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TechCrunch gets the exclusive about the new technology iHeart has launched on the iHeartRadio app. The technology allows listeners to record up to 30 seconds of audio and send that audio directly to their favorite show hosts.

More than 50 college radio stations around the world contributed audio content to let Ukraine’s students and the whole country know that they stand in support of them. The effort was coordinated by the College Radio Foundation less than 24 hours after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Cumulus Media's Detroit News/Talk station WJR-AM raised more than $1.74 Million to help The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit combat hunger and homelessness during its 35th Annual Bed & Bread Club Radiothon.

WWMX-FM in Baltimore raised $1.3 million to benefit the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center during its 33rd annual radiothon.

Saga Communications stations in Charleston, SC raised more than $131,000 in a two-day Radiothon. The Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital benefits from the fundraiser.

Broadway, film, and TV star Norm Lewis will be the featured entertainment at the upcoming Broadcasters Foundation Golden Mike Award Gala. The event is set for March 14 at the Plaza Hotel in NYC.

No change in the top three spots on the Media Monitors Chart. Indeed, Progressive and Babbel retained their spots from a week ago.

NRG Media has promoted Brian Marshall to Morning Show Host at it's rock station in Iowa, KFMW. Marshall has been on the air on the station and in Eastern Iowa for more than a decade, most recently as a part-time host at the station. He takes over mornings on March 14th.

Acadiana Broadcasting is relaunching KPCZ-FM "106.7 Pure Country" as “Freedom 106.7“. The change also adds the syndicated John Boy & Billy in The Morning.

Norsan Media, based in Charlotte, NC, will be the Spanish Broadcast Spanish radio flagship partner with the Charlotte Football Club. The games will air on Norsan Media’s “La Raza” stations in the Carolinas.