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New 103.7, Kiss 95.1, Power 98, V 101.9, 94.7 SMOKE, and K 104.7 have partnered with Hendrick Automotive Group and Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina to host a massive food backpack collection on Saturday, November 4, at Coyote Joe’s (4621 Wilkinson Blvd) in Charlotte.

CBS Radio has lined up four gigs for a special New Year’s Eve weekend at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Beginning Friday, December 29 and lasting into the early morning hours of 2018, the shows will play over three nights and feature Foo Fighters, Duran Duran, and Zac Brown Band with a special performance by Sir Rosevelt.

SiriusXM has announced its holiday music lineup, featuring eight commercial-free channels, two to broadcast starting Wednesday, November 1. The channels will offer listeners a variety of traditional holiday songs, classical Christmas carols, country Christmas classics, contemporary holiday tunes, soul music, Hanukkah music, and Latin seasonal music.

Beasley's pro forma revenues in the third quarter were flat compared to the same period in 2016. Beasley faced tough political comps from 2016 when they took in over $600,000. Backing out for political, revenue was up 1%. A bright spot for the company was Detroit, where revenue jumped over 29% in the quarter. Here are all the details.

According to The Providence Journal, radio talk show host John DePetro said Friday that he has left WADK-AM in Newport and will be making a “major announcement” on Monday morning about where he is going next. DePetro was a talk show host on WPRO-AM for 10 years and had been on the air at the Newport station since January.

(By Bob McCurdy) The power of the spoken word — amazing and often under-appreciated. Every now and then, it is important for us to remind our clients about its impact, as it is easy to take for granted.

(By Gary Berkowitz) Some programmers think that we've lost traffic and weather to our phones. I disagree. It still has a place on radio, especially if you believe that local counts. Here are some tips on how to make your weather and traffic breaks more effective.

A man burst into an Orlando church last Thursday, destroying equipment to the tune of $100K, according to wftv.com. The incident happened while WAMT (1190 AM) "L'Voix Evangelique D'Orlando" (The Gospel Voice of Orlando) was broadcasting from a Pine Hills church. The man, Sergo Hippolite, was finally subdued and taken into custody.

Stations with a Benztown library subscription get this sack full of Christmas programming --  which includes over 5,000 tracks of sweet and savory bites of Christmas cheer -- free. Additionally, Benztown is offering 30 free Christmas audio elements produced by their award-winning creative production team.

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