People in the News

El Dorado Broadcasters in Yuma, Arizona, has hired V (Vanessa) Gomez as Assistant Program Director/Midday air personality for KQSR-FM, Mix 100.9. She moves from iHeart in San Diego.

Meredith Tiger is the new Director of Corporate Communications and PR for Audacy. Tiger joins Audacy from WarnerMedia, where she most recently led publicity efforts for HBO Max.

Cumulus is bringing Joe Russo back to his hometown of Buffalo. Russo becomes PD for 97 Rock/WGRF-FM, moving from Cumulus Kansas City, where he was PD for KCMO-FM for 6 years.

Susan McCullin brings 29 years of sales and management experience in radio and television to The Center for Sales Strategy as a Senior Consultant.

KCBS San Francisco Morning News Anchor Stan Bunger announced on Twitter that his last day at the station will be June 11th and he's looking forward to sleeping in. Jennifer Seelig, Director of News & Programming for KCBS sent the following note to the staff.

iHeartMedia announces that Judy Copier has been named Market President for Salt Lake City. Copier will be succeeding Stu Stanek, who's been with iHeart for more than 20 years and is retiring as Market President in Salt Lake City on May 31.

99.9 KISS FM on Maui has added Brandee Carvalho to mornings. She joins longtime on-air personality Ed Kanoi, during the morning drive.

The Dana Show, Radio America and Audacy have worked out a multi-platform agreement to expand the program. The show will be heard in 11 Audacy markets and an original on-demand podcast is in the works.

John DiLeo is the new Market President and Chief Revenue Officer for the Danbury, CT Townsquare media cluster. DiLeo comes over from the Hearst Media Group where for the past four years he was VP, Sales at Hearst Media Group, overseeing their local and retail business in the Connecticut region.

Roxanne Steele is added as co-host of Broadway In The Morning radio show on Detroit Country station WDRQ-FM joining host Bill Broadway. Steele's been a part-time host at the stations since 2018.