People in the News

Radio One Atlanta has promoted Neiko Flowers to Assistant Program Director at WPZE (Praise 102.5). He has been with the station since September of 2021.

Cory Hepola has made it official. He's running for Minnesota governor. Hepola made the announcement on Twitter. On February 8th Hepola went on Minnesota Public Radio to announce he was considering a run. That wound up being his last day on WCCO, where he hosted mornings since 2019.

Georgia Hall-of-Famer and former Urban One host Silas SiMon Alexander announced he had pancreatic cancer back in September of last year. He passed away this week from the disease at the age of 58. His family posted the news on Twitter.

Pacific Media Group has hired comedian, TV host and actor Lanai to Honolulu radio on KUMU-FM.  Beginning March 7, “Lanai’s Traffic Jam” will air weekdays from 2pm to 7pm. 

Radio One in Charlotte is adding Incognito to its lineup on WOSFHD2 (102.5 The Block). Incognito will host the 7pm to midnight shift beginning Monday. His show Posted on The Corner with Incognito is syndicated in several markets.

Stacia Philips Deshishku has been promoted to the newly created Executive Editor and Senior Vice President at ABC Audio. For the past three years she has served as VP/GM of ABC Audio.

DJ Amen has been promoted to Assistant Program Director at KRRL-FM (REAL 92.3) in Los Angeles. Most recently he served as Music Director and holds onto that post as well.

Mark Vogelzang is joining Nevada Public Radio as the new President/CEO. Vogelzang recently retired from Maine Public Radio where he served as President and CEO for ten years.

Keith Liesmann has been promoted to Regional VP in Arkansas for Cumulus. It's a newly created position. Liesmann will hold onto his post as Market Manager in Little Rock and adds Fayetteville and Fort Smith. Cumulus owns 16 stations in Arkansas.

Good Karma Brands and ESPN 1000 have announced that Eric Ostrowski is the new Executive Producer of the White Sox Radio Network. He'll oversee the White Sox pre-game show, post-game show, and all play by play and affiliate relations.