People in the News

Luis "Cipha Sounds" Diaz is joining Audacy's WXBK (94.7 FM, The Block) in New York City, where he will host middays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., starting Thursday. He previously worked at SiriusXM's Shade 45 and WQHT.

Cynthia Alston Bell, Cumulus Media's senior marketing consultant in Charleston, received the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Portrait Award during a ceremony on Tuesday. State Rep. Gilliard established the award in 1998 to honor local individuals and their service to the community.

Country Radio Broadcasters has named Tracy Lawrence as the recipient of the 2023 CRS Artist Humanitarian Award and Brent Michaels as the recipient of the 2023 Tom Rivers Humanitarian Award. In a statement, a CRB official said both individual devoted significant personal time to charitable causes.

Alpha Media's hot AC station WXLC (102.3 FM) in Chicago is adding XYZ with Erik Zachary on weeknights. The addition of WXLC as an affiliate brings the host back to his hometown of Chicago, distributor Skyview Networks said.

Colleagues and friends of WXRT's Lin Brehmer held a tribute for the Chicago broadcaster on-air Monday. The tribute comes one day after Brehmer passed away following a battle with cancer. To listen to WXRT's on-air tribute, go HERE.

Broadcaster and activist Ninoska Pérez Castellón is returning to radio in South Florida with a new program on Salem Media's WWFE (670 AM, La Nueva Poderosa) in Miami. Castellón previously worked for more than two decades at WAQI (710 AM) until it changed ownership.

Veteran journalists Lynda Lopez and Brigitte Quinn will take over middays New York City news stations WINS (1010 AM, 92.3 FM) and WCBS (880 AM).

Keith Raad is expected to join WCBS-AM and broadcaster Howie Rose for coverage of the New York Mets. The New York Post reported Raad, who still has to be approved by the Mets, would replace Wayne Randazzo, who left in December for a TV gig.

MSG Networks has fired Brendan Brown, its radio analyst for New York Knicks games, following a probe by the broadcaster's human relations department into allegations of verbal harassment, according to a report published on Monday.

Money Matters Radio, the producer of Financial Exchange Radio program, has appointed Jason Wolfe as its Chief Operating Officer. The company also promoted Tucker Silva to the role of director of broadcast operations.