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92-9 Jack FM is now "Buffalo's 92-9 WBUF, Everything That Rocks!" Townsquare made the flip Wednesday and will kick it off with 10,000 songs in a row.

91.7 (WSGE) in Charlotte brought smiles to young and old during a holiday event. Thanksgiving Giveaway & Salutes was presented by the Gaston College owned and managed public radio station.

Alpha Media in Dayton says as a result of its 2020 Holiday Helpout event, they were able to help more families than ever before. They were able to provide 110 holiday meals to referred families and 50 holiday meals to local frontline healthcare workers.

Your Radio Ink morning headlines return on Monday, November 30th, following the holiday break. If important radio news breaks we'll keep you up to date on social media and through our news alerts. All of us here at Radio Ink would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.

When Dave Crowl leaves the radio industry at the end of 2020, it will be after logging in 44 years. Crowl's final stop was as Market Manager for Cumulus in Cincinnati. During his career, Crowl was responsible for the operation of radio station groups in 147 markets, ranging in size from Chicago to Hillsboro, OH.

In Episode 35 of their podcast, Gordon Borrell and Corey Elliot discuss the key findings from the Borrell's survey of local advertisers. The hosts claim this will be "the soundtrack for the first quarter of 2021." LISTEN

Entercom has teamed up with the Ad Council on a program called COPING-19, a national PSA campaign aimed at raising awareness and providing tips and resources to help people experiencing mental health challenges.

Earlier this year WBUR announced a call for entries for a yearlong newsroom fellowship designed to deepen the skills of an emerging journalist. A committee narrowed the pool to five finalists who they met in November. Hafsa Quraishi was chosen for the fellowship and will join WBUR in January. More HERE.

Alicia "Bruce" Trujillo has been promoted to Assistant Program Director at Indie 102.3 (KVOQ), Denver. Trujillo has been an on-air host since 2016 with the station.

WKCI-FM in New Haven raised over $16,000 and collected 498 frozen turkeys, 164 pounds of meat and over 6, 600 pounds of non-perishable food items during the 30th annual KC101 Stuff-A-Bus food drive for the Connecticut Food Bank.