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iHeartMedia, Entercom, Beasley and Alpha have all come out publicly to denounce Morgan Wallen. It's likely listeners will not hear one of Wallen's songs on any radio station in America until further notice. It was a swift fall from grace for one of today's most popluar country artists.

NuVoodoo Media Services is out with its new Ratings Prospects Study XVII. The study found that 10 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, radio hosts on FM still matter.

The sports network says podcast downloads grew 28% in 2020 to nearly 500,000,000, a record for the network. The strongest month was September with 50.1 million downloads (up 45% from 2019).

James Conner has been promoted to VP of Sales for the Emmis Indianapolis market. He succeeds Taja Graham, who was recently named Emmis' Indianapolis radio Market President.

46-year radio veteran Doug Harvill says he's leaving a wonderful and satisfying career in an industry he's wanted to be a part of since he was a kid. "Local radio has been and continues to be a tremendous and enriching experience but I’ve achieved my goals and exceeded my dreams."

Clear Media Network has selected research software ARC as their Affiliate CRM and Network Automation Tool. ARC provides networks and producers a cloud-based platform to research, affiliate, create digital contracts, analyze Nielsen data and more.

Federalist Publisher & Co-Founder Ben Domenech has signed on as a contributor across all Fox News Media platforms. Along with political commentary he will host a weekly podcast for Fox News Audio.

Benztown has signed with Cipolla Analytics to market and provide sales representation for two of the company’s advanced programming intelligence software programs. AirplayGPS and SpotGPS programs transform airplay data into actionable station music and content analyses.

The Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network has signed its 100th radio station. The addition grows the network to the largest number of affiliates in the network’s 19-year history.

Armin van Buuren and Steve Aoki have added to their channel count. A State of Armin and Steve Aoki’s Remix Radio are the new channels for the pair that already have other offerings on SiriusXM.