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CBS News Radio received the four nominations for the 2020 Writers Guild Award in two different sections. The winners will be announced at an event in NYC on Saturday Feb. 1 at the Edison Ballroom.

The Peabody Award-winning Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting has launched a new podcast — Dig.

The compensation committee of the board of directors of Emmis has awarded bonuses to CEO Jeff Smulyan ($2.625 million), COO Pat Walsh ($1.275 million) and CFO Ryan Hornaday ($637,500). The bonuses were made public in an SEC filing this week.

San Francisco 49ers radio analyst Tim Ryan will be sitting this weekend out after comments he made on KNBR's Murph and Mac Show in San Francisco.

Nationally syndicated radio personality Don Cheto of La Que Buena 105.5/94.3 FM was honored by Los Angeles City officials with a City Proclamation of “Don Cheto Day” for his work in support of the Latino immigrant community.

(By Jay Stevens) When was the last time you had great customer service, at any business, where it was so good you had to tell your friends and maybe you even flagged down the manager to alert them? If you're like most of us, you really have to think about it.

iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman and COO Rich Bressler were in Las Vegas, Wednesday, for a financial conference hosted by Wells Fargo. With a much lighter debt load post-bankruptcy and a multi-platform media company to brag about, Pittman and Bressler were more than happy to pitch investors on the scale of iHeart and the power of radio.

Wesleyan University's community radio station, WESU-FM, will wrap up a year-long anniversary celebration with a community event Sunday, December 8. The Free Form Jubilee will feature eclectic music, poetry, speakers, and food.

Galaxy Media Partners and Syracuse University are combining for a new 24/7 video streaming network, Twitch.TV/CuseSportsTalk. The network will give fans a chance to talk SU sports regardless of their location.

On Giving Tuesday, December 3, Bonneville’s 96.5 KOIT/San Francisco hosted their 2nd annual Cares For Kids Radiothon benefiting UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, part of the Children’s Miracle Network.