People in the News

News 93.1 KFBK, has named Mike Luery, longtime Sacramento news reporter, as a host. Luery will also become KFBK Assistant News Director for iHeartMedia’s Pacific Region.

670 The Score (WSCR-AM) in Chicago is adding Leila Rahimi middays. She will be heard alongside Dan Bernstein on Bernstein and Rahimi, weekdays from 9 AM to Noon.

The Donnie Simpson Weekend Show will launch the weekend of January 9th. Nine stations will carry the two-hour show.

ALT 92.3 (WNYL-FM), New York City, has added Joe “Brady” Blum as afternoon host. Blum comes over from Z100.

890 WLS-AM talk radio personality John Howell is getting an extra hour. The John Howell Show kicked off the new year with a full three hours.

The Current on Minnesota Public Radio is adding Maddie Schwappach and Zeke Salo to its staff. Both have been part of the local music program in various roles over the years.

Townsquare Media Flint welcomes two new local morning shows, both debuting today. Current WRCL morning host Clay Church (pictured) will move to mornings on the cluster’s AC station, WCRZ-FM, Cars 108.

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.