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A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Hubbard Radio in the case involving former Chicago morning man Eric Ferguson. Melissa McGurren, who worked at WTMX-FM for over two decades, filed the suit.

(By Randy Lane) Loyalty programs are big business for airlines. Pre-pandemic in 2019, Delta’s Sky Miles revenue topped all airlines at $9.1 billion! Since Covid, thousands of businesses survived and thrived through well-crafted loyalty programs.

(By Mike McVay) Radio has faced many different forms of competition over the years. In our more than 100 years of existence, we’ve seen FM listening overwhelm AM listening.

(By Loyd Ford) If you are a radio seller, you never get any objections today, do you? Right. Potential clients are well-armed with a variety of ways to say, “No thanks.”

New South Radio’s Jackson, Mississippi cluster aired their 21st annual Mississippi Miracles Radiothon at Children’s of MS Hospital March 2-4 and raised a whopping $441,544 dollars for the state’s only hospital for children.

Rejoice! 96.9 listeners were able to raise $11,052 for the kids of St. Jude. Because of events like the station's annual radiothon, St. Jude patients and families will never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food. WGTK-FMHD3 is a Salem Media Group station in Greenville-Spartanburg, SC.

The Sherman & Tingle Show on Hubbard's WDRV-FM in Chicago raised over $78,000.00 – enough to pair five service dogs with veterans who would greatly benefit from the positive effects, emotional support and companionship these dogs provide.

Audacy has promoted Chris Ebbott to Vice President of Programming and Operations for its Los Angeles market. He will oversee programming and operations strategy for 93.1 Jack FM (KCBS-FM), KNX News 97.1 FM and 1070 AM, 94.7 The Wave (KTWV-FM) and CHANNEL Q.

Radio Free 102.3 KJLH FM in Los Angeles has selected Chris Malone as its new head of Programming. His most recent programming job was in Dallas.

Jay Williams is increasing his role with 104.3 The Fan (KKFN-FM) as Denver Nuggets Analyst. Williams will make regular appearances on multiple Fan shows to discuss the Nuggets, in addition to joining Rachel Vigil weekly on the newly launched video show “Coffee Break”.