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The X In Pittsburgh Names Krizner PD

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Abby Krizner has been named Program Director for 105.9 The X. Krizner began her career at the station in 2008, where she most recently served as an Assistant Program Director and Morning Show Host.

J.J. Joins De De

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Comedian J.J. Williamson - “J.J. from The Sipp” - has been hired to join host DeDe McGuire and co-host Lady Jade on the nationally syndicated show, Dede In The Morning. as its new comedian and co-host.

CPR Gets A New People Person

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Colorado Public Radio announced the hiring of LaToya Linzey as its new senior vice president, people and culture. Prior to CPR, Linzey served as a senior human resource business partner for the City and County of Denver.

WMAL Changes Line-Up

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WMAL-FM, Washington D.C., is flipping hosts in a new line-up that debuts May 24. Larry O’Connor is moving to mornings and Vince Coglianese is jumping to afternoons.

Salem Signs Stinchfield

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Talkers AM 870 Los Angeles and AM 590 in Riverside/San Bernardino will welcome broadcast veteran Grant Stinchfield. The Newsmax TV host will be the new co-host with Jennifer Horn on The Morning Answer.

Brian Oake Returns to Radio

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iHeartMedia's Cities 97.1 in Minneapolis has hired Brian Oake to take over the morning show. Oake worked afternoons at what was then Cities 97, before becoming the morning show co-host in 2012 alongside Keri Noble.

Silver Celebration On Z100

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Elvis Duran and the Morning Show’ is celebrating 25 years on Z100 New York. The show began on the station in 1996 and in 2006 started syndication at iHeartMedia Miami’s WHYI-FM.

Cherry Creek Promotes Mav3rick

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Cherry Creek Media/Wenatchee, Washington has promoted programmer Mav3rick to Operations Manager. He will now oversee the seven-station group.

Maui Host Retiring After 46 Years

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Pacific Media Group's Charly Espina Takahama says she'll be retiring May 28th. She been in radio for nearly 5 decades.

Madrigal Joins The Forum

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KQED announced that journalist Alexis Madrigal has been named co-host of KQED’s public affairs radio program Forum. Madrigal arrives at KQED from The Atlantic, where he was a staff writer.

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