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Battleground America, the new political podcast, from Entercom Greenville morning show host Tara Servatius has come out of the gate strong. The first seven episodes of the daily show has over 14,000 downloads already. LISTEN

Beasley Media Group has promoted Tee Gentry to Regional Operations Manager of the company’s Augusta and Fayetteville clusters. Gentry is adding Fayeteville to his daily Ops duties. He's been the Operations Manager for Beasley's 7 stations in Augusta.

Sports Radio 680 The Fan will be the flagship station for a high school football scoreboard show. The Dickey Broadcasting Company station, Southern Sports Today Network, along with the GHSA and the Georgia News Network have agreed to a production partnership.

Mix 106.5 KEZR and 94-5 Bay FM KBAY are helping to provide much needed resources for foster children during this especially challenging school year. The stations are pushing for donations to Child Advocates Laptops for Learning Back to School Drive.

The latest episode of Chachi Loves Everybody is with the author of the just released Go Syndicate Yourself. Dave 'Chachi' Denes talks with syndicated radio personality, PD and entrepreneur Randy 'R Dub!' Williams.

The NAB has put together a one-stop-shop for resources, tools and information about the relevant issues affecting local radio and television stations. The portal provides access to various resources created by the NAB and the NAB Leadership Foundation.

Westwood One’s longest serving employee, Bart Tessler, is leaving Westwood One. Tessler worked for a dozen organizations after mergers, sales, and consolidations; and reported to 25 different CEOs, presidents, and COOs.

The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation has announced that the 45th annual Gracie Awards program will air live on AWMF’s Facebook page September 10th at 7pm ET. Katy Perry will receive the Gracies Impact Award.

According to a new study by commissioned by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, 200 radio stations could be forced to close in the next three years due to advertising declines from COVID-19. Radio revenue is expected to drop $383 million this year with AM stations the most vulnerable. More HERE.

The next RAB Open for Business live-video presentation focuses on the Auto Industry. Tyson Jominy, VP Data and Analytics, J.D. Power is the guest.