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The Cumulus Media Country station raised the impressive amount for the kids at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in just two days with a united team of radio professionals from stations WIVK, WNML, and WOKI pitching in to answer phones.

WGN Radio will debut The WGN Radio Holiday Spectacular, a live variety show featuring the station’s talent, on Friday, December 15 from 10 a.m. to Noon. Co-hosted by Bill Leff and Dometi Pongo, listeners will be treated to seasonal songs, classic stories, yuletide poetry, and a live report from a certain workshop at the North Pole.

Laugh Out Loud, the comedy brand and multi-platform network created by Kevin Hart and Lionsgate, and SiriusXM announced, Wednesday, an agreement to launch a new full-time comedy channel with Hart. The new channel will launch in early 2018.

The contest was called "Win a Baby," at Beasley's B103.9 in Fort Myers. Morning man 'Big Mama' decided to host the contest after he and his wife struggled with infertility. The prize, which went to Anthony and Krista Rivera was in vitro fertilization treatment.

According to Media Moves, José Villafañe is leaving his post as President of Entravision Communication National Sales, a role he has held since 2015. Villafañe joined Entravision in 2010 as SVP of National Sales and was promoted to EVP of Sales in 2014, before moving up to President of National Sales.

iHeartMedia Denver has hired Marty Lenz as new morning co-host for KOA NewsRadio. Colorado’s Morning News with April Zesbaugh & Marty Lenz will air weekdays from 5 until 10 a.m. MT as of January 8. Lenz replaces Steffan Tubbs, who was let go in August after a domestic violence charge.

Entercom and the Chicago Cubs have announced that Chicago’s 670 The Score (WSCR-AM) will remain the home of radio color analyst Ron Coomer through a multiyear contract extension. Coomer will continue working alongside play-by-play announcer Pat Hughes. Coomer first joined the Cubs Radio Network in 2013, succeeding Keith Moreland on WGN 720.

(By Paul Curran) My son turned 18 earlier this year. Putting aside my anxiety on how quickly he is growing up, it occurred to me that for the first and only time in our respective lifetimes, we are now joined together in one of the most coveted demographic groups for advertisers…Adults 18-49.

This Thursday, the NAB will be hosting a webcast on the topic of the digital dashboard. NAB CTO Pat Methany's guests will be President of Jacobs Media Fred Jacobs, engineering consultant Glynn Walden, and Hubbard Senior Vice President of Programming Greg Strassell. The webcast is free for NAB members, $99 for non-members.

NBC Sports Northwest and iHeartMedia Portland announced a new content partnership in Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday. The collaboration will rebrand iHeartMedia’s Rip City Radio 620 to NBC Sports Northwest Rip City Radio.