People in the News

Coast to Coast AM host George Noory was among 22 legendary news reporters, editors, photographers, broadcasters, filmmakers, and others inducted into the St. Louis Media Hall of Fame on March 17. The inductees were honored at a gala at the St. Louis City Center Hotel in downtown St. Louis.

Jack Daniel has been named the new afternoon on-air personality on K 104.7 and 94.7 SMOKE (3-7 p.m.) in Charlotte. He will begin his new position on Monday, April 2. Daniel has been on the Charlotte airwaves since 1975.

Michael Kraig Mason has joined Country 98.9 (KNUC/Seattle) as evening personality. Mason got his start in radio in Portland, Oregon, at Z100 and most recently handled production and video for the nationally syndicated show Delilah.

Chris “DECiPHA” Hernandez has been promoted to Program Director for LIVE 101.5 in Phoenix (KALV-FM). Hernandez was previously the Assistant Program Director and Music Director for the station.

Matthew Harris has been named Promotions Director for Hip Hop station WGCI-FM in Chicago. Harris joined iHeartMedia Chicago in late 2017 and worked at Cumulus in Peoria before that. 

Joseph Gassman was suspended from the show after being charged with two counts of domestic battery. He's known as Producer Joe on the show. The 35-year old was charged with two misdemeanor counts of domestic battery.

Christopher “Boomer” Layfield is the new Operations Manager for Cumulus' three stations in Indianapolis. He'll also program Country station WFMS-FM. Layfield heads to Indianapolis from Charlotte where he was a PD for iHeartMedia. He's also held programming positions in St. Louis, Richmond, San Diego, and Nashville.

Sports Radio 950 KJR AM announced Tuesday the debut of the new Chuck and Buck in the Morning show and The Jason Puckett Show, effective March 26. Chuck and Buck in the Morning will broadcast weekdays 6-10 a.m. and The Jason Puckett Show will broadcast weekdays 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Wade Linder is the new PD at Classic Hits WLS-FM in Chicago. Linder moves to WLS-FM from WLUP-FM, where he has served as PD since June 2014. Prior to that, Linder was PD for KXXR-FM in Minneapolis, a station he programmed for nearly 20 years.

Westwood One creates a new position for Paul Joseph: Vice President of Program Operations and Content. Joseph will coach, consult, and train Westwood One/Cumulus hosts and producers to improve their engagement with listeners, build their brands, and drive revenue within the company’s pop music programming arena.