People in the News

Here comes the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour 2018. The full artist line-up will be announced October 9. The tour will stop in Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Washington, DC, Chicago, Atlanta, Tampa, and Miami/Ft. Lauderdale. 

Country radio personality and women's advocate Kelly Ford, co-host of nationally syndicated morning radio show Ty, Kelly and Chuck, will serve as Host Committee Chair of the Play Like a Girl Honors Gala.

Entercom Market Manager Phil Zachary tells The Washington Post that changes are coming today to 94.7 Fresh FM in DC. Zachary says the new format will be unveiled during a Wednesday afternoon webinar for advertisers. As a result of the planned changes, popular morning host Tommy McFly and four other on-air hosts have been let go.

On Tuesday, Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting’s President Jan Charles Gray announced Kevin Barrett as his new General Manager. Barrett (pictured here) will oversee Mt. Rushmore's three South Dakota and two Rawlings, Wyoming, stations and manage the company's five Casper, Wyoming, signals.

WSCR PD Mitch Rosen confirms to Radio Ink that Brendan McCaffrey has left the station to take a job at SiriusXM on the NFL Channel.

Buck Wise has joined 105.1 The Buzz (KRSK-FM) in Portland as morning show host. Wise will be on air weekdays, 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PT. Wise has 15 years of broadcast experience.

Legendary sportscaster Warner Wolf has lost his age discrimination lawsuit against Don Imus. The reason he lost was because he lives in Florida.

Cumulus promotes Louie Diaz to VP for Contemporary formats at the company. Diaz will continue as Operations Manager for Cumulus in Atlanta where he's also PD for WWWQ/Q100. Diaz joined Cumulus in 2014.

iHeartMedia has hired Chuck Deskins as Senior Vice President of Inside Sales. Deskins joins iHeart from C3 Media Advertising where he was a partner.

The Country Radio Broadcasters have announced “Dollar” Bill Lawson, WDXB morning show personality, as the recipient of the CRS 2019 Tom Rivers Humanitarian Award, to be presented during Country Radio Seminar 2019.