People in the News

Orlando Rosa has been named PD for iHeart's El Patron 105.3 in Atlanta. Rosa joins the Atlanta market from Rivera Communications where he was operations manager.

United Stations Radio Networks needed a representative in its Affiliate Relations department, so they recruited radio and music industry veteran Gina Suarez. Suarez has an impressive history of working hand-in-hand with radio stations and their programming departments.

Joe Clayton was CEO of Sirius from 2001 to 2004 and chairman from 2004 to 2008. He died this past Saturday at the age of 69 after a brief battle with an undisclosed illness. Clayton was involved in the launch of DirecTV, Hopper DVR and Sling TV.

Val Nicholas has been named Senior VP, Creative Director for SummitMedia. Previously, Nicholas held senior positions at NBC News, MSNBC and ABC Entertainment.

Two new regional reporters have joined the Colorado Public News team in Grand Junction and Colorado Springs. They represent the first time CPR has embedded reporters in communities outside the metro area.

Lance Tidwell is resigning as Operations Manager at Townsquare's Fort Collins, CO, cluster. With Tidwell's departure, the company is looking for a new OM for its four stations in that market. 

The duo have reached a broadcast milestone of 50 affiliates with recent additions Now 96.3 in St. Louis, Mix 105.1 in Albuquerque, Energy 95.3 in Bakersfield and Hot 104.9 in Tallahassee.

Spanish Broadcasting System Chairman and CEO Raúl Alarcón has been named by Billboard as one of the 2018 “Latin Music Power Players.” Billboard's list recognizes the most authoritative voices in the Latin music industry across labels, management, media companies, streaming services, and multi-sector organizations.

Dallas station 102.9 Now announced Friday that Carter has been named afternoon drive host and Assistant Program Director, effective December 3. He will broadcast weekday afternoons from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Dave Edwards, GM of WUWM, Milwaukee’s NPR, has announced that he’ll retire on May 30, 2019. Edwards’ career with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee public radio station began in 1979 when he joined WUWM to create a professional news department.