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The New York Post has all the details from the New York City sports ratings battle. The paper reports that when both over-the-air and streaming numbers are calculated, ESPN's Michael Kay wins the afternoon drive fight against WFAN's Carton & Roberts. All sports hosts in New York are looking up at WFAN's Boomer & Gio, who remain number one.

Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti's Tuesday column called Fair Play - Fair Pay garnered a lot of feedback from the radio industry, including comments from Cromwell CEO Bud Walters, Alpha's Bill McElveen and KCAA Radio's Fred Lundgren. In case you missed the column, check it out HERE and the comments that follow.

"Fighting Fake News and Truth Decay" is being presented by The Massachusetts Broadcasters Association. Al Tompkins from the Poynter Institute will host the January 4 webinar.

Borrell's latest Local Marketing Trends podcast focuses on client centric selling. Sales Trainer Jim Doyle is the guest on the show. You can listen to the podcast HERE.

92Q DJ Porkchop is leaving Baltimore after about 20 years. DJ Porkchop (Johnny Doswell) announced he's leaving radio to be with family in Las Vegas.

The Independent Broadcasters Association’s Board of Directors has elected officers for the 2022-2023 term. Ron Stone, was re-elected for a second term as President and Executive Director of the IBA.

Good Karma Brands and ESPN 1000 in Chicago have promoted Danny Zederman to the position of Director of Content. Zederman is a 15-year veteran of ESPN 1000.

Borrell's latest Business Barometer took a look at economic conditions in the eyes of local business owners. Borrell's Corey Elliot released information about how small businesses are thinking about the economy and how they plan to attack it in 2022. Here's what he uncovered....

BioNtech-Pfizer holds on to the top-spot for the third week in a row. Media Monitors lists 116,182 spots promoting the jab.

After nearly eight weeks of Christmas Music, KUKN-FM in Longview, Washington is now Solid Rock, The All New 101.5 The Blitz.  The format before Christmas music began playing was Classic Hits. The station is owned by Washington Interstate Broadcasting Company.