News

Thursday’s Des Moines Register carried the story about the former Des Moines, Iowa, sports radio host accused of defrauding people out of $1.5 million who has been indicted on federal charges. 

WEEI, the Red Sox flagship radio station in Boston, has reworked their team for the upcoming season.

Chadd and Kristi Thomas are the new morning show co-hosts for 987 The Breeze (WDZH-FM) in Detroit.

Meruelo Media has promoted Aimee Bittourna to Vice President of Actify, its marketing company. Bittourna began her career in 1998 with Infinity Promotions Group.

Chris Gould, Mark Durkin, and Franc Boza all have new duties with the company. Gould (pictured here) has been a Salem employee for over 16 years, starting as the General Manager of the Tampa cluster. 

Spanish Radio Academy President Jorge Álvarez and Spanish Ambassador to the U.S. Santiago Cabanas presented NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith the International Award from the Spanish Radio Academy on World Radio Day, February 13, 2019.

And it comes from a newspaper. The L.A. Daily News highlights how Saul Levine actively programs and promotes his HD channels.

Tom Swank, the longtime General Manager of WNKO/WHTH Radio in Central Ohio, died in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon. He was 73.

Wednesday night at the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville, Radio Ink handed out its awards for the Best Program Directors in Country Radio. The best 30 Country programmers in the country accepted their awards from Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti before Zac Brown took the stage at the Omni Hotel.

Broadcast technology and national network sales solutions company Skyview Networks has announced seven significant promotions.