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KOSI-FM in Denver flipped to Christmas music, as it does every year. 19 years to be exact. PD Jim Lawson says listeners have been asking him to flip since Labor Day.

STAR 102.1 (KDGE-FM), is playing holiday music for listeners in the Dallas/Fort Worth community. iHeartMedia has rebranded the station for the season as -'Your Home for the Holidays'.

We've seen two consistent themes as companies begin to report. The first is that revenue is improving every month since the bottom in April. The other is that radio companies now compare revenue to a previous quarter in the same year, as opposed to the same quarter the previous year.

Saga CEO Ed Christian, who is not a paying customer of Nielsen, spent about 15 minutes on his Q3 earnings call voicing his displeasure with the ratings firm's upcoming Customer First strategy.

(By Deborah Parenti) There are probably as many management styles as there are managers. No two managers are exactly alike, any more than are those they manage. And there is no perfect model. During my career, I worked for three distinctly different and, I might add, excellent managers. Here's why I say that...

Long-time WTIC Hartford morning show co-host Joe D’Ambrosio (right) announced on the air that he's leaving when his contract expires because he's not allowed to speak his mind. D’Ambrosio's rant took place during an argument over politics with a caller where he said he's not allowed to have his opinions known. The Hartford Courant has the details.

It took 23 seconds for four orange and white towers, used in the 1960's and 70's, by WMAL in Washington to come down. According to WTOP the Bethesda, Maryland land in which the towers sat will be used for a new Toll Brothers subdivision with over 300 homes.

Rebert Feder is reporting that the MLB team will announce a new deal for play-by-play with Good Karma's ESPN in Chicago. Feder reports that the team rejected Entercom's offer to carry the games on WBBM-AM and WCFS-FM. The Sox were with WGN. Read the story HERE.

Univision New York has launched “Comienza en Casa” (It Starts at Home), a digital campaign designed to start conversations about discrimination and stereotypes in the Latino community.

Galaxy Media Partners has started airing Christmas music on its Classic Hits station (WZUN) in Syracuse and Oswego. Brand Manager Paulie Scibilia said, “2020 has been rough on everyone, so we decided to break out the Christmas spirit a little early.”