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After working in radio for more than 30 years, Robert Lindsey felt it was time for a change. About 11 years ago he bought Auto Tech Service, an established car repair business in Lexington, Kentucky. Lindsey tells Radio Ink that while the changing face of radio resulted in a shift of his career path, radio is and always will be part of his life. Our weekly advertiser success stories are sponsored by SPECbyte.com

The FCC's next open meeting will be held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. And like most other gatherings these days, this one will also be held virtually. The meeting will be open to the public on the Internet via live feed from the FCC’s website and the FCC’s YouTube channel.

Last week KNIV and KEGH in Salt Lake wanted to help local businesses as they struggle through an uncertain future. From 7a-9p the stations allowed any local business to call in for one minute to advertise at no cost. The phone never stopped ringing.

Thursday at 7 p.m., Townsquare Media’s “New Jersey 101.5” (WKXW-FM) is hosting its second Town Hall broadcast on the coronavirus crisis. This time the focus will be health and medical matters.

(By Andrew Curran) The coronavirus has already achieved what an invading army would never have dreamed possible – overrunning America and bringing our economy to its knees in a matter of days.

(By Laurie Kahn) With the coronavirus upon us, many quality sellers are out of work. Many have the skills that companies look for in a potential seller. Those stations that struggle to find and hire new sellers can help their communities by putting these displaced employees back to work.

Rod Schwartz has a new blog out with his thoughts on what radio needs to do for local businesses, especially the ones that are closing due to the coronavirus outbreak. He says it's a relevant message that addresses the new reality. Read his post HERE.

The world we're living in changed on a dime less than two weeks ago. And as part of its Radio It’s On campaign, The Radio Advertising Bureau has launched a new section on RAB.com focused on today’s extraordinary times that includes materials radio sellers can use immediately.

Bonneville's KIRO-FM in Seattle is now publishing a daily coronavirus podcast to keep Washington State residents in the loop about this rapidly changing news event. Dave Ross and Aaron Granillo will condense the most important coronavirus news of the day into a short podcast.

The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation has moved the 45th Annual Gracie Awards Gala from May 19th to September 22nd. The change, like so many other big events, is to protect everyone from the possibility of getting, or spreading, the coronavirus.