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Late Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission posted a public notice to help all broadcasters get back up and running as quickly as possible after Florence (and any other storm) makes landfall. The notice is in coordination with the International Bureau, Media Bureau, Wireline Competition Bureau, and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Get all the details HERE.

According to The Weather Underground landfalling Category 4 hurricanes are rare in the United States. There have been only 24 since 1851. Hurricane Florence is being forecast to hit the east coast later this week and will be in very select company if it manages to make landfall at Category 4 strength in North or South Carolina.

What do you think the best-rating radio format was this summer? Nielsen has just released its "Format of the Summer" findings, so you can find out for yourself right here.

Chicago Alternative Rock station 101WKQX and Church Street Brewing Company have partnered to introduce Q Street, a “righteously good” alternative India Pale Ale to Chicagoland craft beer fans. 

It's been exactly 17 years since the terrorist attacks that wiped the Twin Towers off the face of the earth killing thousands of people. Art Vuolo has shared a video that includes clips of how radio covered the event back on that awful day. Vuolo says the video has been viewed over 60,890 times and is considered to be the best video he's ever produced. Watch and listen HERE

Former FEMA Director Craig Fugate used social media Monday to remind those living on the east coast to have their radio ready if they lose power to due hurricane Florence. Fugate posted the following message on Twitter...

Entercom has announced a multi-platform partnership with the University of Notre Dame. As part of the agreement, Radio.com will launch a Notre Dame channel and be the digital radio home of Notre Dame football and athletics. This is Radio.com's first exclusive streaming play-by-play offering.

Ivy Savoy-Smith is the new D.O.S for Entercom's Washington, DC, cluster which includes WJFK-FM, WIAD-FM, WPGC-HD3, WLZL-FM, WJFK-AM, and WPGC-FM. Savoy-Smith is promoted from the Director of Local Sales slot at WPGC-FM and WLZL-FM.

On Monday morning, iHeartMedia announced its National Programming Group promoted Rod Phillips to the new position of Executive VP of Country Programming Strategy. Phillips has led the iHeartCountry team since 2015 and has more than 25 years’ programming experience.

iHeartMedia Charleston has hired Pete Norden as its new Senior VP of Sales for that market's four stations. Norden has 24 years of radio experience. He's moving to Charleston from Tampa where he held a similar position for iHeart.