People in the News

Bonneville's KMVQ-FM in San Francisco has added Nikki Blades to its morning show. Blades joins 99.7 NOW after two years as morning show co-host at KWIN-FM/Stockton.  

Legendary talk show host Larry King has been in a Los Angeles hospital for the past week with COVID-19. In 1978, King began a nightly midnight-to-dawn radio show on 28 cities over the Mutual Broadcasting System. By the 1980s, The Larry King Show was being carried by more than 250 affiliates.

Jon Laing is the new Market Manager for Cumulus Cincinnati. Laing moves up after three years as VP of Sales for the cluster which includes five stations. Laing takes over for Dave Crowl who retired after 44 years in the business.

NewsRadio 610 / NewsRadio 96.7, have a named Chris Ryan as the new host for New Hampshire Today. He joins iHeart New Hampshire from WKXL in Concord where he was GM for the New Hampshire Family Radio station.

Andy Luberda, Operations Manager for Skyview Networks has died. His family said he died December 29 from complications of COVID-19. Luberda was 51.

WRKO-AM 680 has added Grace Curley and Jesse Kelly to the 2021 line up. The shows debut January 4, 2021.

Ian Beckles and Jay Recher have been named the new afternoon drive program on 95.3 WDAE. The duo will continue hosting the afternoon drive program after the retirement of Tampa Bay radio icon Ron Diaz.

Long-time WTIC Hartford morning show co-host Joe D’Ambrosio announced on Twitter his last day will be Thursday. D’Ambrosio said he bought out his contract, which was to expire in June of 2021.

Jennifer Cartwright has been hired as event coordinator and sales specialist for WLML-FM. The station is owned by West Palm Beach based Legends Broadcasting.

The radio voice of Sooners football Toby Rowland hasn't missed a game since taking over play-by-play duties in 2011. Tomorrow's Cotton Bowl between Oklahoma and Florida will be the first after he tested positive for COVID-19 on Christmas Day.