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Entercom has teamed up with the Ad Council on a program called COPING-19, a national PSA campaign aimed at raising awareness and providing tips and resources to help people experiencing mental health challenges.

Earlier this year WBUR announced a call for entries for a yearlong newsroom fellowship designed to deepen the skills of an emerging journalist. A committee narrowed the pool to five finalists who they met in November. Hafsa Quraishi was chosen for the fellowship and will join WBUR in January. More HERE.

Alicia "Bruce" Trujillo has been promoted to Assistant Program Director at Indie 102.3 (KVOQ), Denver. Trujillo has been an on-air host since 2016 with the station.

WKCI-FM in New Haven raised over $16,000 and collected 498 frozen turkeys, 164 pounds of meat and over 6, 600 pounds of non-perishable food items during the 30th annual KC101 Stuff-A-Bus food drive for the Connecticut Food Bank.

The Bobby Ricky Show Podcast is hosted by Bay Area DJs Bob St. Laurent (KVYN) and Big Rick Stuart (KFOX KFOG Live 105).

SportsGrid Radio and SiriusXM announced today that they are teaming up to launch the SportsGrid Radio Channel on SiriusXM on January 7. The SportsGrid Radio channel will be available to SiriusXM subscribers on channel 204. SportsGrid Radio will be replacing the VSiN channel, which will air on SiriusXM until 12/31.

Beasley Media Group’s WMMR Philadelphia hosts Preston & Steve brought in $1.4 million during their Camp Out For Hunger event. Proceeds will go to hunger relief organization Philabundance, which acquires and distributes food to help feed those in need, while also advocating for policies that increase food access.

WRDN Durand, WI broadcaster Brian Winnekins is being recognized by the National Association of Farm Broadcasters as the 2020 Farm Broadcaster of the year. Brian served as the NAFB president in 2016 and is also a former regional VP for the organization.

AdLarge Media's cabana podcast network has added three AccuWeather podcasts to its library. The three podcast are Everything Under The Sun, Weather Insider and This Date in Weather Industry.

It's one of the biggest fundraisers we've reported on so far for the 2020 season. Armstrong & Getty's “Warrior Foundation Freedom Station Give-A-Thon” raised $1.2 million which will be used to help wounded vets recover both physically and mentally from service injuries.