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Three, three-hour specials are being offered to ABC Audio affiliate for use over the Labor Day weekend. Country Music, Rock Music and News specials are in the line-up.

Tommy BoDean is the new Operations Manager for the four station Cumulus cluster in Melbourne, FL. He will also be Program Director for two of the stations.

The iHeartMedia Why I'm Voting campaign has enlisted the aid of musicians, athletes, cultural influencers and others to share what matters to them the most in the upcoming election season. Listeners will also be able to submit there reasons for voting.

J. Douglas Williams, who for 40 years served as President and CEO of Omni Communications, Inc., has died. His career in broadcasting, law, real estate, education and civic involvement spanned more than five decades.

Airing 46,853 commercials on radio stations across the country last week, Progressive Insurance held on to the number one position on the Media Monitors chart of top national radio advertisers. GEICO was second with 44,901.

When revenue falls off the cliff, adjustments need to be made to survive. When a pandemic is the reason, companies are forced to find new ways to operate. Those new ways of operating may become permanent ways of operating, according to CEO David Field.

(By Buzz Knight) A crisis demands action. Hopefully it delivers the correct actions. As we mightily battle the new challenges and try to create new opportunities, the speed of our actions without question is vital.

(By Randy Lane and Jeff McHugh) Why are your phones not ringing? The pandemic has made it more difficult to get callers to respond before 8AM. If you’re doing your show from home, getting phone calls on-air is about as challenging as getting the new stimulus package through Congress.

That's what Westwood One's Pierre Bouvard concludes in his latest blog posting following a recent Nielsen customer webinar which he attended. The COVID crisis had people stuck in their homes, not driving to work, and radio listening took a hit as a result. Bouvard says things are starting to return to normal.

That familiar - and very ancient - teletype sound behind news stories is gone from the KYW Philadelphia airwaves. It's something listeners have been hearing for many decades. KYW Brand Manager Alex Silverman went on Twitter and explained why he pulled it.