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Happy 50th Birthday, AT40!

June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 kevincarter AT40, Premiere Networks

• Premiere Networks announced that this weekend, July 4 & 5, marks the 50th anniversary of American Top 40 (AT40)

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iHeart Launches BIN: Black Information Network

June 30, 2020July 1, 2020 kevincarter BIN, iHeartMedia

• UPDATED: iHeartMedia today launched BIN: Black Information Network, described as “the first and only 24/7 national and local all

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Canada’s Top 100… 212 Fahrenheit

June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 kevincarter Stingray

As our unfailingly lovely and polite Canadian neighbours prepare to celebrate their nation’s 153rd birthday on July 1, they will

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Milestone: ‘Kingbird’ Hangs Up His Cans

June 28, 2020June 28, 2020 kevincarter WKRO

• We want to extend our very best wishes to Daytona Beach radio icon James King, better known and love

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Remembering Arnie “Woo Woo” Ginsburg

June 27, 2020June 29, 2020 kevincarter Arnie Ginsburg

• We received word late Friday evening that legendary Boston broadcaster Arnie “Woo Woo” Ginsburg, best known for his run

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Dixie Chicks – Dixie = Chicks

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 kevincarter Dixie Chicks

• The Dixie Chicks have officially changed their name to “The Chicks,” after public discussions arose over the appropriateness of

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Managers Form Black Music Action Coalition

June 22, 2020June 23, 2020 kevincarter Black Lives Matter

• On Tuesday June 2, 2020, the music industry went silent for one day to join the fight for equality

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‘#iHeartLAPRIDE Party’ This Friday

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 kevincarter iHeartRadio

• iHeartMedia Los Angeles has launched #iHeartLAPRIDE, a campaign commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the first Pride parade in LA.

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Hamilton Hanging Up His Headphones

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 kevincarter Hubbard Radio, WUBE

• Hubbard Radio Country WUBE (B-105.1)/Cincinnati announced that market icon/midday personality Duke Hamilton is retiring after a half-century career in radio.

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KVJ Show Re-Ups @ WRMF

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 kevincarter Hubbard Radio, WRMF

• There’s free cake in the break room at Hubbard Radio’s palatial West Palm Beach broadcast complex, as management lets