People in the News

WTOP reports that DCRTV.com founder Dave Hughes has passed away at the age of 63 from a heart attack. Hughes focused more on the newsy gossip side of the media in Washington and Baltimore. The WTOP story includes quotes from former WTOP VP Jim Farley. Check it out HERE.

The Audio Engineering Society, first ever, President's Award has been given to Bob Orban. The award recognizes contributions to the goals of AES that are made collaboratively in groups.

Salem Media Group's AM 560 The Answer in Chicago has signed news anchor Mike Scott to a full-time contract as it restructures the stations line-up. For the past 17 years Scott has worked with the station through an agreement with Total Traffic and Weather Network and NBC News Radio.

NPR has announced that Leila Fadel has been selected as the fourth host of Morning Edition, NPR’s morning drive time news magazine carried by 834 public radio stations, and Up First, NPR’s daily morning news podcast.

Long-time Chicago Bears beat reporter for ESPN radio in Chicago Jeff Dickerson has died after battling colon cancer. Dickerson's wife Caitlin passed away, also from cancer, in 2019. They leave behind an 11-year-old son.

92Q DJ Porkchop is leaving Baltimore after about 20 years. DJ Porkchop (Johnny Doswell) announced he's leaving radio to be with family in Las Vegas.

Good Karma Brands and ESPN 1000 in Chicago have promoted Danny Zederman to the position of Director of Content. Zederman is a 15-year veteran of ESPN 1000.

From 1971 to 2004 Tom Barberi was known as “The Voice of Reason” on Salt Lake City station KALL. He died Christmas Eve at age 78.

Chubb Rock’s programs "Diggin' In Tha Crates" and "Authentic Caribbean" have been added to the CKFG-FM Toronto line-up. The programs are syndicated by United Stations Media Networks and distributed in Canada by Orbyt Media.

Jared Merves is joining Cumulus Media as Senior Vice President, Digital. Merves was most recently Chief Revenue Officer of Distributed Media Lab.