After 44 Years, Tessler Leaving Westwood
Westwood One’s longest serving employee, Bart Tessler, is leaving Westwood One. Tessler worked for a dozen organizations after mergers, sales, and consolidations; and reported to 25 different CEOs, presidents, and COOs.
Reiter Back With CBS Radio
Westwood One and Entercom announced Bill Reiter will return to CBS Sports Radio on Monday. He'll host “Reiter Than You” weekdays from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET. Reiter was with CBS Sports Radio up until 2019 hosting evenings.
Entercom Head of PR Leaving
Entercom SVP/ Head of Corporate Communications & PR Esther-Mireya Tejeda is stepping down from her position and transitioning out of the company over the next few weeks. She said it was a natural time to pursue a new and different challenge. No replacement was named.
A Promotion For The Man They Call Max
Cumulus has promoted Robert "Max" Dye to PD at Alternative Rocker WWWX-FM in Appleton/Oshkosh. Dye joined WWWX-FM as Music Director, Imager and Afternoon On-Air Host in 2017.
Saga Hires New Group PD
Scott Chase is Saga's new Director of Group Programming. Chase joined the Company in 2004 and has served as Operations Manager for the Company’s stations in Clarksville, TN. He's also worked in Tampa, Nashville and West Palm Beach.
New SVP Engineering, Townsquare
Martin Stabbert has been promoted to SVP/Engineering for Townsquare Media. Stabbert has been acting as the interim in the position since March.
WATV’s Curtis Bell Passes
Bell, who had cerebral palsy, died Tuesday morning at the age of 58. He played blues music every Saturday for WATV-FM in Birmingham and had a 40-year successful career in radio. He was inducted into the Alabama Blues Hall of Fame in 2018.
Entercom Announces Hire For National News Slot
Bill Smee is the first VP News for Entercom. Smee will oversee all the local news brands, including eight all news and 18 news talk radio stations in 23 markets across the country, and nationwide via the Radio.com platform.
Shoboy Show Launches On Entravision
Edgar 'Shoboy' Sotelo and his crew are now on stations in the Rio Grande Valley, Sacramento and Stockton-Modesto markets. The Shoboy Showlaunch also marks an exclusive network sales agreement with Entravision Communications Corporation.
Changes At WODE, Allentown
WODE-FM/99.9 The Hawk has a new PD and afternoon drive host. Sal Palazzolo takes over as PD and Glenn 'Mitch' Mitchell moves from weekends to weekday afternoons.
Our Print Magazine: Radio Ink
2026 Radio Wayne Awards Finalists
Sales Tips for Your Best Q4
