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Tuesday, May 07, 2013  To combat the amount of skin cancer cases in people in their teens and twenties, the FDA is proposing that tanning beds not be used by anyone under the age of eighteen.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012  The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and the Coastal Carolina University Center for Resort Tourism gave presentations and updates on how the one penny tourism tax is doing for our area Tuesday to the Myrtle Beach City Council.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011  This week, 50 girls are at summer camp in Pawleys Island learning about themselves and what it means to be a girl in our society today.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011  So far $8.8 million worth of hospitality fees - which are charged at hotels, restaurants, and entertainment - for advertising have been collected since May of last year through April of this year. That's up from $8.7 million the previous 12 months.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011  From movies, to music, to fashion, pop culture is full of sexualized images including a clothing company that made a padded bikini top for eight-year-old girls, provocative halloween costumes for children that come out every year, and a song popular with preteen girls that talks about getting drunk and hooking up with different guys every night. They're all images our children see everyday.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011  More first time visitors made their way to the Grand Strand in 2010 and the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce credits a major shift in advertising.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010  Digital billboards could be the future of advertising in Myrtle Beach.

Thursday, July 08, 2010  Coastal Carolina University has become aware of vendors in the area who may be falsely claiming to represent the university in order to solicit advertising of unlicensed products.

Friday, June 11, 2010  The Federal Aviation Administration says there's nothing a town can do to ban small planes towing advertising banners along the South Carolina coast.

Tuesday, March 09, 2010  There has been no hurricane or tsunami, but tourism officials on South Carolina's Hilton Head Island are spending disaster recovery money on advertising to lure travelers.

Friday, October 09, 2009  Friday, the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting a casting call for its 2010 advertising campaign.

Friday, October 02, 2009  The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce will host an adult casting call from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, October 9th for talent for an upcoming advertising campaign.

Thursday, August 06, 2009  A circuit judge issued an injunction, stopping local pizza delivery stores from slipping their advertising fliers under hotel room doors.

Thursday, July 09, 2009  Myrtle Beach's new tourism advertising campaign is working: that's the message from a research firm that studied the impact of the marketing effort.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009  Don't expect to find a bike rally in Myrtle Beach. That's what the city is telling bikers around the Carolinas. Bikefest organizers say the city's radio advertising campaign has led bikers to think the event has been cancelled.