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Jim Bohannon, a Washington-based, right-of-center radio host whose namesake program was syndicated coast-to-coast by Westwood One, died on Saturday at the age of 78. The cause of death was cancer.

iHeartMedia's Boston-based news-talk station WRKO (680 AM) raised over $86,000 for the Disabled American Veterans organization during its seventh-annual DAV Radiothon. The campaign ran for two days and featured several WRKO on-air talent.

Beasley Media Group's Philadelphia country station WXTU (92.5 FM) will hold its 23rd Annual Toy Truck Parade in mid-December. The event will collect new toys for several local organizations and will include a car decoration contest.

AJ, the co-host of Connecticut’s Chaz and AJ in the Morning on 99.1 PLR and 95.9 the FOX, lived for 24 hours in a tiny glass box at McDermott Chevrolet and Lexus of New Haven and raised over $22,000 in cash. 

(By Jeff McHugh) On a multi-person show, do all hosts get equal airtime? Who should talk more? Who should talk less? Whose mic should be turned off most of the time?

The Writers Guild of America East says it has ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with Audacy's WINS (1010 AM, 92.3 FM), which includes pay raises, potential commuter reimbursement benefits and a number of other factors.

Urban One says it has hired Jackie Paige as their midday on-air personality at urban AC station WAMJ (107.5 FM, Majic 107.5/97.5). Paige will start her midday show on November 14, where she will be heard from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Boston-based radio veteran Christian Arcand is joining Audacy's sports-format station WEEI (93.7 FM), where he will help co-produce the weekday afternoon show and have his own sports show on Saturdays. He previously worked at WBZ-FM.

These days its rare to see a radio executive appearing in the press unless its someone from the corporate office. You never know who might say something off the script the home office wants everyone to stick to. The well-respected Kevin Weatherly, however, is far from the average radio executive.

According to Edison Research, the last four quarters of the company's Share of Ear data shows a consistent uptick in reach among Americans 13 plus. Back in 2014, podcasts were reaching only 5% of Americans over the age of 13. Here's what that number is today.