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94.5 KTI Country's “KTI Bleeds Country” blood drive collected 512 lifesaving units in one day for BloodCenter of Wisconsin. KTI Country artists Dierks Bentley, Dan & Shay, Russell Dickerson, and Chase Rice all were on the air to encourage listeners to give.

KLLL-FM/Lubbock raised $97,796 during their 20th Annual Children’s Miracle Network 36 Hours of Miracles Radiothon. The radiothon took place February 21-22. The KLLL on-air team broadcast live from the studios and the University Medical Center Children’s Hospital playroom.

Gen Media Partners and Synchronicity.co, have partnered to introduce Sync Harmony, a new platform that manages all aspects of a radio station's programming.

The New York Post is reporting that the offer made by John Malone’s Liberty Media is likely to fail "because it undervalues iHeart's 850 radio stations." The Post is quoting a source that says Liberty’s offer values iHeart at $7.5 billion and senior creditors of the company, led by Franklin Resources, believe iHeart is worth 12 percent more, or roughly $8.5 billion.

Multi-media personality Michael Riedel will join Emmy-winning broadcaster Len Berman as the co-host of the 710 WOR/New York morning show, effective Monday, March 5. Len Berman and Michael Riedel in the Morning will broadcast weekdays, 6-10 a.m.

Conservative syndicated talker Michael Savage says he's contemplating a run for the United States Senate. On his radio show, Savage said “Some very important people have come to me and said ‘Savage, would you like to run as an independent for the U.S. Senate in the state of California against the esteemed Dianne Feinstein?’

The Broadcasters Foundation of America has announced the recipients of the 2018 Ward L. Quaal Leadership Awards, which will be presented at the Broadcasters Foundation annual breakfast at 7 a.m., Wednesday, April 11 in the Brahms Room of the Encore Hotel in Las Vegas, during the National Association of Broadcasters Show.

Pamal Broadcasting has hired A.J. Bodden as Market Manager in Albany (New York) where the company has six stations. Bodden previously worked as a VP at Townsquare where he managed a division of the company’s corporate live events business. He replaces Bryan Hollenbaugh who purchased a station in Gaylord, Michigan.

WSOU 89.5 FM, Seton Hall University’s much-heralded, student-run radio station, received a surprise at the annual Kilpop Radio Convention and Rock Radio Awards in Las Vegas: The station was inducted into the Rock Radio Hall of Fame during the Rock Radio Awards Ceremony.

With over 45,700 commercials aired on radio stations across America last week, GEICO remained the industry's top advertiser. Indeed.com moved up two spots to take the second position (29,905). Macy's was third on the Media Monitors list (29,268), followed by The Home Depot (26,588), and eBay, which came in at number five, after not even making the top 100 last week.