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On Friday, April 8, The Rush Limbaugh Show held its 26th annual on-air Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Cure-A-Thon. Limbaugh dedicated portions of his three-hour nationally syndicated radio program to encourage listeners to join the effort to find a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, and myeloma, and to improve the quality of life for patients and their families.

Flint, Michigan's NASH FM 95.1 (WFBE) hosted a benefit Thursday, April 7, for Hurley Children’s Hospital and Hurley Children’s Clinic, to help kids who have been exposed to lead from the city’s water.

WTOP announced it is the recipient of eight National Headliner Awards for excellence in journalism. The station won three first-place awards, four second-place, and a third-place.

CBS RADIO’s 97.1 The Ticket (WXYT-FM) announced Monday that Mike Valenti, co-host of the Valenti and Foster show has signed a long-term contract with the station.

Keith Bratel is the new Market President for the iHeart's Madison market. Bratel was looking for a new gig having last worked as Director of Sales at the Milwaukee Radio Alliance from 2007 to 2016. Bratel was also the Director of Sales for Clear Channel Radio from August 1998 – September 2005.

The Mix Group and ReelWorld are teaming up to create a first-of-its-kind imaging event. ReelMIX 2016 is a two-day event Sept. 28-29 in Miami. Participants will engage in hands-on imaging classes with producers from both companies. There will also be presentations by designers on trade software, plugins, and hardware, and debates about the current and future state of imaging and production.

(by MaryBeth Garber) With the average urban commuter spending 42 hours a year stuck in traffic jams, a recent commuter study by Edison Research provides insight into how Americans deal with their daily commute. Given AM/FM radio’s firm hold on its in-car audience, it’s easy to see why streaming services, such as Pandora, want to break AM/FM’s connection to its listeners — but they remain unsuccessful.

On Monday, May 2, Red Zebra Broadcasting will drop Mike and Mike for Chris Cooley and Kevin Sheehan from 7AM to 11AM weekdays. The station will also add “The Morning Blitz” with Al Galdi from 5AM to 7AM. And, “The Sports Reporters” returns to the station with Steve Czaban and Andy Pollin. The changes take the station to 17 hours of live and local programming every day.

Our Friday story on Edison Research's latest in-car study caused quite a stir around the industry. What really hit everyone's hot button was how Pandora quickly flipped the data into a White Paper the company will show advertisers. Radio Ink was denied access to the full Edison study (they told us it was proprietary for clients) so the most specific detail we had was what Pandora pulled from the research to use in its White Paper presentation. But now we see more...