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Last week the NAB let members know it would be hitting them with a one-time assessment equal to their annual membership dues. The assessment is intended to help make up for lost revenue from the NAB show, which makes up 70% of the organization's operating budget and had to move to virtual due to COVID. Read the letter sent to members HERE.

(By Mike McVay) What better time to focus on reinvention and improvement than during a pandemic? It makes sense to take advantage of the situation to improve your product and to prepare for that time when we see the economy return to a point where we can take advantage of it.

(By Loyd Ford) If you are doing a morning show, you are about to graduate to 2021. The future may not resemble the past. There is no question that the landscape is shifting and changing under and around all media.

(By Charlie Sislen) Since the pandemic hit in March, selling methods have changed drastically. One of the biggest changes is the switch from in-person meetings to web-based presentations.

Podcasting studio Sound That Brands has hired the radio veteran as a senior producer. Jacent has been a PD at KFOG in San Francisco, WLUM in Milwaukee and Q101 in Chicago.

(By Randy Lane) Last week, Jeff McHugh outlined several ways to be a companion to listeners. As we enter the holiday season, people more than ever are craving companionship, connection, and community.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN chief medical correspondent, sits down with Mike McVay at Forecast LIVE on December 8 for a fascinating interview that will explore the pandemic from many perspectives, including its medical, social, and economic implications.

After 13 years with sports talker WJFK-FM (106.7 the Fan) in Washington, DC, Chad Dukes has been let go. Entercom's reason for the firing was “racist and other inappropriate comments” made on his podcast.

Arizona-based Riviera Broadcasting has announced Jeff Trumper as its new President & CEO. Trumper had previously served on the Board of Riviera since merging the station he owned KMVA-FM in to the Riviera Phoenix Cluster in 2014.

Movin' 107.7 (KMOV-FM) has seasonally rebranded to Hampton Roads Christmas Station. The iHeartMedia station will play around-the-clock holiday music.