People in the News

Ralph Bristol once hosted mornings on Cumulus owned 'Supertalk 99.7 WTN' in Nashville. A post on Bristol's Facebook page Monday said he was running for Mayor. That post also said the reason he retired from radio in 2018 was because he was fired for saying too much.

Ms. Lawn died Monday morning at her home in Fallas Church, VA, after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. She was 73. Lawn was a White House correspondent at the USA Radio Network in the 1990s, and more recently covered the White House for SRN News on weekends.

New York City journalist and TV personality Juliet Huddy is now part of WABC's Bernie & Sid In The Morning. Huddy hosted Fox 5’s Good Day New York for four years and also worked nationally on the Fox News Channel.

DreX and Nina, a new morning show on B96, WBBM-FM/Chicago, will air weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PT. Gabe Ramirez, host of the previous B96 morning show, The J Show, will continue as morning host along with DreX and Nina.

Radio station 95.9 The Fox (WFOX/Stamford-Norwalk), has upped Allan Lamberti to morning show host. Lamberti has worked for or with sister stations of The Fox since 2003. He has had a variety of roles within the organization and was recently hosting afternoon drive.

Pete Mundo has been appointed APD and morning host for News Talk 103.7-710 KCMO in Kansas City. Mundo started his radio career at KWOX/KMZE in Woodward, OK, and was ultimately named News and Sports Director for the stations. He also worked in New York City at WCBS-AM, CBS Sports Radio, and WFAN-AM/FM as a freelance anchor and host.

Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti was in New York City this past week and stopped by the WABC studios to say hello. Here our boss is pictured with new WABC morning show co-host Sid Rosenberg. Sid starts hosting mornings this week with Bernard McGuirk. Sid and Bernie are taking over for Don Imus who's last show was last week.

Sierra Automated Systems will honor NAB Hall of Fame inductee Elvis Duran at a special event on the NAB Show floor on Monday, April 9. During the event SAS Owners Ed Fritz and Al Salci will personally present Duran with the first of its kind gold "Hall of Fame" edition iSL console prior to his induction into the NAB Hall of Fame that evening.

Broadcast veteran Larry Wilson, host of the popular Livin’ Large with Larry, takes over mornings on WPLL I Am Country 106.9 (Gainsville-Ocala), starting Monday, April 2. The show will air weekdays from 6 to 9 a.m.

After 40 years at KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM/1160 AM/Salt Lake City, Doug Wright has announced he will be stepping back from five-days-a-week on-air hosting duties on June 1. He will continue at the station as a special news consultant and correspondent, and hosting the popular and long-running KSL Movie Show.