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HBO's documentary on the double life of former WFAN morning show co-host Craig Carton is called Wild Card: The Downfall of a Radio Loudmouth. It's a film about fame, greed, wild excess and self-destruction according to an HBO press release.

When you hear radio executives talk about radio hosts being companions, it's the real deal. One week after losing his 21-year old daughter, Ace from the Charlotte-based Ace & TJ Show took to Facebook to describe his shattered world. He thanked his radio family for being there for him, which garnered thousands of comments and shares in return. READ IT

WIP-FM's Howard Eskin is walking the virtual 1,103-mile distance between Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, the home of the Eagles, and Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, the location of Super Bowl LV. It's all to raise money for fighting local hunger and animal welfare.

Bubba The Love Sponge has added affiliates in Phoenix (97.3-FM) and Melbourne (WIXC-AM). Add those two stations to affiliates he recently added in Pittsburgh and Detroit and Bubba is now up to 8 stations.

Tias Schuster has been named SVP of Programming for Rochester, Syracuse and Binghamton. Schuster will oversee 19 stations across the three upstate New York cities. He moves to New York from iHeart Norfolk where he was also SVP of Programming.

Entercom's Cadence13 is partnering with NBA star Kevin Durant and entrepreneur Rich Kleiman’s Thirty Five Ventures to create The Boardroom Podcast Network.

Emily Ward is the new General Sales Manager for Entercom Chattanooga. Ward has gone from Account Executive to Local Sales Manager and now GSM in two years.

Salem Radio Network hosts Larry Elder and Hugh Hewitt are being offered as potential Presidential Debate moderators. The hosts names were submitted to the Commission on Presidential Debates on behalf of the Trump-Pence campaign.

The NAB says CEO Gordon Smith suffered a stroke Tuesday night and was admitted to the hospital. The NAB says he is "responding well to treatment, is stable and alert, and is resting comfortably. His prognosis is good, and he is expected to make a full recovery."

48 hours before reporting second quarter earnings to Wall Street, Entercom CEO David Field updated employees on the business climate as the country continues to struggle through the COVID-19 crisis.