News

Portland, Oregon, that is, where KEX-AM is iHeartMedia's News station. Cort Webber, who joined iHeartMedia in 2010 and has worked in radio in Portland for 21 years, replaces Dave Hill who took off to Florida to work at another iHeart station.

Phoenix native Jeana Shepard has landed the plumb on-air spot in her home town on LIVE 101.5, beginning Monday, September 19. Shepard will be heard weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. She replaces Kimmie Caruba following Caruba’s move to WUSN-FM in Chicago.

Cumulus' Albuquerque talker KKOB-AM is now broadcasting as a simulcast on 94.5 FM thanks to a new FM translator being purchased from a local owner. The translator on top of Sandia Mountain is equivalent to a 50,000-watt FM and reaches all of the Albuquerque metro area.

iHeartMedia San Francisco announced Thursday that Kelsie Loos will be the new Digital Program Director beginning September 19, 2016. Loos will oversee digital strategy for the company’s five San Francisco radio station brands.

Holland was a programmer at Portland, Maine’s Ocean 98, Cincinnati’s Warm 98 (WRRM), and Sunny 95 and Contemporary Christian 104-9 the River (WCVO-FM) in Columbus. At Goodratings, Holland will serve as an adviser, full-service consultant, and, when needed, a short-term programming director.

The podcasting network is launching a new action sports and racing show called Jim Beaver's Project Action. The weekly show will feature various action sports stars, celebrities, race car drivers, and other adrenaline junkies.

Our series of interviews on the topic of how to make money selling digital continues today with Angie May-Yarusso, SVP of Digital & Partnerships at Emmis Digital. Yarusso leads the Digital Initiative for all of Emmis' radio stations and Marketing Partnerships for Where Hip Hop Lives, Emmis’ Cross Platform Hip Hop Audience. She's the perfect mind to tap to get all the answers our readers have been asking with regard to monetizing digital.

Long-time WBBB-FM midday host and APD Alli Morgan has announced she's leaving the Curtis Media Group as of September 12 to pursue other opportunities. Morgan spent the last eight years with CMG in various roles, including middays, Social Media Director, and APD.

Shawn Quinn’s new morning show debuts on X105.1 (KCJK-FM) on September 6. Quinn joins X105.1 from a GenX.FM in Hagerstown, MD, where he was Director of Programming and morning host.

Detroit’s 97.1 The Ticket (WXYT-FM) has moved Jamie Samuelsen to mornings where he’ll join Mike Stone and Sara Fouracre to form The Jamie and Stoney Show beginning Tuesday, September 6.