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K95.5, KWEN-FM, Cox Media Group, Tulsa is honoring local nurses on the frontline dealing with COVID-19. The station is partnering with 19th and Grand Records on the Apple a Day campaign, starting May 6.

With nearly 80,000 commercials airing on radio stations across the country, the United States Social Security Administration was the number one advertiser on radio last week, according to Media Monitors.

The O'Reilly Update is marking a year of syndication. The Key Networks program is heard on more than 200 stations nationwide.

The Cleveland Indians hold the record for the longest winning streak in American League History. Baseball starved fans can relive the glory May 4 thru Memorial Day, May 25 on select Indians Radio Network Stations and TV.

A Two day online Education Fair Education Summit is set for May 14,15 in Orlando. The virtual event is being promoted by iHeartMedia Orlando radio stations and digital platforms.

93.3 FLZ, iHeartMedia, Tampa welcomes a new morning show June 1. THEjoeSHOW is hosted by life long friends, Joe Carballo, Ashley Nics and Jed Shilling.

96.7 The Beat, iHeartMedia Atlanta has moved to 105.3 FM. The move opens up a larger audience for The Breakfast Club.

(By Buzz Knight) Once we return to some form of normalcy look for companies of all types to place greater importance on using data along with their brightest strategic thinkers to inform how they can plan for every conceivable scenario in the future.

Both Robert Feder in Chicago and The St. Louis Post-Dispatch are reporting big layoffs at Hubbard stations in those cities. In St. Louis, 26-year sports talker Bernie Miklasz was one of 20 let go. All of the layoffs are being blamed on the coronavirus situation.

Steve Goldstein, Amplifi Media, pulls no punches with some frank perspective on radio, podcasting, and how both have handled the pandemic crisis in our latest coronavirus update hosted by Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti. He also offers some smart speaker listening tips every radio station needs to consider to better compete on that platform. LISTEN