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Townsquare has announced that New Jersey 101.5 Director of Content, Anne Gress, will add the same responsibilities for WPST. Gress said she's to become an official part of PST Nation. "WPST is such an iconic CHR station, whose hallways have been graced with many of our industry’s biggest names."

Cumulus Media has promoted Tish Boden to Market Manager for its Shreveport market where she will now oversee five stations. Before joining Cumulus in 2019 Boden worked for iHeart in Atlanta, Jacksonville and New Orleans.

Cumulus Media Chicago has partnered with NoCap and #HAPPENS to bring about The Virtual Night We Stole Christmas concert. The event benefits Project Shine and VolunteerMatch.

The company sent out a press release Tuesday, the same day it was issuing a bond offering, announcing early Q4 results. With half the month of December still to go, Townsquare CEO Bill Wilson says he now sees the fourth quarter outperforming expectations.

It's one of the biggest fundraising successes of this holiday season. Entercom country stations in seven markets raised $3 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through the unified “Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon” series.

El Zol 107.9’s (WLZL-FM) “Radiotón de Children’s National” in Washington D.C. raised more than $257,000. The money benefits Children’s National Hospital, part of the Children’s Miracle Network.

Public media organization PRX announced that Janetta Stringfellow has joined the staff as Chief Development Officer, where she will lead national fundraising. Stringfellow will also work on growing the organization’s major donor base while overseeing individual giving, institutional support, and digital fundraising.

The Pacifica Safety Net, a California non-profit organization, formed by Pacifica radio listeners, volunteers, and donors has launched a website and posted a video calling Pacifica board members self-serving and acting in a way that has compromised Pacifica's mission.

Country Radio Broadcasters has announced the lineup for the CRS 2021 New Faces of Country Music® Show. The show is set for February 19 during CRS 2021: The Virtual Experience.

Connecticut morning team Chaz and AJ spent last week collecting cash and toys equaling over $166k to be distributed to five local charities. Chaz said the outpouring of generosity during a difficult year was incredible. "We are absolutely blown away by this total.”