People in the News

Larry Kudlow, the new Director of the National Economic Council, joins 77 WABC Radio’s The John Batchelor Show as a regular on-air guest each Tuesday evening at 9 p.m. ET. The pair’s conversations will cover topics including the economic health of the U.S., and its allies and trading partners.

Veteran sales manager Nancy O’Brien has been promoted to DOS for Hubbard's Chicago cluster. Most recently, O’Brien was National Sales Manager for Hubbard's Midwest Region. In her new position, she will lead the sales department for WTMX, WDRV, WSHE, and 2060 Digital.

USA Radio Networks announced on Tuesday that Janet Bro has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Bro will lead the network and its stations in Chicago, Dallas, and Minneapolis, as well as five properties in Nevada.

Zona NYC will air weekday afternoons (12–4), hosted by Tenchy Rodriquez and Nestor Rosario. Rodriquez brings years of experience to the show as a reporter in the Dominican Republic covering MLB and Dominican baseball. Rosario is the Spanish-language color commentator for the Mets and play-by-play announcer for the New York Giants.

The Bert Show has officially named Davi Crimmins as the newest co-host of the nationally syndicated morning show. In addition to being the show’s assistant producer, Crimmins joins current hosts Bert Weiss and Kristin Klingshirn weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 10 a.m. EST.

Jessica Tyler will have the role of Music Director for Hot AC-formatted WDVD-FM to her duties. Tyler also serves as Assistant Program Director and Music Director for Country station WDRQ-FM.

Louisville Public Media has hired Jean West to host weekday afternoons on 89.3 WFPL. The veteran Louisville news anchor will be the local host of the NPR flagship All Things Considered.

Kane has been promoted to Operations Manager and Program Director of WPKR-FM and WWWX-FM in Appleton-Oshkosh, WI. He moves to Appleton-Oshkosh from Green Bay, WI, where he was Program Director of WKRU-FM and WOGB-FM.

Ralph Bristol once hosted mornings on Cumulus owned 'Supertalk 99.7 WTN' in Nashville. A post on Bristol's Facebook page Monday said he was running for Mayor. That post also said the reason he retired from radio in 2018 was because he was fired for saying too much.

Ms. Lawn died Monday morning at her home in Fallas Church, VA, after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. She was 73. Lawn was a White House correspondent at the USA Radio Network in the 1990s, and more recently covered the White House for SRN News on weekends.