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Tim Leary and Chelsea Taylor’s annual 'Friends Feeding Friends' resulted in a record of food and cash donations. The New Country 103.1 three-day event raised $12,416, and collected 2.69 tons of food for the Palm Beach County Food Bank.

101.7 The Truth, in Milwaukee has kicked off a Black-Owned Business Giveback promotion. In partnership with Associated Bank the promotion is designed to help support Black-owned businesses by awarding them a free radio advertising campaign on the station.

(By Buzz Knight) When someone starts in a position of leadership we expect to hear them say “I’m going to spend the first 30 to 60 days just listening and learning before I take any significant action”

Terry Ford is the new Program Director for 107.5 The Game/WNKT-FM, Columbia, SC. Ford joins Cumulus Columbia from Sports 96.1WZNN-FM in Lexington.

The Home Depot remains at the top of the Media Monitors list. CDC has moved back into the top five as has vax provider Pfizer. Here are the top five radio advertisers from last week...

The Mentoring Inspiring Women in Radio group is presenting a free webinar to highlight industry leaders that have impacted change in their companies on Thursday, December 2 at 1PM Eastern. Registration is free to all.

(By Mike McVay) The folks at Beasley Media Group, Benztown, and McVay Media have been working with the Library of American Broadcast Foundation to teach a class on podcasting to Clark Howard University in Atlanta.

(By Loyd Ford So much in sales focuses on closing. Are you a great closer? How are your closing skills?

The Library of American Broadcasting Foundation has elected Streamline Publishing President Deborah Parenti and BMI Vice President of Licensing and Industry Relations Dan Spears to its Board of Directors.

(By Randy Lane) As Jon Kabat-Zinn says, “The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.” Saying thank you, holding the door for someone, these little moments can change the tone of your whole day.