Wise Move At Portland’s Buzz
Buck Wise has joined 105.1 The Buzz (KRSK-FM) in Portland as morning show host. Wise will be on air weekdays, 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PT. Wise has 15 years of broadcast experience.
Wolf Loses Suit Filed Against Imus
Legendary sportscaster Warner Wolf has lost his age discrimination lawsuit against Don Imus. The reason he lost was because he lives in Florida.
More Responsibilities For Diaz
Cumulus promotes Louie Diaz to VP for Contemporary formats at the company. Diaz will continue as Operations Manager for Cumulus in Atlanta where he's also PD for WWWQ/Q100. Diaz joined Cumulus in 2014.
Deskins Returns To iHeart
iHeartMedia has hired Chuck Deskins as Senior Vice President of Inside Sales. Deskins joins iHeart from C3 Media Advertising where he was a partner.
Lawson To Be Recognized With Humanitarian Award
The Country Radio Broadcasters have announced “Dollar” Bill Lawson, WDXB morning show personality, as the recipient of the CRS 2019 Tom Rivers Humanitarian Award, to be presented during Country Radio Seminar 2019.
Dr. Hoffman — 30 Years Not Out
Dr. Ronald Hoffman’s syndicated Intelligent Medicine show started out at a 5,000-watt radio station in NYC. It is one of the top health/medical radio programs in the country as it reaches a milestone that few others have achieved – 30 years on the air.
Lineup Changes At The Fanatic In Philly
Farzetta and Tra In the Morning will kick-off weekday mornings on 97.5 The Fanatic/WPEN-FM's lineup in Philadelphia, 6:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., followed by Anthony Gargano and Jason Myrtetus at 10:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m.
Bob Brinker’s Moneytalk Ending After 32 Years
MoneyTalk host Bob Brinker has decided to step away from radio. Brinker will continue to write and publish his investment newsletter Marketimer. He says it's time for him to “take his weekends back and enjoy Sundays with his family.” Westwood One has been syndicating the show.
Howard Back At WBEB As GSM
In Philadelphia, Blaise Howard has been hired as GSM at WBEB-FM. Howard spent 18 years as the VP/GM of WBEB-FM. Prior to WBEB, he was chosen by Group W Radio to launch KPIX, their first FM News Talk station in San Francisco. WBEB is now owned by Entercom.
Seattle Gets Its Hip Hop Wake-Up Call
Seattle Hip Hop station KUBE 93.3 announced today the debut of The Wake Up Show, effective October 1. The Wake Up Show will broadcast weekdays from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
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