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KOKE-FM in Austin won top honors at Monday night’s virtual 2020 Texas Regional Radio Awards. KOKE was named Radio Station of the Year and “Rita & Raines” (Rita Ballou and Eric Raines), were honored as on-air personality of the year. This is the second year in a row they've won.

(By Carol Commander) So you’re in radio sales, in a pandemic. Selling air in a pandemic, doesn’t sound all that appealing when worded that way, does it? Think again!

Award-winning journalist Jennifer Keiper is joining CBS News Radio as Midwest anchor and correspondent. She'll be based in Chicago and start working for the network November 9th. 

The Ace & TJ Show is now offering a 3-hour weekend show for current Ace & TJ  Show affiliates and stations looking to try out the program. The weekend show is delivered via Synchronicity so stations can add the programming at any time during the  weekend. 

Entercom's Cadence13 has signed a deal with Cosgrove/Meurer Productions, the creators and producers of Unsolved Mysteries, for a weekly podcast based on the long-running television show.

Entries are now being accepted for The Gracie Awards, presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation. 2021 will the 46th year the Gracie Awards Gala and Gracie Awards Luncheon will be held.

The 2020 iHeartCountry Festival Presented by Capital One will stream and be presented as an on-air radio special on October 23. The 7th Annual event was originally set for May 2 in Austin, TX.

ABC News is providing special primetime coverage of the final 2020 presidential debate between President Trump and former VP Joe Biden tonight. ABC News Radio will offer 3 hours of live coverage, including a one-hour pre-show, followed by post-debate analysis.

Entercom and the National Urban League are partnering to advance racial justice and equity initiatives. The partnership will promote Urban League programs in education, job training, entrepreneurship and more.

The HEROES Small Business Lifeline Act has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. It includes provisions to expand eligibility for U.S. Small Business Administration loan access to struggling radio stations. Here's what NAB CEO Gordon Smith said when he heard what the Senate was up to...