People in the News

John Wanamaker is departing Minnesota Public Radio to join the team at Iowa Public Radio. Wanamaker, who has been a fixture on Twin Cities' radio for two decades, will exit MPR on September 21 and commence his new role in Iowa in early October as local host of All Things Considered.

Zannie Glover has been named Program Director of Beasley Media Group’s 105.1 The BOUNCE and 105.9 KISS-FM in Detroit. Glover most recently served as the program director at KMOJ-FM.

And that promise was to eat "poop" if the Cleveland Browns selected Baker Mayfield in the NFL draft. And that's exactly who they drafted last Thursday night. WKNR Cleveland host Aaron Goldhammer (pictured in the middle) promised to “eat poop” — make that horse manure — if Mayfield became the first overall pick. Goldhammer says he’ll follow through on his promise this week.

Tom Donahue is set to host his final morning show on Big WECK (WECK-AM) this Friday, September 29th, marking the end of an illustrious 55-year career in Buffalo radio. Donahue has been the morning show host at Big WECK for the last 15 years.

The Grace Curley Show hits the air in Boston at WRKO-AM 680 next year. Curley takes over middays on January 4.

Mike Kaplan has been named Senior Vice President, Programming and Program Director of ALT 92.3 (WBMP-FM) in New York. In addition, Christine Malovetz will join ALT 92.3 as midday host and will be on-air from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST weekdays, starting Monday.

iHeartMedia Las Vegas is set to bring a new voice to Sunny 106.5. Starting October 16, Sean Strife will co-host Sunny Mornings with Joanna and Sean. Strife was previously the Midday Host, APD, and Music Director at WKQI in Detroit.

After a better than 10 year absence from Florence, SC, The Ace & TJ Show return and begin to air weekday mornings 5 – 10 on the station they used to be on, iHeart Media’s WJMX .

Doug Harvill is the new Market Manager for Cumulus' six stations in San Francisco. Harvill joins Cumulus after running CBS Radio's cluster of stations in San Francisco for 12 years. Harvill was CBS Radio's Market Manager in Sacramento for nine years before that.

Audacy Boston's Mix 104.1 (WWBX) has renewed multi-year contracts with morning show co-hosts Karson Tager and Kennedy Elsey. The duo has hosted Karson & Kennedy on the station since 2009.