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An interesting battle is about to boil up in Boston. Audacy has hired Mike Thomas as Market Manager. Thomas was PD of The Sports Hub in Boston when it was owned by Entercom (now Audacy), a station the company chose to divest (to Beasley) after the CBS merger. 

The Independent Broadcasters Association is partnering with Auddia for a members presentation on revenue generating opportunities. Auddia is a tech company that uses AI for a subscription-based app.

WABC-AM in New York City is celebrating 100 years. Red Apple CEO John Catsimatidis says WABC will celebrate its history throughout the next year, starting this month. The station has also created a 100 years webpage HERE.

Fox Sports 99.9 Boise is the second go-around for the national sports brand in the market. Townsquare Media's KFXD-AM carried the programming until it flipped to hip-hop about a year ago.

Greg Stocker is the new Brand Manager of Talk Radio 1210 WPHT (WPHT-AM) Philadelphia. Along with producer duties, Stocker has been Assistant Brand Manager since 2019.

Radio veteran Karina Farias has joined Edison Research as Project Coordinator. Most recently she was Program Director/Morning co-host at KUFX-FM in San Jose.

Buffalo’s 97 Rock (WGRF-FM) raised more than $280,000 during the 27th Annual Make-A-Wish Radiothon. The 28 hour event raised money to help children with critical illnesses.

104.3 WZYP headed up a successful community relief drive for Waverly, TN residents. Flash flooding in late August destroyed homes and businesses and killed more than 20 people in the community about 60 miles west of Nashville.

Don Scott (left), Program Director and Afternoon On-Air Host for Cumulus Savannah's I-95/WIXV-FM, died Wednesday from COVID-19. He was 65.

By now there should be no manager or owner in the radio industry thinking, 'it could never happen to me.' We've reported on several radio companies that have been hacked by those lurking on the dark side of the Internet. If you're not prepared for a cyber attack, it will cost you time, money and a lot of aggravation, when it does happen.