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The Casey Kasem family feud over his estate will be the subject of a 48 Hours report, Saturday at 10:00 p.m. on CBS. Kasem died over four years ago and his kids and wife are still fighting over his fortune.

(By Lisa Thal) Now is the time to be truthful with yourself. Do you have the right players in place to achieve your expectations? If so, then I challenge you to lead your team to become more daring. Let’s review the word DARE, and how you can implement this strategy with your team.

Gail Austin has been named Program Director for 93.7 KSD-FM/St. Louis. Her start date is December 3. Austin held previous operations and programming positions with Clear Channel Jacksonville, WQIK-Jacksonville, and WCOL-Columbus.

Elvis Duran’s 4th Annual Carney Awards can be seen on November 24, 8-10 p.m. on PIX11, Tribune Broadcasting’s New York flagship television station. Check local listings.

(By Ryan Wrecker) When I was in high school, small-market stations were still deciding if they wanted to invest money to build a website. And, even if the technology to affordably host audio wasn’t available yet, the underlying concept of how to use that upcoming technology was.

A check of the Media Monitors report for last week’s leading radio advertisers shows that the big-box home improvement giant didn’t let GEICO get back to the top of the chart. In fact, the gap was quite pronounced.

ABC Radio will offer country music and feature news specials over the Thanksgiving weekend. Holiday Season Serenade and America Gives Thanks are three-hour specials.

Entercom Active Rock station WAAF-FM in Boston has been honored with a 2018 Sound Bites Award, sponsored by the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association. The station received first place in the “Digital Media” category for “LB’s Big Decision,” at the awards ceremony Wednesday, November 14.

iHeartMedia announced on Monday its purchasing the technology company Jelli. Jelli powers iHeart's SoundPoint programmatic platform and has been involved in the programmatic space from the very early days.

Marketwatch has a length piece on how the two streaming pure-plays are hoping their podcasting strategy will help them tap into more revenue. Both companies say they are well-positioned to help consumers with one of podcasting's biggest challenges...