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Matt Britton is America's leading expert on the new consumer; having consulted more than half of the Fortune 500 companies over the past 20 years. At Radio Ink Forecast LIVE, Britton took a detailed look at how the pandemic has consumers Changing At The Speed Of Sound.

What will radio's share of revenue be in 2021? Continuing with our weekly series displaying BIA’s Radio Share of Wallet analysis, let’s now look at BIA’s estimates for markets 11 to 20 for 2021.

President Trump has appointed Salem Radio Network talk host Charlie Kirk as a new, 2-year  member of the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission, a White House initiative which works to improve understanding of the history and principles of the founding of the United States of America.

KXXO in Olympia, WA typically collects $15-20 during its annual holiday fund drive. With the inability to use volunteers this year, due to COVID, listeners were able to donate online or by calling station owners Toni Holm and David Rauh or PD John Foster. The station was still able to collect $22,600 from its loyal listeners.

iHeartMedia Seattle’s 95.7 The Jet, says its 18th annual “Bender’s One Big Give,” a 13-hour radiothon from Seattle Children’s patients, families, supporters and hospital staff, raised over $270,000 to benefit Seattle Children’s Hospital.

Bobby Bridges has been named VP of Programming/South at Macdonald Garber Broadcasting. He will programming for the company’s Traverse City and Cadillac MI clusters including Country WXLV and Adult Hits WZTC, with day to day responsibility for heritage CHR WKHQ

Redrock Broadcasting’s four station group in St. George, Utah aired a one-day radiothon and raised over $21,000. The contributions will benefit Root For Kids learning center for children.

iHeartMedia has announced the lineup for the fourth annual iHeartRadio ALTer EGO Presented by Capital One. The virtual event, hosted by Woody host of the nationally-syndicated The Woody Show, will feature the biggest names in Alternative Rock.

97.1 The Ticket (WXYT-FM) has inked a deal with the Detroit Lions, making it the flagship station for Lions football beginning in 2021. The Entercom station also serves as the flagship station for the Detroit Tigers, Pistons and Red Wings.

(By Ron Stone) How did independent radio stations become repeaters for national syndication? Big broadcasters started pulling local programming almost immediately after consolidation in the 1990's, replacing it with national programming they created. The reason for this was clear. They paid horrendous multiples for stations and needed to cut cost and fast.