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The East Texas, Alpha Media station raised a phenomenal $92,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network with their 4th annual two-day radiothon, held October 20-21.

Forbes reports October will be the third month in a row auto sales will decline. In radio's largest advertising category, car sales are down, while trucks, including pickups, SUVs, crossover SUVs and minivans, are doing well.

During his illustrious career, Hubbard Radio COO Drew Horowitz has been in the trenches selling radio. He's one, like many others, that was thrown the yellow pages, as an account list, when he landed his first radio sales job. Today, Horowitz is one of the industry's most respected and successful executives. And, he's on the cover of the current issue of Radio Ink Magazine, which also features the Best Managers in Radio. One of the questions we asked Horowitz was how he believed the radio industry is going to get revenue growing again. Here's what he had to say about that, along with a few other things, in an excerpt from that interview.

In a continued sign that Podcasting is growing and NPR takes the medium very seriously, Neal Carruth has been hired as the organizations first General Manager for Podcasting. Poynter reports the supervising senior editor for NPR's business desk will oversee "Planet Money," "Embedded," "Hidden Brain," "Code Switch," "Pop Culture Happy Hour" and NPR's Politics podcast.

The “Powerhouse Politics” Podcast will be publish daily through Election Day, keeping listeners informed about the latest poll numbers and developments on the campaign trail. It will be hosted by ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl and ABC News Political Director Rick Klein.

Actor Malcolm McDowell has signed on to voice a new suspense series on PodcastOne. He'll take on roles written by writers, including Max Allan Collins (“Road to Perdition”) and featuring celebrity guest stars.

Not only is Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton using local radio hosts to try to help her cross the finish line to the White House, she is also spending money. According to Media Monitors, Clinton purchased just over 16,000 commercials on radio stations in the 85 markets Media Monitors tracks. That's up from 15,531 a week earlier. Donald Trump ran 781 commercials.

In a Sea of Uncertainty, Forecast Delivers the Data, Trends & Visionary Experts You Need. Here are just a few of the topics we'll be covering in New York City on November 16.

Jeff England has been named the new VP/Market Manager for Hubbard Radio's four-station cluster in Chicago. He replaces John Gallagher who was let go in August after running the cluster for two years.

It should come as no surprise that with the kind of election year we've been having that News/Talk stations are experiencing increased listening. Nielsen says PPM ratings for October show News/Talk stations are growing audience, which is a trend Nielsen says has been happening over the past year.