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Entercom announced the launch on Friday. The station will be heard on WVEE-HD2 in Atlanta.

Purtan's Salvation Army Radiothon this past Friday raised over $1.6 million for the organization's Bed & Bread Program. The money will be used to feed and shelter thousands of men, women and children in Detroit. Since Purtan started the Radiothon 33 years ago over $37 million has been raised.

(By Bob McCurdy) Earlier this week I came across an article titled, "The Effects of Communicating Passion in Advertising: How Messages Like 'We love what we do!' Shape People’s Product and Brand Evaluations."

Kirk Minihane has openly discussed his battle with depression on the radio and on his podcast. On Saturday, Minihane posted to Twitter that his ongoing struggle with depression and suicidal thoughts have caused him to put his podcast on hiatus.

(By James Bahm) Spend more than 11 minutes in a sales role and you will see myriad personalities and philosophies at work. Most sales managers I've met all have their "way that works" and in small markets the phrase "that's how we've always done it" is prevalent.

Penny Marble is a professional quilter with decades of experience. Her husband Charlie is one of the few certified Singer sewing machine service techs in New York State. And advertising on the radio is one of the best business decisions they've made. Our weekly advertiser success stories are sponsored by SPECbyte.com

(By Loyd Ford) You’ve just been instructed to share with your team a corporate change, or introduce a different approach to a project so the company can move ahead or reach new goals. How can you help people on your team with change?

The morning team Rizzo and Jeff have exited Top 40 WKHQ in Traverse City, Michigan.  Before Traverse City Rizzo and Jeff worked together at WDZH in Detroit hosting mornings. Before Detroit, Jeff was at WIOQ Philadelphia and Rizzo was at WPLJ in NYC. 

The Wichita NPR affiliate launches the six-part series called Hindsight: Looking Back at 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage today. Historian Dr. Robin Henry is the host.

Chuck Wicks and Tricia Jenkins take over hosting duties today with Friday being Bentli's final show. Before being changed to The Ty Bentli Show, the show was Ty, Chuck and Kelly. Kelly Ford left the show in October 2018. Jenkins joined the show a year ago.