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Both ProFlowers (33,323 ads) and Shari's Berries (21,566) ran heavy schedules on radio stations across the country last week, according to the latest Media Monitors chart. ProFlowers ran the second-most ads, behind GEICO (46,777). Shari's Berries was eighth on the list. Rounding out the top five were AutoZome (30,407), Walgreens (28,643), and McDonald's (28,550).

It was the Appleton/Oshkosh - Green Bay, WI, station's 20th Annual St. Jude Radiothon. The February 9-10 event, which was held in Green Bay, raised $300,124 for the fight against childhood cancer.

Beasley makes the announcement that Allyson Hillman is the new D.O.S. for its Southwest Florida cluster. Hillman served in management for 10 years in Detroit radio and relocated to Southwest Florida from Savannah-Hilton Head.

The RAB has created a new position and promoted Tiffiney Wyatt (left) to Business Development & Insights Associate. Wyatt has been with the RAB for more than 17 years. And joining the Membership team is Rita Landells as Member Response Manager. Landells has worked for ABC TV, CBS TV Local Media, MTV Networks, Spike TV, and iHeartMedia in Dallas.

Lake Charles Louisiana Top 40 outlet "Hot 103.3/KBIU-FM" has picked up The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show.

Since coming quietly onto the scene at the end of January, 2017, the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast has surpassed one million downloads. The podcast is hosted by Chicken Soup for the Soul’s publisher, editor-in-chief, and author Amy Newmark.

iHeartMedia is selling the intellectual property to the words "Clear Channel" to its subsidiary Clear Channel Outdoor. It was back in 2014 that Clear Channel Radio changed it's name to iHeartmedia, however the Outdoor division is still called Clear Channel. Wells Fargo analyst Marci Ryvicker, who covers the Outdoor division, speculated what this might mean.

(By Bob McCurdy) I recently came across a 2015 Google/Ipsos MediaCT study that concluded 40 percent of all baby-product purchases came from households without children. To say that this statistic was counter-intuitive is an understatement; so I accessed Scarborough to see if it supported Google’s findings. It did.

Starting this week Alan Burns and Associates will answer that question with the results of a national study of 2000 female radio listeners. Burns says the first presentation, which will be Thursday, feels like a “State of the Union” message for radio.

That's the price Michael Crute paid for WRRD-AM in Milwaukee, according to a filing with the FCC. Crute purchased the station from Good Karma Broadcasting, which is Craig Karmazin's company. Crute launched a progressive format on the station and also hosts a show in afternoon drive. Crute's company is Devil's Advocate Radio.