People in the News

Gold celebrates 20 years in sports radio this month. He landed in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill “Triangle” 20 years ago and was hired by then 850 The Buzz, the Triangle’s first all-sports radio station, to host afternoon drive.

New Seattle Soft Rock station 94.1 The Sound (KSWD-FM), announce longtime local on-air personality John Fisher as the new morning show host. The show, John Fisher, will debut on January 22 from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m PT. Fisher is a Seattle radio veteran.

The Tom Joyner Morning Show returned to the Atlanta market on Tuesday. The show can now be heard on Radio One's Classix 102.9 FM, “Atlanta’s Classic RnB” station. As part of Joyner returning, Mitch Faulkner joins Radio One Atlanta as the morning show producer as well as hosting his Classic RnB Show, Saturdays from 7:00 p.m. to midnight.

A Q&A titled Brad Paisley: The Art and The Artist, will take place Wednesday, Feb. 7, 3-4 p.m. at Country Radio Seminar 2018 in Nashville. RJ Curtis of All Access Nashville and Beverlee Brannigan of E.W. Scripps Co. will conduct the interview. 

Z95.5/Ithaca has named Mike Kerr “McCabe” as their new Brand Manager. Kerr is a recent graduate of Elmira College but has been doing radio for over seven years with on-air and programming roles in Elmira, Rochester, and Buffalo.

The Ace & TJ Show has promoted longtime show producer Rob Miller to the newly created role of Vice President of Affiliate Relations for the show. Miller has represented the show in its affiliate needs for production and technical support for over five years. 

JVC Media has hired former Howard Stern cast member KC Armstrong to its team at Long Island News Radio 103.9 FM. Armstrong will broadcast live every weekday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. from JVC's window studio at Long Island MacArthur Airport.

Neal Tate has been named GSM for Saga's Jonesboro Radio Group, replacing Tom Nankival who was recently named General Manager of Saga's Capitol Radio Group in Springfield, IL. Jonesboro Radio Group operates six stations in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Westwood One recently promoted four Affiliate Sales Directors to Vice-President, Affiliate Sales: Neal Bird (Los Angeles/Music-Entertainment), Rich Burg (New York/Sports), Stuart Greenblatt (New York/Talk), and Jim Jones (Washington, DC/News). All four report to Dennis Green, SVP, Affiliate Sales.

iHeartMedia has promoted renowned programming veteran Doc Wynter to the new position of Executive Vice President of Urban/Hip-Hop Programming Strategy. He will report to Tom Poleman, Chief Programming Officer for iHeartMedia. Wynter has been with iHeart for 29 years.