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The Vikings Radio Network and Midwest Radio of Fargo-Moorhead agreed to a five-year partnership to keep Minnesota Vikings football on the air in the Red River Valley through the 2024 season.

Sarah Dobbins is promoted from D.O.S for Townsquare in Portland, ME, to VP of Sales for Northern New England, which includes Portland & Augusta, ME and Portsmouth, NH.

KNUC-FM (98.9 The Bull) in Seattle gave away thousands of pounds of potatoes that would have been thrown away, because of restaurants being shutdown. The Fitz In The Morning team on the Hubbard group station greeted thousands with thousands of pounds of potatoes May 14.

A live virtual town meeting is set for today, two days before Connecticut plans to start reopening from COVID restrictions. The meeting, hosted by Nexstar Broadcasting, will be aired on the 11 iHeart radio stations across the state and two TV stations.

Educational Media Foundation CEO Bill Reeves tells us about how his team is dealing with the coronavirus crisis, and, he details the new launch of the EMF podcast network. Plus Bill shares a little breaking news. LISTEN.

Cadiz, KY based Ham Broadcasting Co., is injecting some cash into the local business community today, with Give Back Day. The one day event is part of "The Greatest Comeback Of All Time" campaign.

As we've been reporting, there's been a movement in Washington to get more money into the hands of local radio operators, in the next round of federal funding, to help them deal with revenue losses as a result of the pandemic. Now, several music organizations are calling language in the HEROES Act a bailout for Big Radio.

Or maybe they're Zoom calls these days. However your trade organization in Washington is making contact with elected officials, it's paying off. Another eight names have been added to the Local Radio Freedom Act, six more in the House, two in the Senate.

Since mid-March, NRG's Omaha on-air personalities have been working remotely or in separate studios. No studio was occupied with more than one personality at any given time. Now that restrictions are starting to be lifted, NRG's Omaha cluster is bringing back all hosts and staffers.

The elderly population across the country has been the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. In Miami on Friday Spanish Broadcasting System is partnering with Miami-Dade County Commissioner Joe Martinez to deliver sweets to seniors around the city of Miami.