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Last Friday, Nov. 15, Eric Goranson, host of Around The House With Eric G., and Jeff Tracy (JT), host of Barbecue Nation, participated in a live radiothon on KPAM-AM in Portland that raised $51,225 for Operation Helping Our Heroes.

KRMG/Tulsa has launched its 14th annual Stories of Light fundraiser to benefit Make-A-Wish of Oklahoma. The event is set to raise $300,000 during the three-day radiothon.

iHeartMedia Columbia news/talk/sports station WVOC, is expanding its reach by adding an FM frequency and will broadcast on 103.5 FM. The station will continue to simulcast on 560 AM.

Entercom is set to integrate Radio.com local news content on Google Assistant. Through this partnership, local content from Entercom news stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Philadelphia, San Francisco and St. Louis will be featured as part of the Your News Update platform.

SiriusXM and Amazon have join forces to make SiriusXM's On Demand library available to subscribers with Amazon Alexa and Echo devices, as well as several third-party devices with Alexa built in.

Celebrity Pawcast is hosted by award-winning radio personality Chris Scheetz, and features famous animal owners, athletes, actors, musicians, and other celebrities with deep-dive interviews about their four-legged friends.

KNUS General Manager Brian Taylor says Craig Silverman was not fired for criticizing President Trump as the host claimed. He was fired because he announced that he would be appearing on other radio stations.

Long-time morning personality Lisa May announced Monday on “The Frosty, Heidi & Frank Show” on 95.5 KLOS-FM/Los Angeles, that after 30-years of waking up with Southern California listeners, she's hanging up her headphones to explore entrepreneurial interests.  

WKHT/Knoxville (Hot 104.5) has hired Mean Jean to take over afternoon drive. Chi will move from afternoons to 7 p.m. until midnight. This will be Mean Jean’s second stop at Hot 104.5, where he used to be on nights.

Global News Radio 980 CKNW personality is retiring from The Jon McComb Show at the end of the year. McComb has been with the station for over 36 years and has spent the last half-century in broadcasting.