People in the News

Maxwell Schaeffer has been named Director of Promotions and Marketing for iHeartMedia Des Moines, effective August 10. Schaeffer will also make on-air appearances across all Des Moines stations.

WSJS Sports (Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point) welcomes The Drive with Josh Graham to afternoons beginning July 23. The show will be heard across NC’s Triad on heritage signals.

Karl Shannon is the morning show host on WLXO Hank 96.1. He has been a fixture in Lexington radio since 1988. The five-time nominee for CMA Air Personality of the Year landed in Lexington in 1988 to program WVLK-FM "K-93."

In Sacramento, Stacey Kauffman gets the promotion from D.O.S. to Market Manager. And Michael Spacciapolli also moves up from his D.O.S. position, to run the Pittsburgh market. COO Weezie Kramer commented, “Nothing makes me happier than promoting from within. I am thrilled that we offer career paths and can elevate deserving people to new leadership roles.”

Jack Taddeo is leaving the Waterloo-Cedar Falls-Cedar Rapids market this month. Taddeo has been running NRG's four stations in that market since March of 2015. He's also worked in Chicago, Philadelphia, Palm Beach, and several major markets in California. Taddeo says he's accepted a job with another company and it will be announced next month.

Cumulus Media announced on Tuesday that former Detroit Lions offensive tackle Lomas Brown has joined the Lions’ game-day broadcast team on WJR as color analyst. Brown replaces Jim Brandstatter who held the second spot on the football broadcasts for 31 years.

David Cole has been promoted to Programming Assistant of Hot-AC WALK 97.5. Cole currently hosts nights on WALK and also serves as Continuity Director for the CMLI cluster. He has been with the Connoisseur Media for five years, beginning his career as an intern.

Sun Broadcast Group has announced Michelle Grubshtein has joined the company as National Account Manager. Grubshtein has over eight years of experience in the industry, working with Orion Worldwide as a Broadcast Negotiator, and most recently an Account Manager at Shareablee.

The RAB has hired Georgia Beasley (pictured) as its new Professional Development Manager. In addition, Kim Johnson was promoted to the Director of Sales position of the Professional Development team.

Michael Kay, host of The Michael Kay Show on ESPN 98.7FM New York, will be inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Association’s Hall of Fame for 2018. Kay is also the voice of the New York Yankees and host of CenterStage for the YES network.