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The KOSI Teddy Bear Patrol is underway in Denver. The Bonneville International station is teaming up with the Stinker Stores chain to collect new teddy bears to be given to children by Police, Firefighters and EMS organizations.

West Palm Beach radio station WEFL-AM is adding Jose del Valle to the lineup. The "Treasure Coast" native is a familiar voice and face on ESPN Deportes, ESPN+ and SportsCenter.

Valerie Preactor is the new Sports Anchor/Reporter for WBAL-AM/FM and WIYY-FM in Baltimore. She previously served as a Sideline Reporter for ESPN+, Production Assistant for NBC Sports Washington, and most recently as the Programming Assistant for WIYY.

Marketron has promoted Bo Bandy to Senior Vice President of Marketing. She joined the company in 2019 and was part of the successful launch of Marketron NXT and Marketron REV products.

Cumulus Media has promoted Dave Daniels to Operations Manager, Cumulus Oxnard-Ventura, California. Since 2016 he has been Morning Host for KHAY-FM, where he will continue in that role.

Former WCBS-FM PD Joe McCoy alerted the radio world this weekend that Don K. Reed had passed away. McCoy had known Reed since 1975 when they were both DJ's at WCBS-FM. Reed may have been most well known for his Sunday Night Doo Wop Shop. Art Vuolo put together a tribute video to Reed which you can watch HERE.

(By Mike McVay) The current print issue of Radio Ink includes The 40 Most Powerful in Radio. One of the feature stories in that issue is one that I authored. It’s an interview piece with four programmers who had held positions at the top of the programming success ladder for many years.

(By Loyd Ford)This won’t take long. Today’s article is all questions. But they’re great questions. Just a few brief thoughts about turning your attention to our critical powers at radio.

Finalists for the 2022 NAB Marconi Radio Awards will be announced live during a special virtual program today at 1:00 p.m. EST. The winners will be announced in person on October 19th at the NAB Show in New York City.

(By Michael Doyle) For years I’ve heard the same refrain from people in the Radio business about being an undervalued medium. They blame advertisers locally and nationally for not seeing the value in Radio.