People in the News

Beasley Media Group has named Babydoll the new Midday personality at Foxy 99/WZFX-FM in Fayetteville. She most recently served as the part-time night talent on the station.

With Mike McCoy relocating to Arizona, Stephens Media Group has named Craig Michaels as the new  Operations Manager for its Rochester, NY cluster. McCoy will assist with the transition  through the end of the year.  

Ray worked in radio for more than three decades, most recently as a producer at WMAL. He also worked for Westwood One, America's Radio News Network, Metro Networks, Radio Free Asia, Premiere, WTOP, WFED-AM, WJFK and WWWT-AM.

Chris Allison is the new President and Market Manager of SummitMedia's Louisville cluster. Allison previously served as General Sales Manager in the Wichita, Kansas cluster.

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.

Bruce Ramer is the longest-serving member of The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board of Directors. The Los Angeles attorney, specializing in entertainment and media matters, is being honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions to public media.

Country music superstar Kenny Chesney will appear as the featured artist during “The Artist Interview” at CRS 2023. Chesney last appeared at the Country Radio Seminar in 2020 when he received the Country Radio Broadcasters Artist Humanitarian Award.

The legendary Art Laboe died peacefully at his home in Palm Springs, CA at the age of 97. In September, Laboe celebrated 79 years in radio.

Danielle Brown has been appointed Vice President, Cross Platform Client Services (One Solution) at Urban One. Prior to joining Urban One, Brown held leadership positions at BET/ViacomCBS, ESSENCE Communications and Time.

Super Snake has joined KMVA/KZON (Hot 97.5/103.9) in Phoenix. Super Snake has been part of the "Valley of the Sun" radio landscape for decades.