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2 Guys Named Chris, which originates from WKRR-FM/Greensboro, has added WXQR-FM/Rock 105.5 in the Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville market to its listening audience. The show, which airs weekdays 6-10 a.m. ET, has been heard on WKRR-FM Rock 92 since 2000.

The long-awaited closing draws nearer as CBS Corp. announces that for each share of CBS Class B Common Stock accepted in its exchange offer, announced earlier, shareholders will receive up to 5.6796 shares of "Radio Common Stock" created just for the purpose of the CBS Radio/Entercom merger. When the deal closes, those shares will be converted to Entercom stock.

Yesterday Andy Bloom (pictured here) wrote a piece about why managers should support someone like WBZ-FM/Boston sports talker Mike Felger after he made a tasteless and offensive comment. And your comments came rolling in. Here's Bloom's column again and what you had to say about it...

It'll certainly be a different sound, afternoons on WFAN, if the reports out of New York City are true. Chris Carlin, Bart Scott, and Maggie Gray are reported to be the team replacing the number one sports talker in America when he leaves the station on December 15.

Educational Media Foundation picks up WJKE-FM/Albany, NY from Empire Broadcasting for $550,000.

WMJX-FM, normally home to a "Today's Hits & Yesterday's Favorites" format, is another of the early birds on the dial to flip to Christmas music....

Westwood One's has announced its list of holiday specials, hosted by a stellar lineup of artists. This year, the yuletide festivities commence with a side of turkey first -- A Thanksgiving Weekend Celebration with Chris Young -- a four-hour country music special available to stations Thursday, November 23 – Sunday, November 26, between 6 a.m. and 12 midnight.

WGN Radio has announced it will do a series of live broadcasts from the “Saturday Night Live: The Experience” exhibition inside the Museum of Broadcast Communications at 360 North State Street in Chicago. The series will begin on Tuesday, November 21 with The Steve Cochran Show from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m

94.5 KTI’s “Truck for the Troops” radiothon raised $41,896 to replace a broken-down service vehicle for USO Wisconsin. The all-new truck has all the mod cons, and will mainly serve service members training at Fort McCoy. The radiothon ran from 5 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday, November 10.

Beasley's WRAT will hold its 19th annual "Broadcast to Benefit the People of New Jersey Thanksgiving Season Collection Drive" at Shoprite (Route 66, Neptune), Monday, November 20, 6 a.m.-midnight, and Tuesday, November 21, 6 a.m. until 7 p.m. "The Rat" will attempt to fill the 21st truck in the history of the event to benefit those in need in the community.