People in the News

Former CNN Headline News star Nancy Grace and iHeartMedia are launching a new daily 60-second audio feature called Crime Alert with Nancy Grace. It's Grace's take on the latest news headlines, crimes and missing people. The feature will be distributed to radio stations nationwide via Premiere Networks.

Mike Morgan is the new Senior Vice President of Sales for iHeart's 5-station Raleigh cluster. Morgan joins iHeartMedia Raleigh after previously serving as Director of New Business Development and Account Manager at Sokal Media Group.

Corey Calhoun has been named the new night on-air personality and Music Director for Country station 98.7 WMZQ/Washington, DC, effective June 4. Calhoun will broadcast weeknights, 7 p.m.–12 a.m.

Megan Holiday is back at KITS-FM. Holiday will be the midday host of the Bay Area’s Alternative ALT 105.3, effective June 4. She was most recently the evening host of Entercom’s KROQ in Los Angeles.

San Diego Padres radio voice Ted Leitner announced on Twitter that he has cancer and will be stepping away from the broadcast booth indefinitely. The 71-year old Leitner has called Padres games since 1980. He underwent surgery Thursday after calling Wednesday's Padres game.

David LaBrozzi is the new PD at Cumulus' 95.5 PLJ in New York City. LaBrozzi takes over for Rick Gillette who left the company in January. He joins Cumulus Media from Entercom Baltimore, where he was VP of Programming for the company’s four-station cluster for 14 years.

Corus Media has picked Don Kollins to program two of their FM music stations in Winnipeg, Canada. Kollins most recently programmed KGMZ-FM in San Francisco for Entercom. He will program both Power 97 and Peggy 99.1 for Corus.

Johnny Vincent has been announced as Operations Manager for Townsquare Media's Billings, MT cluster, which includes KCTR-FM, KKBR-FM, KMHK-FM, and KBUL AM-FM. 

Bryan Cooke, an assistant of Steve Harvey's co-host, Kier “Junior” Spates, was found dead at a hotel room in Atlanta on Sunday. Spates asked hotel staff to check on Cooke after he was unable to get a hold of him.

After an 8-year run, Randy Falco is retiring as CEO of Univision. He'll stay with the company as an advisor until the end of 2018 so the company can make a smooth transition to its new leadership. Vincent Sadusky (pictured), former Chief Executive Officer of Media General, has been hired to succeed Falco. Sadusky will take over this Friday.