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STAR 99.9 (WEZN/Bridgeport, CT), has promoted Christian Turnquist to midday host. Turnquist has spent the last year as the producer of the Anna and Raven morning show. He will continue in this role as well as handling 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. duties.

Radio is stepping up to take the snap for charity again. Entercom and the Philadelphia Eagles announced, Thursday, the launch of its annual “Eagles Radiothon.” The multi-day auction will offer fans the opportunity to bid on exclusive sports and entertainment experiences, with all proceeds benefitting the Eagles Charitable Foundation’s commitment to free, comprehensive vision care for underserved youth, and groundbreaking autism research and services.

On or about January 1, 2019 according to an updated filing with the bankruptcy court. The nearly 400 page document is the third amended joint Chapter 11 plan of reorganization of iHeart. It includes financial projections based on the assumption that the company will emerge with a lighter debt load to start 2019.

We first reported about the accident KVEC San Luis Obispo host Dave Congalton was in back on July 2. Congalton was walking to an organized march when he was hit by a car suffering head and leg injuries. He was hospitalized for weeks and could not recall what happened to him. Congalton has filed a lawsuit against the driver of the vehicle.

The New York Public Library announced that The Breakfast Club’s Angela Yee has been named a NYPL Ambassador, and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has declared August 28 “Angela Yee Day."

Labor Day weekend usually brings some radio treats and here is one that’s sure to be popular. iHeartMedia and Bobby Bones will launch Women of iHeartCountry, an hour-long, weekend program devoted exclusively to female artists.

In partnership with the Public Radio Program Directors Association, Jacobs Media has released its Public Radio Techsurvey 2018. The study takes a look at how digital media impacts public radio and the media consumption behaviors of public radio listeners. Here are some of the highlights from the study...

Clay Travis, host of the FOX Sports Radio-syndicated program Outkick the Coverage with Clay Travis, will  join FS1 for the Fall premiere of the network’s first-ever sports gambling show Lock It In.

And it all comes down to the young versus the old. NuVoodoo has released its 12th Ratings Prospects Study which shows some good news for radio, as well as some not-so-good news. NuVoodoo says the study was conducted this past June and involved over 3,000 radio listeners between the ages of 14 and 54. Here is what they uncovered...

(By Andrew Curran) The last 12 months have seen a variety of significant milestones in and around AM/FM radio. The magnitude of these changes, both individually and collectively, is difficult to fully quantify at the moment, but the significance will be felt for years to come.