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Entercom has flipped WTVR-FM Mix 98.1 in Richmond to a holiday music format. Market Manager Bennett Zier said, “As Richmond’s original holiday station for over two decades, we’re ready to kick off the season with our community.”

Sunny 106.3 (WJPT-FM ) has rebranded for the holidays as "Southwest Florida’s Official Ultimate Christmas Music Station!" Holiday classics will air until 11:59 PM on Christmas Day.

ESPN Chicago and the Chicago White Sox have signed a multiyear agreement naming ESPN 1000 as the team’s flagship radio station. WGN had been the broadcast home of the team in recent years.

A mainstay in the Albany, NY Capital District, Chuck Custer, will retire in December. Custer has been on News Radio 810 WGY for more than three decades.

101.5 K-HITS (Classic Hits KCCL-FM) Sacramento helped Morning Host Joey Mitchell celebrate 50 years in radio. During the four day celebration Mitchell received hundreds of recorded voicemail well-wishes and an equal volume of texts, Facebook messages, and emails.

KYW Newsradio (1060 AM) is moving Denise Nakano to midday anchor and Jay Scott Smith to afternoon anchor. Ian Bush moves from afternoons to co-anchor mornings. And, one of the oldest radio stations in America, will start simulcasting on 103.9 FM November 23.

860AM/KKAT, has added The Dave Ramsey Show, to its weekday programming lineup. The syndicated money talker debuts in Salt Lake City November 16.

With 2019 revenue at $69.8 million (according to a BIA press release), the Hubbard all-news station in Washington, DC held on to its title as the number one billing radio station in America. iHeartMedia grabbed the next four spots.

Matt Britton, Millennial, Gen Z, and Consumer Trends Expert is returning to Radio Ink's Forecast LIVE. Matt's Keynote presentation will be part of 2020 event, which is now less than one month away.

Popular ESPN host Dan Le Batard said on his radio show that he was "blindsided" when his producer Chris Cote was fired during another round of company layoffs. He called it the greatest disrespect of his career and says he will bring Coat back and pay his salary out of his own pocket.