People in the News

Miami station 101.5 LITE FM (WLYF-FM), announced today that veteran South Florida radio personality Tamara Gant, known as “Tamara G.,” joined Julie Guy as co-host of the The 101.5 LITE FM Morning Show with Julie and Tamara G.

Audacy has appointed Jay Michaels as assistant brand manager of Mix 96.5 and 95.7 The Spot (KHMX) in Houston. Michaels, who previously worked at Cumulus Media in different programming and operations roles for 11 years, will also host middays on KKHH.

Dominic “Zakk” Zaccagnini in now the PD for Classic Rocker 107.7 The Bone/KSAN-FM. He was previously APD/Music Director, a position he held since July, 2015. He'll continue to host PM Drive.

Broadcast tech company The Telos Alliance—announced today that it has appointed Paul Kriegler as Omnia US Sales Manager, Radio Processing. Telos is the parent company of Omnia. Kriegler has more than 25 years of broadcast management and programming experience, most recently as Operations Manager for Lotus Radio Corporation in Reno.

Robinson makes the move to Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley to co-host Selena and Scott, for the Cumulus station. She’ll team up with Scott Evans, who has worked mornings at the station since 2011.

Floyd Reese has resigned from his afternoon co-hosting slot on Cromwell Media's ESPN 102.5 The Game in Nashville. Reese has been on the air in afternoons since 2016 with Jared Stillman. The station is conducting a search for a new co-host for Stillman.

Benson will join Larry Gaydos in afternoon drive on the new Gaydos and Chad show on KTAR/Phoenix. Benson also hosts Radio America's syndicated The Chad Benson Show nationwide.

Robin Faller will take charge of all of Connoisseur's digital sales efforts after the company hired her this week. Connoisseur is purchasing the Connecticut operation of a digital company called Drive Local. Faller was an employee of that company. She will be based in the corporate office in Westport, CT.

Morgan Patrick, who hosted Carolina Hurricanes pre- and post-game shows from 1999 to 2006 is returning to the role for the new season, on 99.9 The Fan. He’ll be joined on The Stormfront by the radio voice of the Hurricanes Chuck Kaiton, and on The Aftermath by Canes TV broadcaster John Forslund.

William Casey Atkins has stepped into the Assistant Program Director role at Beasley Media Group Fayetteville's WKML. Atkins will also take over afternoons on the North Carolina country signal. Prior to joining Beasley, Atkins served at WVRC Media for five years.