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The Steve Harvey Morning Show Annual Turkey Give saw a fantastic 8,000 turkeys donated by the top-rated syndicated morning show, to help those less fortunate celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday.

Coast to Coast AM’s charity album Holiday Magic Coast Style has been re-released for the holidays. Benefitting various veterans hospitals across the U.S., the CD features traditional holiday songs and poems performed by fan-favorite guests of the nationally syndicated radio program.

(By Gary Berkowitz) Call him intrepid but Gary Berkowitz is willing to go out on a limb for us and predict what the world of radio programming will be like a quarter century from now. Here are his 10 predictions...

(By Stephanie Winans) Radio managers and talent alike were skeptical of many of the biggest digital innovations when they first disrupted the industry and its operations. But today? These innovations build our brands, drive deeper connections with our listeners, and provide new platforms for monetization.

As part of Radio Ink’s 25th-anniversary issue, we took a look back at who made the biggest impact in our industry over the last quarter century. We held an online poll asking our readers. We reached out to industry executives, station owners, managers, and leaders who left the business after long and successful careers. Then we went back through 25 years of cover story interviews in Radio Ink magazine and compared that with all the input we received to come up with this list.

All radio eyes are on Cumulus this week as a 30-day deadline approaches before the company possibly goes into an "Event of Default." Friday is the end of the 30 days that was set into motion on November 1 when the company decided not to make a $23.6 million interest payment on 7.75% senior notes due in 2019.

ASCAP has appointed Stephanie Ruyle as EVP and Head of Licensing. She'll replace Vincent Candilora wo's retiring. Ruyle will be responsible for ASCAP’s licensing revenues and operations across all platforms including broadcast and cable TV, terrestrial and satellite radio, digital, concerts, venues, retail, restaurants, bars and background music.

James Howard has been named VP of Programming for iHeart in Washington, DC. It's a newly created position. Howard will also program DC101 and BIG100. iHeartMedia Washington, DC, includes HOT 99.5, 97.1 WASH-FM, DC101, 98.7 WMZQ, BIG 100, and 104.7.

Spanish-language broadcaster LBI Media has appointed Jason Hall as SVP for national sales. The 20-year television sales executive will lead the company’s TV, radio, and digital sales. Hall moves to LBI with 17 years experience at Univision, where he was VP of advertising sales. Hall will be based in the company’s New York City office.

Westwood One announced several management changes on Monday. Bryan Forbes has been appointed President of Sales, replacing Steve Shaw. Forbes joins Westwood from the Katz Radio Group, where he was SVP and GM of National Sales. Westwood says Shaw is retiring to pursue his life passions in Vermont.