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Last week, iHeartMedia’s The Bobby Bones Show celebrated its fifth-annual Joy Week. From October 8-11, Bones’ show encouraged listeners to choose joy, spread happiness, and do good things for others with a week of live studio performances by Country music stars. 

NBA Hall of Famer and DJ Shaquille O'Neal has joined Live365 with his Internet radio station ShaqFu Radio. ShaqFu Radio features all of Shaq's favorite music as well as live DJ sets by Shaq (a.k.a. "DJ Diesel") himself.

Beasley CEO Caroline Beasley recently interviewed Jeremy Kaplan, editor-in-chief of Digital Trends, for the latest episode of her Beyond the Business podcast. Kaplan discusses a variety of transformative topics with Caroline

The WOGL midday host posted to Facebook that December 12 will be his last day on the air. His first show on WOGL in Philadelphia was July 2, 1989. He said, "Most radio personalities don’t get the chance to say goodbye on the air, but I will be lucky enough to do so."

Jason Aldean made the call this year to radio stations and personalities letting them know they were 2018 CMA Award winners. Westwood One's Lon Helton won National Personality of the Year and told Radio Ink CMA’s longstanding tradition of having a country music star notify the CMA Broadcast Award winners elevates the honor to a whole other level.

iHeartMedia has named Greg Millard Executive VP of Event and Experiential Partnerships. Millard will spearhead the strategy for all of iHeartMedia’s national sponsorship sales efforts, including the company’s roster of marquee events; the iHeartRadio theaters in New York and L.A.; custom events and partnership opportunities; and local events in over 150 markets.

Dan and Michelle are the new morning team at EMF's Air1. The due joins Air1 from Bonneville’s KYMX (Mix 96.1) in Sacramento, California, where they've hosted mornings for the past six years. They begin in early November. They replace the team of Eric and Heather.

The team at the Radio Mercury Awards announced that Chris Beresford-Hill, Chief Creative Officer at TBWA\Chiat\Day NY, will be the 2019 Chief Judge for the 28th Annual Radio Mercury Awards Competition.

Registration is open for radio stations to participate in Jacobs Media's Techsurvey 2019. This year's study will launch in early January. Stations have until December 21 to sign up HERE. The technology survey for radio included information from over 560 radio stations last year.

(By Deborah Parenti) As I sit here pondering a blank page, trying to decide what to write about this month, I am struck by the similarities between a blank page and a manager’s first day in the office. In both cases, there is always that first seed of doubt. Can I do this? Am I ready and able to keep this ship on course and bring it into harbor?