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The Broadcasters Foundation of America has announced Dave Lougee, President and CEO of TEGNA, as recipient of its 2020 Golden Mike Award.

Maureen “Mo” Cooper is the new Creative Services Director for Cumulus Houston radio station, 104.1 KRBE. She previously held the same position for Cox Media Houston for 10 years.

Our friends at The Research Director Inc. tell Radio Ink that Nielsen will now deliver a report to clients that lets them know the profile of the people carrying meters. The report called "PPM Panel Characteristics" doesn't detail who the people are, it outlines characteristics of those carrying the meters. Read more HERE

Radio One Atlanta’s Praise 102.5has hired Jekalyn Carr for middays. Carr is a Grammy Award nominated, Stellar Award and Dove Award-winning recording artist.

Clinical trial manager Vial is set to launch Season 2 of its biotech podcast, First in Human. The new season premieres on September 5 with weekly episodes. and promises a robust lineup of weekly episodes.

According to Media Monitors, the national retailer aired 32,981 commercials on radio stations across the country last week. That was good for second place (up from 11th) and only behind GEICO which was first again (36,868). Who else made the top five?

WIP-FM's Howard Eskin is walking the virtual 1,103-mile distance between Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, the home of the Eagles, and Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, the location of Super Bowl LV. It's all to raise money for fighting local hunger and animal welfare.

LKCM Radio says Jeremy Robinson's morning show has been added to its classic hits station KTWF (95.5 FM, K-HITS) in Wichita Falls. The show originates with JPR Multimedia, which offers customizable shows for any daypart, with programs carried on over 60 stations across the country.

In a filing with the SEC Wednesday Cumulus revealed what four executives would be paid if certain performance goals were met by the company. If the company met certain quarterly EBITDA performance goals in 2017, here's what CEO Mary Berner and three other executives will make this year.

Twenty-three-year-old Kaylee Sawyer’s rape and murder, and her killer’s subsequent crime spree are the subject of a new true crime podcast, Urge to Kill, being launched Tuesday, November 5 by KGW and VAULT Studios.