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Urban One Promotes Wayne Jones

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Wayne Jones is now D.O.S. for the Urban One Houston radio group, moving up from LSM. Jones has held management positions in Austin, Baton Rouge and D.C. He made Radio Ink's Future African American Leaders list in 2015 and 2017 and is a 2017 Radio Wayne award winner.

Jill Gossett Joins Riviera as VP of Sales

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Riviera Broadcasting has hired Phoenix market veteran Jill Gossett as Vice President of Sales. Gossett moves over to radio from 12News where she was an Account Executive.

NYF Radio Board Adds Members

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The New York Festival Radio Awards board has added three award winning content creators. Jennie Cataldo, Helen Shaw and Carole Zimmer join the board that was created in 2010.

Late Morning Show Closes in on 100

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With the addition of over two dozen new markets recently, the late morning show Markley, van Camp and Robbins is closing in on 100 stations. The show is distributed by Alpha and Compass Media Networks.

Aaron Roberts Joins RCS

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Aaron Roberts is the new National Sales Manager for the United States for RCS. Roberts most recently served as VP of Programming Communications & Special Projects for Cumulus Media & Westwood One.

New Executive Editor For PCBC

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Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation has appointed Cindi Lash as Executive Editor. She joins PCBC from Missouri Lawyers Media where she has been editor since 2018.

Howie Rose Returns Tonight

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He's been away from the New York Mets radio booth for one week. The radio voice of the team tweeted that he's returning tonight after an illness not related to COVID. The Mets take on the Cubs Tuesday. WCBS in New York carries Mets games.

iHeart Promotes John Peake

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John Peake has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Programming in Los Angeles. He will continue as Program Director for 104.3 MYFM.
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SMG Houston Names Ryder GM

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Darren Ryder will be the new General Manager for Salem Media Group’s Houston cluster. Ryder will take over for Chuck Jewel who is retiring after nearly 50 years in radio.

Atlanta V-103 Changes Up Mornings

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Audacy is rebranding its V-103 (WVEE-FM) morning show. The Morning Culture with Big Tigger is now The Big Tigger Morning Show.

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June 15, 2026

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