People in the News

Longtime Cleveland radio host John Lanigan quit right in the middle of his WTAM show on Wednesday. Lanigan said he just didn't feel right doing radio anymore, thanked a few people, and went on his merry way. News 5 in Cleveland reported that WTAM PD Ray Davis was caught completely off guard and had to come in and finish the show.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and NFL Network analyst will join Kevin Harlan in the Westwood One Sports NFL broadcast booth as the new lead color analyst for Monday Night Football and the Super Bowl.

Former Philadelphia 76ers star Charles Barkley joined Mike Missanelli, Natalie Egenolf, and Tyrone Johnson on Beasley Media Group’s 97.5 The Fanatic (WPEN-FM), Thursday. Barkley co-hosted all four hours of the show and talked Philadelphia sports and current events. Barkely appears on the show every year and the station receives great feedback from listeners.

Former San Francisco 49ers defensive end and Super Bowl champion Dennis Brown is the new co-host of KNBR 680/1050’s pregame and postgame coverage for the 2018 NFL season. Brown was part of the 49ers' Super Bowl-winning team in 1995. He served as 49ers television analyst from 2012-2017.

Syndicated personality Delilah returned as a host for the annual Broadway in Bryant Park summer performance series in New York. Presented by affiliate 106.7 LITE FM, Broadway in Bryant Park 2018 takes place at noon every Thursday for six weeks (July 12 – August 16).

The Daily Post in Palo Alto is reporting that former late-night KGO host Bill Wattenburg has died from cancer at the age of 82. Wattenburg was also a former nuclear weapons designer who would answer a wide range of listener questions, from car repairs to helping kids with their homework. He was on the air at KGO for nearly 40 years.

93Q 3-7 p.m. afternoon drive personality and MD Rick Roberts has been promoted to APD and Digital Content Manager for the station. Meanwhile, Production Director Joey Walker has been promoted to the 93Q 10 a.m.-3 p.m. midday slot, and the role of Digital Content Manager for sister stations WAQX and WXTL.

Danny Bortnick has been named iHeartMedia’s SVP of Sales for Washington, DC. He will report to Aaron Hyland, Region Senior Vice President of Sales for iHeartMedia Washington, DC, and Market President for Baltimore. Bortnick joins the DC Market from Entercom.

SRN's Tom Tradup informed us that long-time New York broadcaster Ralph Howard died Tuesday. Howard worked for WMCA-AM and WINS-AM in New York. From 1982 to 1985, Tradup was Executive Producer of the Ralph & Ryan morning show on WMCA — then owned by Ellen & Peter Straus of Straus Communications. Ralph was paired with NBC-TV newsman Bill Ryan.

KYW Newsradio 1060 (KYW-AM/Philadelphia) Community Affairs Reporter Cherri Gregg  has been recognized by the National Association of Black Journalists with a Salute to Excellence Award at the 2018 NABJ Salute to Excellence Gala in Detroit.