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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell spoke at the recent National Religious Broadcasters Media Convention in California where he told attendees how radio has been instrumental to his success.

"You Look Great." That's what longtime St. Louis Public Radio host Don Marsh said to guest Karen Foss Tuesday. Marsh says as a result of that remark he was called into a managers office and told that what he said was "on the edge." Marsh said, "That's it, I'm done."

Katz Media Group has raised over $45,500 for the Broadcasters Foundation of America during its 10th annual companywide membership drive, bringing the total amount raised to over $350,000 since the drive's inception.

iHeartRadio Lee County Tornado Relief raised over $17,000 that will go towards tornado relief efforts for Lee County, Alabama. Seen here is Barbara Patton, Executive Director of the Community Foundation of East Alabama, being presented with the check.

Borrell & Associates is out with an extensive report on digital advertising and where the dollars are going. The new data shows that spending on digital advertising has tripled, while digital's share of the total advertising pie has doubled. So where does radio fit into all this new data? Let's take a look.

Sun Broadcast Group has picked up The Weekend Throwdown with Jagger. The 4-hour weekly show, airs Friday, Saturday, or Sunday and is hosted by Jagger, former WKTU night jock and Z-100 NY Music Director.

Jamie Cohen has been promoted from VP of Local Digital to the broader role of VP of Broadcast Digital, at Salem. In addition, Cohen will be overseeing and guiding digital operations, content accessibility and distribution, as well as database building and monetization.

Sanders has joined WDLW and WOBL — both serving Lorain County, OH, and west Cleveland — as Programming Consultant and afternoon drive personality. Sanders was last heard regularly on Cleveland Radio in 2001.

(By Robert Lee) I recently penned a piece for this website that drew a lot of passionate responses from readers who essentially asserted that I am engaging in heresy by calling for the end of AM radio broadcasting in the U.S. and migrating all AM stations to the FM band. I still stand by that.

Bernard McGuirk and Sid Rosenberg have reached the milestone hosting the morning drive show on 77 WABC/NYC, and celebrated in style. Joining the guys in-studio were the likes of Congressman Peter King, Bo Dietl, Lisa Lampinelli, Jim Breuer, and Chazz Palminteri.