Traverse City Morning Show Shakeup
The morning team Rizzo and Jeff have exited Top 40 WKHQ in Traverse City, Michigan. Before Traverse City Rizzo and Jeff worked together at WDZH in Detroit hosting mornings. Before Detroit, Jeff was at WIOQ Philadelphia and Rizzo was at WPLJ in NYC.
KMUW Launches Podcast To Celebrate Women
The Wichita NPR affiliate launches the six-part series called Hindsight: Looking Back at 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage today. Historian Dr. Robin Henry is the host.
Bentli Leaving Radio
Chuck Wicks and Tricia Jenkins take over hosting duties today with Friday being Bentli's final show. Before being changed to The Ty Bentli Show, the show was Ty, Chuck and Kelly. Kelly Ford left the show in October 2018. Jenkins joined the show a year ago.
Connoisseur Bulks Up Digital Business
Jeff Warshaw's company has expanded its digital business by purchasing assets from digital marketing company Scorpion. The purchase includes the staff, a portfolio of accounts and management platforms. The new operations will be called Ferocious Media.
Service to America Awards Entry Window Closes Friday
The entry window for the 2020 NAB Leadership Foundation's Service to America Awards closes March 6. The awards honor radio and TV stations for their commitment to keeping local communities informed and safe, and their exceptional public service efforts.
CMG Promotes Rosario
Cox Media Group Miami has promoted Angelina Rosario to Director of Sales. Rosario has been the GSM at CMG's cluster for nearly five years. Before that Roasario was LSM for two years
Helping Families Cope With Suicide
Paul "PT" Thomas, Co-host of "The Wolf Wake Up Crew", KMNB-FM 102.9 Minneapolis, continues his effort to spread awareness about suicide prevention. Thomas is teaming up with Brighter Days Grief Center in Minneapolis to help families affected by suicide.
Guess Who’s Launching a Podcast Thanks To Howard?
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to launch a podcast in 2020. She says her long interview with Howard Stern was one of the reasons she's launching. iHeartRadio will be a major distributor of the show. Get all the details at The Podcast Business Journal.
Brown Moves To ABC Audio
Lakeia Brown is now the Senior Producer of Race & Culture for ABC's Audio Insights. It's a newly created position for Brown who moves over from ABC News Research where her primary role was spearheading and forecasting sales estimates for all ABC News programs.
Rex Is Austin Bound
Rex Long has been named Program Director for iHeartMedia's KHFI-FM in Austin. Long moves to Austin from Salt Lake City where he worked for the iHeart cluster.