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John Dimick is promoted to the newly created position of SVP of Programming Operations for the Cumulus Radio Station Group. Dimick was VP of Programming Operations, a position he has held since he joined the company in 2016.

Bonneville's Denver cluster held a virtual food drive in conjunction with 9Cares Colorado Shares and pulled in over $1 million which will be used to produce over 4 million meals.

The NAB Show Express will feature discussions on HD and Hybrid radio technology. Xperi is providing experts for the online sessions May 14.

Lengthy shifts are commonplace these days for healthcare workers in the midst of the COVID battle. To mark National Nurses Week CISN Country 103.9 in Edmonton will broadcast a 12 hour edition of CISN In The Morning, Friday, May 15.

On May 18 Educational Media Foundation is launching Accessmore, an online podcast platform featuring a library of faith-based podcasts.

The 2020 Regional Murrow Award Winners, representing the best in local broadcast news, have been announced. More than five thousand entries were considered from more than 350 local radio and television news outlets from 49 states and four countries.

Nurses and medical staff at a Seattle medical center were treated to BBQ this week by MOViN 92.5. Brooke from the Brooke & Jeffery Show served up the thank you dinner to celebrate National Nurses Week.

Longtime San Diego radio host Steve West has died after battling several types of cancer for years. West, who was working weekends on Entercom's Alt 949, had been in the San Diego market for decades. He started out at 91X back in 1983. West was 68 years old.

That's the damage the coronavirus inflicted on the company and it pretty much happened in one month. Cumulus was rolling along nicely in January and February, until a national lockdown was put in place in March to flatten to curve, which is when the bottom fell out.

As radio companies react to a national pandemic that shut down the United States economy, finding ways to cut and save has become a top priority. On the Cumulus earnings call Monday, CEO Mary Berner said through the actions the company has taken, $60 million will be saved in 2020 to help cushion the coronavirus blow.