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Beasley station WMMR-FM's morning personalities Preston & Steve aren't taking the sports drought lying down and initiated March Sadness, calling it a "social-distancing-safe free-throw competition played over FaceTime."

The 2020 NYF Radio Awards international Grand Jury evaluated entries submitted from 40 countries around the globe and selected finalists that will advance to the medal round of judging.

Entercom has revamped the lineup at KROQ-FM in Los Angeles. Current afternoon drive co-hosts Stryker and Kevin Klein will move to mornings after Kevin Ryder, the remaining half of the Kevin and Bean show, and his morning show cast, were let go.

The entertainment-media heavyweights are joining forces to release a companion podcast for the limited series Little Fires Everywhere, starring and executive produced by Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington.

(By Ed Ryan) While it's hard to tell how much the coronavirus crisis will impact your station today, as time goes on, and everyone is asked by the government to continue to hunker down, it's inevitable that advertising will take a hit. So, what's the plan?

SupeRadio Networks has shows in the Urban, Urban Adult, Mainstream Top 40, Rhythmic, Talk, Country, Hot AC, Rock, Dance, Alternative, Gospel and Oldies formats. The company says it is offering free programming to stations if they need it during the coronavirus crisis.

Kristin Okesson is the SVP of Connoisseur Media and is responsible for managing Connoisseur’s entire Connecticut operations, which cover the Bridgeport, New Haven, and Stamford/Norwalk markets. Kristin fills us in on the coronavirus situation in Connecticut and how her cluster is covering it.

The company was scheduled to release Q4 and full-year 2019 earnings this morning. That has been pushed back to Friday morning to allow the company's accounting firm to complete its audit.

iHeartMedia Harrisonburg, VA, has named Bridgett Knupp Market President for the six-station cluster. Knupp previously served as SVP of Sales for the cluster. She will also be responsible for the market’s operations, including sales, on-air and digital programming, events, and promotion initiatives.

Haskell will join Max Media’s Norfolk/Virginia Beach cluster as VP of Operations and Programming on April 1. He will also serve as Brand Manager and afternoon personality of WGH-FM (New Country 97.3 The Eagle).