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Clarke Broadcasting’s 8th annual Cash Drive for Interfaith Social Services raised the jackpot when combining the numerous community donations and a match by Chicken Ranch Rancheria. The on-air cash drive ran from 6a.m. until noon on Sonora’s Star 92.7 and 93.5 KKBN.

ABC Radio has announced a full slate of end-of-year programming, including five long-form programs, eight short-form series, and a three-hour country music special,Country Hot List 2017, hosted by Matthew Ramsey and Brad Tursi of country group Old Dominion. Here's the full lineup...

Three of Westwood One’s most popular country programs celebrate the holidays with year-end specials: American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks; Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton; and Country Gold with Terri Clark. Here are the details...

(By Eric Rhoads) Facts are powerful. The facts about radio are powerful, which is why David Field’s advertising campaign promoting radio (and not Entercom) is smart. Though we have had decades of the “Let’s use radio to sell radio” mentality, the cold hard fact is the people radio needs to reach may not be regular radio listeners. Plus, somehow it’s always sounded like begging … like things must not be going well if we have to say it on our own stations. Sorry.

The streaming giant’s 200-plus channels are now available on Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation) via the SiriusXM app. With the SiriusXM app on AppleTV, SiriusXM trial or paid subscribers with streaming access have many new options.

Angelo Cataldi has renewed his contract as morning host at Entercom's SportsRadio 94WIP in Philadelphia. He's been hosting mornings on the station for 27 years and has been near the top of Radio Ink's Best Local Sports Talkers in America list since it was created six years ago. (Our 2017 list comes out December 18.)

2017 marks the 50th anniversary of The Osgood File, hosted by esteemed broadcast journalist and radio icon Charles Osgood. Fresh off receiving a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Osgood saluted the milestone by signing an extension to continue broadcasting The Osgood File.

Reid, a Richmond native, will be the new morning show host of News Radio 1140 WRVA, on air weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. EST, and featuring local on-air and nationally syndicated personalities dedicated to the Richmond community.

iHeartMedia Des Moines announced today the debut of The Woody Show, effective December 11 on ALT 106.3, "Des Moines’ Alternative Rock." The top-rated morning show will broadcast Monday through Saturday, 6-10 a.m. CT. In 2016, the program was a NAB Marconi Radio Award finalist for Major Market Personality of the Year.

(By Wayne Ens) An article in the latest Radio Ink posed the question, “Can David Fields pro-radio marketing campaign drive more local radio revenue?” The question was posed on the heels of the recent BIA Kelsey forecast predicting a decline in local radio revenues in 2018.