People in the News

Country station Kicks 101.5 (WKHX-FM) debuted its new morning show, Caddy, CJ and Ali, Thursday. The hosts are Cadillac Jack, CJ, and Ali Mac. Mac formerly hosted middays on Kicks 101.5, while CJ moves to mornings from his previous Kicks 101.5 PM Drive show (3-7 p.m.).

iHeartMedia Atlanta has introduced a new weekday show, The Ferrari Simmons Show, on 105.3 The Beat. Ferrari is no stranger to Atlanta radio, having been a radio personality at Audacy Atlanta's V-103 and Core Communications' Streetz 94.5.

iHeartMedia and Premiere Networks have announced a renewed long-term agreement to continue The Johnjay & Rich Show, keeping the syndicated morning program based at 104.7 KISS-FM (KZZP) in Phoenix for at least five more years.

WNIR 100 FM in Akron, OH is saying goodbye to station veteran Steve French. French has been part of "The Morning Buzz" program since June of 1995.

Taylor slid in behind the mic, Thursday, for OTS Media Country stations “Interstate 107” WRHM-FM/107.1 in Rock Hill, SC, and WVSZ-FM/107.3 in Chesterfield, SC. He can be heard on air from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Content provider Mr. Master has appointed Maria Musaitef as Marketing Director. It's a newly created position at the company. Musaitef joins Mr. Master from Envisage Radio Group, where she helped launch the company as Director, Affiliate Sales and Marketing, and brought in 90 affiliates for Sammy Hagar's Top Rock Countdown in the show's first year.

"Weeknd to Die For" is the latest iHeartRadio cross-platform contest. The contest is inspired by the popularity of the song “Die for You” on The Weeknd’s GRAMMY award-winning album 'Starboy'.

Albany, Georgia, is where Dollar becomes the Operations Manager for Cumulus' six radio stations in the market. Dollar will also be midday host on NASH FM 104.5 (WKAK-FM) in Albany, and on the air on Rocker WJAD-FM afternoons from 2-6 p.m. Dollar moves to Albany from Cumulus Montgomery where he was PD at WLWI-FM for over eight years.

Southern California Public Radio has hired Jeff Rowe as Vice President of Programming for KPCC and LAist. Most recently Rowe worked for NPR; helping member stations to improve overall local station sound and coordinate promotions between NPR shows and stations.

KQED has hired Madi Bolaños as co-host of its premier statewide daily radio news program 'The California Report'. Bolaños comes from public media station KVPR in Fresno, where she served as the station’s immigration and underserved communities' reporter.