People in the News

Hispanic radio personality Enrique Santos morning show Tu Mañana con Enrique Santos has been picked up by Spanish-language station La Z 105.3 in Atlanta.

Eric Church will be the keynote speaker during a Q&A session set for 4 p.m. (CT) on Thursday, Feb. 20 at Nashville’s Omni Hotel during Country Radio Seminar.

iHeart’s Huntsville/AL Country station 102.1 WDRM has recruited Brent “Dingo” Crank to join the Dan and Josie Morning Show.

Alpha Media, San Jose has enlisted David Drutz to take over the reins as VP/Market Manager at Alpha Media’s San Jose cluster. Drutz comes to Alpha from KNBR/San Francisco, where he served as VP of Sales for nine years.  

SiriusXM has recruited marketing executive Denise Karkos to be its new Chief Marketing Officer. Karkos joins SiriusXM from TD Ameritrade, where she was Chief Marketing Officer.

Tammy O’Dell has been appointed Vice President/Market Manager for Cumulus-Columbia, SC. The appointment marks a return to Cumulus for O’Dell, who was formerly Vice President/Market Manager for Cumulus-Charleston, SC.

Charleston Station Manager Brian Driver has been promoted to General Manager over the WAY-FM properties in South Carolina.

The Native American Journalists Association presented more than 230 awards recognizing the best coverage of Indian Country during the 2019 NAJA National Native Media Awards Banquet at the Mystic Lake Center in Prior Lake, MN.

Bonneville Denver has hired Tyler Polumbus to a multi-year contract at Sports Radio 104.3 The Fan. Polumbus joins Darren “DMac” McKee and Nick Ferguson on “The Drive,” weekdays from 3 to 7 p.m. Tom Nalen recently has left the station for personal reasons.

Boston's WBZ-FM/98.5 The Sports Hub is looking for a PD with veteran PD Mike Thomas deciding to move on. Thomas has led the station's programming efforts over the past decade. He's taken the GM position for Good Karma's WMVP in Chicago.