with a $30,000 advertising campaign with ESPN Cleveland.

That's according to WTN Nashville host Dan Mandis who's been posting periodic Facebook updates on Phil Valentine's condition. The Conservative talker was hospitalized with COVID last month. Valentine's family says the issue is "critical."

Despite the most recent fears about the more contagious Delta COVID variant, Nielsen says audio use continues to increase and that's being driven by people getting out of their homes. One of radio's biggest strengths is reaching people in their cars and close to making a purchase.

Cincinnati Public Radio, which operates WVXU-FM, is revamping its format for the first time since buying the station in 2005 from Xavier University. WVXU-FM is going all news and ending all music programming. All the details HERE.