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WLZL – El Zol 107.9 raised a whopping 289,342.00 to benefit St Jude hospital in just a little over 12 hours. That brings the total raised by El Zol in the last 4 years to 1.3 million dollars to help cure Childhood Cancer.

(By Mike McVay) Almost every day there is a news story about the change in America’s work habits, and the locations in which we work, all driven by the pandemic. There is a strong general belief that many of us will never return to a formal office and we’ll continue to work remotely.

Benztown has a treat for radio stations. It is offering a free Halloween AudioPack with more than 20 audio pieces designed to add some spooky seasonal sounds to stations of all formats.

100 Years of Broadcast News: Challenges Met, Challenges Anew, will be featured at the NAB Show New York. Accomplished radio and television journalists will reflect on the history of electronic news and share thoughts on challenges ahead.

John Shomby is now offering coaching for on-air and programming talent and new country artists. The 35 year radio veteran is running his newly launched consulting firm in Nashville.

FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks was the keynote speaker for week three of Radio Ink's Hispanic Radio Live Conference Thursday. During his presentation called The Enduring Legacy of Radio, Starks said radio is a trusted source for information in the Hispanic Community. He also opined on minority ownership where he stated 'something is off.'

Salem Media's Sebastian Gorka said Twitter instantly locked his account and demanded he delete a tweet about Hunter Biden and the FBI on Thursday. Gorka, host of the America First radio show, said Twitter was censoring him.

With more people commuting to work, and kids being driven to school, there are more ears in cars. That's good for radio. Cumulus' Pierre Bouvard has a lot of the details from Nielsen's latest national consumer study in his Thursday blog.

VICE News Reports, is a new weekly investigative podcast covering critical news subjects from around the world, co-produced by iHeart and VICE. The first episode goes inside the NBA bubble. LISTEN

In the latest episode of Math & Magic, iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman talks to Sir Martin Sorrell. The Saatchi & Saatchi CFO also worked at advertising giant WPP. He tells Pittman on the podcast why you need employee dissenters. LISTEN