People in the News

Bob Price (left) has been leading Townsquare's Wyoming stations since 1968. After a record run with the Casper stations, Bob is moving on from his role as Market President. He'll stay on as VP of Community Partnerships and National VP of Digital Tom McCarthy takes over as Market President.

Cheryl Mills, founder and Chief Executive Officer of the BlackIvy Group LLC, has joined the iHeartMedia Board of Directors. Her appointment expands the iHeartMedia board to eight directors.

On Monday John Records Landecker will return to the Chicago radio airwaves with his new 7-10 pm show on WGN-AM. Landecker's original start date was September 28, but that was bumped back a week due to WGN's coverage of Chicago White Sox baseball.

WESA, Pittsburgh’s NPR news station, has hired Kate Giammarise as a reporter covering the economic impact of COVID-19 on southwestern Pennsylvania and Laura Tsutsui as producer of The Confluence.

Julie Guy and Entercom have agreed to a multiyear contract extension. Guy will continue as morning show host of Julie Guy & Tamara Gon 101.5 LITE FM (WLYF-FM) in Miami.

Chad Heritage is the new PD for Country radio station WGKX-FM/KIX 106 and for Adult Contemporary station WKIM-FM (98.9 The Bridge) in Memphis. Heritage joins Cumulus Memphis from iHeartMedia, Little Rock.

Y101.7 (WYOY) is bringing Jenn and Bus to town. Jenn Ryan and Kevin 'Bus' Birdhouse previously were teamed up in 2017 at Magic City Broadcasting in Panama City.

Q105 (WRBQ), Tampa Bay is bringing back Froggy and Fester to rejoin the MJ Morning Show. Roxanne Wilder will also be part of the crew.

Rick Rumble and Saga's WNOR-FM in Norfolk have agreed on a new contract that will keep Rumble hosting mornings through 2025. Rumble just celebrated his 25-year anniversary and this contract will take him to 30 years as the host of Rumble in the Morning.

Westwood One has signed a new deal with Chris Plante which keeps The Chris Plante Show on the network for several more years. Based at WMAL in Washington, D.C., the show is heard on 130 stations nationwide.