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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.

“Selling air” has always been a battle when your biggest competitors have visuals to show off or data to brag about. Throw in COVID-19, and 2020 may go down as the toughest year to sell radio yet. We turned to several of our 2020 Radio Wayne finalists and asked them what their biggest challenges were (outside of COVID-19) and how they overcame them.

With help from Eric Weiss and The Weiss Agency, the former co-host of the syndicated Brooke and Jubal show has launched his own show into syndication. Jubal Fresh' new company is called Team Jubal Productions.

Midwest Communications announced on its Facebook page that WIMZ-FM host William Winningham, who went by the name Billy Kidd, has died at the age of 61. The cause of death was not listed. Winningham was inducted into the Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame in 2018.

The entire iHeartMedia Chicago cluster of radio station will be helping the local Chicagoland community in their own unique way. Every station will be participating in a month-long "season of Thanksgiving." Here's how they plan to do it.

Alpha Media and Superadio, LLC, have signed an affiliation agreement with Ebro in the Morning with Laura Stylez and Rosenberg. The show will air on the company's hip-hop stations in Portland, San Antonio and Amarillo.

Entercom and Beasley have announced that all 64 of the Beasley Media Group stations across 15 markets will now be available on the Radio.com app. In addition all Beasley podcasts will also be made available on Radio.com. The Beasley stations are also on iHeartradio.