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(By Charlie Sislen) There is no question that political dollars will be the make-or-break category for most broadcasters this year. The flow of presidential candidate spending is in full force.

Susan Larkin took over as COO of Entercom for the now-retired Weezie Kramer back in May. On Friday she announced a realigned, streamlined, regional management team. Here's how the new roster under Larkin's leadership will look.

The Courier Post is reporting that former WFAN morning co-host and convicted felon Craig Carton has filed for bankruptcy. The Friday filing lists liabilities of $9.4 million including court mandated restitution of $4.8 million. Read the full story HERE.

(Randy Lane) Now that the cume is slowly returning to morning drive, don’t let them leave. We’ve experienced constant change during Covid, and listeners are unlikely to make another change and switch stations. Your best success now is to focus on core/P1 listeners and expanding TSL.

Consultant Tracy Johnson says Mornings Across America is a new show designed as a showcase for on-air hosts out of work and need a platform to be discovered, those who aren’t allowed to do the type of show they want and talent that wants to build a larger following.

The NAB's Leadership Foundation presented the 2020 Service to America Awards, recognizing outstanding community service by local broadcasters. Winners were announced during the awards program which aired on hundreds of stations nationwide.

(By Alan Burns) Stocks and radio listening, along with many other parts of American life, got hammered this spring. Unlike the stock market, however, Radio didn’t enjoy a V-shaped recovery.

Atlanta's WPZE-FM Praise 102.5 has picked up another Stellar Award. This is the fifth Stellar Award for a Major Market Gospel Station.

(By Mike McVay) There was a time when common thinking was that local programming will beat syndicated/network programming every day of the week. Then Howard Stern, Tom Joyner, Delilah, John Tesh, Bob & Tom, Nights with Elaina, The Breakfast Club and many more showed significant successes.

As we get closer to the 2020 Radio Ink Radio Wayne Awards, which will be held virtually on September 15th, we'll be spotlighting many of our Radio Wayne finalists every day up until the event. Our focus is how to manage successfully during COVID-19. Up first, Entercom's Regional President for Southern California Jeff Federman.