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Country Radio Broadcasters has announced the 2020-2021 Agenda Committee leadership: Brent Michaels (KUZZ/Bakersfield) serving as Chairman and Joey Tack (KNCI/Sacramento) serving as Vice Chair. Applications are now being taken from industry professionals who would like to serve on the committee.

In 1990, Joe O’Rourke was handling sales for a new radio station in town when an order for Ryan Imported Car Repair crossed his desk. The morning guy knew the owner, Joe Ryan, and he told O’Rourke, “Get to know Joe Ryan, he already knows your car.” Our weekly advertiser success stories are sponsored by SPECbyte.com

With the NCAA’s March Madness playoffs cancelled due to the coronavirus, Westwood One will rerun 15 Great Games in NCAA Tournament History to help college basketball fans experience the madness of March.

Top 40/Hot AC show In The Mix With HK is now available free of charge and with no contractual commitment to non-affiliated stations that are understaffed or in need of programming content due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

No tours for the kids, no picking up prizes, no listeners dropping by to say hi to their favorite DJ's. Those are the new rules implemented by Midwest Communications in Sioux Falls, and most likely radio stations all across the country as they do their part to flatten the coronavirus curve. Midwest has even posted the new rules on their website.

Sun Broadcast Group has implemented a plan to protect its workforce across the country through what it's calling a Smart-Work initiative. Employees across SBG’s five locations began a phased transfer into a telework scenario until at least April.

(By Gary Berkowitz) We've been brainstorming ideas broadcasters could quickly implement to help deal with this coronavirus outbreak. Here's a list to help keep on message and listeners engaged.

The Los Angeles Times has launched Asian Enough, a podcast about being Asian American. Hosted by Times staff writer Jen Yamato and columnist Frank Shyong, the 13-episode series will feature interviews with celebrity guests who share personal stories.

On Tuesday, iHeartRadio launched Food Court with Richard Blais. Celebrity chef and host Richard Blais presides over his guests – comedians, writers, chefs – to debate opposing food-related viewpoints in a humorous way.

ABC Audio is offering a COVID-19 digital text feed to interested radio stations as a public service. Stations -- regardless of their current affiliation with ABC Audio or ABC News Radio -- can utilize the new RSS feed to auto-populate their websites and apps with stories related to COVID-19 without a fee.