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The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation's 45th Annual Gracie Awards Virtual Experience is at 7pm ET. This is Us star Susan Kelechi Watson will host the Gracies Awards, which will include Mickey Guyton debuting a new song, Malin Akerman, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Angélica Vale, Cassie DiLaura and more. Details HERE.

It's another milestone for ESPN NBA announcer Doris Burke. She'll call the conference finals and NBA Finals for ESPN Radio, making her the first woman to serve as a game analyst on a network television or radio broadcast.

NPR and 12 public radio stations have launched the first-ever localized daily news podcast, one that blends national stories and local reporting. Listeners will now hear a version of the national podcast Consider This that includes local reporting from their community.

Cumulus has hired Steve Dent for mornings on Indianapolis rock station WNDX-FM/93.9X. A 20-year Rock radio veteran, Dent was previously PD and on the air at iHeart's WZDA (Alternative) and WTUE (Classic Rock) in Dayton.

The NAB Show will take place in Las Vegas next year, but it’s been rescheduled from April to October 9-13, 2021. In addition, the 2021 Radio Show will co-locate with big NAB Show in Las Vegas. The 2021 Radio Show had been scheduled for September 21-24 in New Orleans.

Dawn Santolucito and Jim Clerkin have been promoted at Country 102.5 (WKLB-FM). Santolucito moves up to Assistant PD and Marketing Director; Clerkin becomes Music Director and Morning Show Producer.

The popularity of the August Radio Sales Essentials Workshop has prompted the RAB to add another session this month. The August session was sold out, so the virtual one-day workshop will be back September 22.

The sixth installment of Justice Now!-Communities 2 Unity series will explore systemic racism in sports and entertainment. The program will air on 94.7 The Wave in LA and on Radio.com.

104.1 The Wave (WRJY Brunswick) GM and Morning Host Joe Willie Sousa has joined the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame. Sousa was honored as a Career Achievement Inductee.

SiriusXM is increasing its full-year 2020 guidance for SiriusXM self-pay subscriber net additions to approximately 700,000. This is an increase from the prior guidance of approximately 500,000, first issued on July 30, 2020.