People in the News

The Des Moines Register reports that Elder is 'kicking the tires' after a visit to Iowa where Elder tells the paper that at his earlier visit to the Iowa State Fair residents recognized him from his radio show and were pushing him to run. READ IT.

With quotes from former Inside Radio editor Tom Taylor, Don Henly and former New York Times media critic Jacques Steinberg who called Clear Channel the Evil Empire, the Post's Emily Langer writes a very detailed obituary for the former CEO of radio's largest company. Mays died Monday at the age of 87. READ IT.

Syndicated radio host Dave Ramsey hosted two events in Arizona this week with Bonneville affiliate KTAR-FM. Building Wealth Live was held at the Central Christian Church in Mesa. Both nights sold out with over 4,000 attendees.

David "DaveMan" Bjorklund is returning to WLVQ-FM in Columbus, OH. He hosted middays at the Columbus Radio Group station from 1994-2006.

iHeartMedia Division President Scott Hopeck has confirmed that Market Presidents Kelly Kibler (Dallas) and Matt Martin (San Antonio and Austin) are no longer with the company. Hopeck says Paul Corvino will now oversee those markets as the Region President. No reason for the change was given.

PromoSuite has promoted Nia Addison into the newly created position of Customer Success & Renewal Contract Manager. Addison will manage the contract renewal process with PromoSuite's sales teams.

The California Historical Radio Society and the Bay Area Radio Museum have honored the members of the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022. The BARHOF Class of 2022 were inducted during a special ceremony at the Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco.

WGHL-FM is bringing 'The Woody Show' to Louisville. The show will premiere on Alpha Media's ALT 105.1 September 19.

Anamaria Sayre will be join Felix Contreras as cohost on 'Alt.Latino from NPR Music. They will focus on exploring history and cultural context through music in a conversational way, including feature stories and personal experiences of Latinx artists.

Salem Media Group has made several changes to the leadership structure of their Broadcast Media division which go into effect at the start of 2023. Allen Power will assume the role as President, Broadcast Media.