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(By Randy Lane) Last Monday morning, shows all over North America were grappling with how to handle mass shootings over the weekend. Some shows took a deep dive while others never mentioned it. Here’s how three top-rated morning shows treated the situation.

(By Bob McCurdy) Every day we sell the impact of audio and how it motivates the radio listener to act upon the commercial messaging that’s broadcast over the airwaves as well as online. One of our challenges continues to be getting audio’s “perceived” ability to impact behavior and purchases to jibe with “reality.”

New research from Coleman Insights reveals that TED Talks Daily has the highest Aided Awareness of the 20 most-listened-to podcasts as ranked by Podtrac in March 2019. And yet only 43% of monthly podcast listeners are familiar with the TED Talks Daily podcast.

Entercom’s 12th Annual Prisma Health Children’s Hospital Upstate Radiothon has raised $200,945 for the hospital. The funds will help sustain the many programs and services that support children and families during a hospital stay.

It's the most famous concert event in the history of rock. Now, over four days, Philadelphia public radio station WXPN will present a minute-by-minute replay of the legendary Woodstock music festival exactly 50 years to the day and hour later. 

Legendary newsman/podcaster Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) will begin the second season of The Ron Burgundy Podcast with Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris as his guest. 

Today at 12 p.m. iHeart will launch NEWSRADIO 1340 WRAW/Reading, PA. This is a flip to a Conservative Talk format. Currently, “Rumba” programming is heard on the station.

The University of Nebraska Omaha Mavericks and its athletics multimedia rightsholder, Learfield IMG College, have announced an extended relationship with NRG Media.

With the popularity of sports and the dominance of ESPN in covering sports, a betting person would say that podcasts put out by the broadcast giant would be a success. And they'd win that bet. Here are some of the stats...

85 year old football Hall of Famer Sonny Jurgensen has retired. This season would have been Jurgensen’s 39th consecutive year calling Washington Redskins games.