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It’s the 20th consecutive season ESPN Radio will broadcast the MLB postseason, and it will all culminate with the 113th World Series beginning Tuesday,...

iHeartMedia will once again celebrate the holiday season across the nation with its annual "iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour 2017. The full artist lineup will be announced on October 10, but it has been confirmed that Liam Payne and Camila Cabello will perform at select stops throughout the tour.  

Cumulus Media Washington, DC stations WRQX-FM and WMAL-AM and FM, and Inova Blood Donor Services are hosting a Vegas Victims’ Blood Drive Wednesday, October 11 in McLean, VA. WMAL PD Bill Hess said, “The injured – including some from our area – face a lengthy recovery, and this is one thing we can come together and do to help in our own individual way."

Entercom San Francisco radio stations Q102.1, 96.5 KOIT, 98.5 KFOX, and 95.7 The GAME are partnering with the Latino Community Foundation to raise funds for those impacted by the recent earthquakes in Mexico City and surrounding areas. The three-week campaign will officially launch October 6.

The Nevada Broadcasters association is calling today "Broadcasters Unite Nevada Day." In the aftermath of the shooting in Las Vegas, the Nevada broadcasters are asking everyone in the state to show unity by wearing the state's colors: Silver and Blue.

A special audio blog is now available to stations from Dr. Lewis Jassey as a public service. Jassey tells Radio Ink he'd like stations to consider running the information he's providing in light of the recent tragic events in Las Vegas.

Statistical analysis site FiveThirtyEight has debuted the first episode of The Lab, a new weekly NBA podcast hosted by Neil Paine (general editor and senior sportswriter), Kyle Wagner (senior sportswriter), and Chris Herring (senior sportswriter), available now on The Lab’s podcast feed.

Both the National Retail Federation and PwC predict happy holidays for the economy due to confidence from the American consumer. And this is certainly good news for radio as advertisers tend to spend more money when confidence is up and the economy is humming.

The NABOB 41st Annual Fall Broadcast Conference and Power of Urban Radio Forum will be held October 11-12 in Washington DC. A highlight of the conference will be a discussion titled “Major Group Executives Discuss the Future of Broadcasting" on Thursday, October 12.

WBZ-FM 98.5 The Sports Hub is the flagship station of the Bruins and the Boston Bruins Radio Network. Sirott will join analyst Bob Beers in the booth to call the games. Since 2008, Sirott was host and fill-in play-by-play announcer for the Blackhawks on WGN AM in Chicago. Sirott takes over for Dave Goucher, who left to do TV play-by-play for the Vegas Golden Knights.