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The 20th annual WSOY Community Food Drive raised over $1.5 million. The 12 hour event benefited the Central Illinois Food Bank. The money will enable the food bank to purchase more than 8.1 Million pounds of food.

iHeartMedia Seattle’s 95.7 The Jet's 19th annual Bender’s One Big Give, a 13-hour radiothon, raised over $379,000 to benefit Seattle Children’s Hospital. Bender has raised over $17.1 million to benefit Seattle Children’s Hospital. 

Bob Call is the Market Manager for Bonneville's four stations in Denver. He's been the Market Manager for 31 years and he's been in the Denver market for 40 years. LISTEN to how Bob and his team are dealing with the pandemic crisis and helping their advertisers survive.

Emmis and ABC Radio will be working closer together. ABC Radio programming will now be available on Emmis NY’s WQHT-FM (Hip Hop), WBLS-FM (Urban Adult Contemporary/R&B), and WLIB-AM (Praise and Inspiration). The stations will begin to integrate ABC content that includes celebrity interviews, features, and programs. Some content will be on the radio stations, some on the station websites.

One analyst tells Radio Ink Cumulus' latest 8K filing is "a poison pill designed to prevent a takeover of the company." This will no doubt fuel more speculation as to what Lew Dickey may be up to after he launched a new company called Modern Media Acquisition Corp which was specifically created to effect a merger.

Signs of spring aren't just found in rising temperatures and the emergence of greenery, but in radio's ad breaks. Those interested in a little spring cleaning and spring breakers were both targets, as can be gleaned from this past week's national radio advertising chart.

Red Apple Music Networks, the music radio arm of Red Apple Audio Networks, has expanded its national syndication with Cousin Brucie’s Rock & Roll Party, hosted by legendary radio personality Bruce “Cousin Brucie” Morrow.

Jeanette Tully passed away on September 11 in Nashville. She was a dominant presence in the broadcast industry, where her extensive media knowledge and financial acumen were sought by titans in acquisition and station management for the past 40 years.

105.7 The Fan (WJZ-FM) in Baltimore is ready to launch 'Baltimore Baseball Tonight'. The show on the Audacy station premiers on Opening Day, April 7.

Heather Birks started working for the Broadcast Education Association in 2006, after working for the NAB for four years and NABEF for six. BEA is an academic media organization for educators, students, and professionals. BEA hired Birks, because in the six years she worked at NABEF, she helped build, manage and produce the Service to America Awards, and helped launch and run the Broadcast Leadership Training Program.