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Audacy will conduct 45 volunteer events nationwide to celebrate Earth Day April 22. The effort is part of the company's 1Day1Thing Sustainability Initiative designed to engage employees across the company to make a positive impact on the communities in which the company serves.

'Friends of Georgia Radio' is a new non-profit organization to honor radio professionals that have provided extraordinary service to Geogia communities. The organization will also provide scholarships to students committed to a career in audio communication.

'Vinylthon 2022', College Radio Foundation's fundraiser, is set for April 23. The event was created to raise money to provide scholarships for struggling college students who aspire to a career in radio

Cumulus announced yesterday that it would be reporting earnings on Wednesday, May 4th at 8:30AM. Attendance for that call may be fairly high with what transpired recently regarding Cumulus. 

(By Buzz Knight) NAB 2022 is upon us in the coming days and it is critical that the Radio industry needs to reflect on its current position in the media ecosystem and most importantly find ways to arm itself for the years ahead.

Nielsen updated its Consumer Sentiment Study in March to examine how audio fits into people’s current feelings about COVID-19 and the state of the recovery in their hometown. Nielsen will reveal those findings, plus fresh information on consumer shopping habits, employment, education, vaccines and price increases. Register HERE

Transgender journalist Stel Kline no longer works at South Dakota Public Broadcasting. Kline posted to Twitter that the firing was for not being objective and having a problem with authority.

Audacy has announced that Talk Radio 1210 WPHT Philadelphia on-air host Sid Mark has died. Mark had a radio career over 6 decades long, 22 of those years at WPHT. The cause of death was not announced. Mark was 88.

Longtime jazz radio host Bob Perkins will retire from full-time hosting on WRTI-FM in Philadelphia in June. WRTI-FM is the public radio station at Temple University where Perkins has been on the air since 1997.

The National Association of Broadcasters has announced the results of the 2022 NAB Radio and Television Board elections. The two-year terms of the elected board members will begin in June 2022.