People in the News

The 'Enrique Santos Morning Show' is being added to WZRM-FM. Additionally, Tony Banana will take over as Program Director and PM Drive host.

Bonneville's ESPN-AM in Seattle is launching the The Mike Salk Show Tuesday, September 7th. Salk had been paired with Brock Huard on the station until 2019 when the show morphed into a podcast. That weekly podcast will continue.

Orlando Franklin is leaving Bonneville Denver sports station 104.3 The Fan to take a coaching job with the NFL's San Francisco 49ers. Franklin was co-host of the “Orlando and Sandy” morning show. His final day of his two-year run was Tuesday.

After more than 11 years as director of Wisconsin Public Radio, Mike Crane is resigning October 1st. He said, “It has been an honor and privilege to be director of WPR and to have worked with the station’s talented staff this past decade."

Jade Springart has been promoted to Program Director at 101 WRIF-FM in Detroit. Springart has been with the station for 15 years and most recently served as Assistant PD, Music Director and Midday Host. She becomes the first female PD of the Detroit rocker

Bruce Collins is the new PD for NewsTalk WBAP 820 AM/99.5 FM-HD2 and News & Information KLIF 570 AM/96.3 FM-HD. Collins comes to Dallas from Alpha Media in Portland. He replaces Kevin Graham who is now programming Cumulus' KNBR in San Francisco

67-year-old Howie Rose announced on Twitter that today would be the final New York Mets baseball game he calls this year. The long-time radio voice of the Mets wrote that he's having surgery this week,

Radio veteran Bill Taylor (William Chimka) has died after a year-long battle with cancer.  Known for his celebrity impersonations, Taylor’s career included stops at KFWB Los Angeles, KSAN San Francisco, KMLE Phoenix, KIKK and KKHT Houston, Jones Satellite Network, as well as stints at WOKY and WEMP in his hometown of Milwaukee.

Anna Chauvet has joined the National Association of Broadcasters as VP of Public Policy. Chauvet joins NAB from the U.S. Copyright Office, where she was most recently Associate General Counsel.  

Red Apple Media and 77 WABC Radio has promoted Matthew Meany to Assistant Program Director. He joined the station in 2014 and most recently was the Executive Producer of the Bernie & Sid Show.