People in the News

Louisville Public Media has hired Ryan Van Velzer as 89.3 WFPL’s Energy and Environment Reporter. In this role, Van Velzer will continue WFPL’s coverage of topics ranging from sustainability and climate change to energy economics and environmental regulations.

Jim McCloud joins Entercom from Major League Baseball, where he was Group Director & VP of Sponsorship Sales & Client Services. Entercom creates a new position for McLoud, Executive VP of National Business Development. McCloud will focus on bringing Entercom more national revenue.

Joining Westwood are Stephen Gary as Director of National Sports Partnerships in L.A., Gina LaBanco as Director, National Partnerships (Chicago), Wesley O’Dell as Director, National Partnerships, and Craig Rossi as VP of Spoken Word, also in L.A. Rossi replaces Adam Gilbert, who left the company. Gary, LaBanco, and O'Dell are all new additions to the Westwood team.

Eric Jewell is new GSM for Cumulus' Kansas City cluster. Jewell was Senior VP of Sales for iHeart in Memphis. He's also been D.O.S. for Entercom in Gainesville and General Manager of Rocket City Broadcasting in Huntsville.

David Fisch has been named morning show host for The River 105.9/Hartford, CT, "Variety of the 70s 80s and more," effective February 21. Fisch will broadcast weekdays 5-10 a.m. He’ll also present the latest in national and local news, weather, and traffic.

Brian Wilson will host Nashville’s Morning News on Nashville News/Talk station SuperTalk 99.7 WWTN-FM, airing weekdays from 5 a.m.-9 a.m. He heads to Nashville from Washington, DC.

Buffalo native, broadcaster and longtime journalist, Steve Cichon is joining WECK-AM/FM (AM 1230/FM 102.9) as News Director. He will anchor news , and co-host with Tom Donahue and Gail Ann Huber on WECK’s weekday morning show.

Vice President of Programming for Power 106 and 93.5 KDAY-FM, Jimmy Steal, has announced new hosting duties on the Los Angeles stations for female trio Cece, Krystal Bee (pictured), and Bryhana.

Lee Cagle has been named Operations Manager of SummitMedia/Louisville’s four-station radio group. Cagle, an Arkansas native, will be in charge of Country Q-103.1 (WQNU 103.1 FM), Classic Country the Hawk (103.9 FM), Adult Contemporary Play (WVEZ 106.9 FM), and Classic Rock Eagle 107.7 (WSFR 107.7 FM).

Quinn has been named Assistant Program Director and Music Director for FM106.1, “Milwaukee’s Best Country!” In her dual roles, she will assist in the day-to-day operations of the station’s music programming and scheduling of music logs, and also remain afternoon drive host, 3-7 p.m.