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On Tuesday, iHeartMedia’s Bobby Bones featured a full-program dedicated to the victims of the Las Vegas shooting with live, in-studio performances from several Country music artists. The theme was “Love > Hate.” Bones announced that all #PimpinJoy and limited-edition “Love > Hate” apparel will benefit the Las Vegas Victims Fund. So far, $50,000 has been raised.

Kurt Luchs, GM for NRG Media LLC cluster in Wausau-Stevens Point, Wisconsin is releasing a humor book November 1. The book, titled It's Funny Until Someone Loses an Eye (Then It's Really Funny), from Sagging Meniscus Press, collects 50 previously publishedhumor pieces.

Tim Hill has been promoted to Program Director for sports radio station 107.5 The Game (WNKT-FM) in Columbia, SC. Hill joined WNKT last year and continues in his role as host of The Early Game morning show, which airs weekdays from 6-9 a.m. Hill’s career spans over 20 years in sports broadcasting

When a major national news story breaks in the middle of the night, in a city hundreds of miles away, how do you cover it? Do you stop airing commercials? How many traffic reports do you carry? We turned to one of the best in the country for those answers, CBS-owned WBBM Newsradio 780 and 105.9 in Chicago.

Neil Larrimore is the new Program Director for News/Talk station WPRO-AM in Providence, RI. Larrimore has programmed successful stations for more than 20 years and joins Cumulus from iHeartMedia, where he was formerly Program Director and Brand Manager for iHeartMedia’s Information brands in the Phoenix and Tucson markets.

Melany Myers has been named the new midday on-air personality for middays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at K 104.7 in Charlotte, North Carolina. She began her new position on September 18, 2017. Myers has over 17 years of on air experience in the radio industry, having co-hosted morning shows in the Charlotte and Columbia, South Carolina markets.

The Cumulus CEO was recently interviewed by WABC Radio's Rita Cosby (WABC is owned by Cumulus). It's been two years since Berner took over the company from Lew Dickey. In the interview, Berner details the plan she put in place to try to turn around the company. She also discusses turnover, ratings growth, and revenue.

College basketball referee John Higgins has filed a federal lawsuit against Kentucky Sports Radio accusing KSR of creating conditions that led to the harassment of his family after a game he called between Kentucky and North Carolina.

Nothing excites a local community more than a great high school football rivalry and CBS' WIP is taking full advantage of that. SportsRadio 94WIP is giving seven local high school matchups the chance to have their Thanksgiving Day football game broadcast live on WIP.

Woof Boom Radio is purchasing WKHL-FM (106.7) in West Lafayette, Indiana. With this purchase Woof Boom will now own stations in three markets in Indiana and Ohio. The station will be run by Woof Boom Radio Lafayette Managing Partner, Jim Stone.