People in the News

Dave Ramsey is joining the weekday lineup on Freedom 970 (KUFO-AM/Portland) in the 9 a.m. to noon slot. Ramsey joins the lineup of Kilmeade and Friends.

Longtime co-host of NPR's All Things Considered Robert Siegel is leaving. Siegel worked at NPR for 41 years, hosting All Things Considered for the past 30. He started working for NPR when he was fired from the job at a New York station when it was sold in 1976. A search is underway for his replacement. Here were Siegel's final words on his final broadcast...

Paul O’Malley has been hired as the new GM for Saga's Charleston (South Carolina) cluster of 6 stations. O’Malley is a 27+ year radio veteran, most recently serving as SVP at Westwood One. He also served as Regional President for Citadel (2003-2008).

Dave Hintz is joining Envision Networks as their new marketing director. He will be tasked with enhancing the brand of the 16-year-old company. Hintz returns to the industry after a dozen years in the corporate world, much of it marketing for Progressive Insurance.

Dina “Dina B” Bonanni has been promoted to afternoon drive host on WKIS-FM, Kiss 99.9 Miami. She will host from 2:00 p.m to 7:00 p.m. and will also engage with listeners across the station’s social media channels. Dina B. has been with WKIS-FM since 2010.

WECK (AM 1230 & FM 102.9) in Buffalo has hired Buffalo broadcasting veteran Joe Chille to host afternoons. For more than 30 years, Chille hosted mornings at Buffalo’s 96.1 WJYE (now WMSX) and served as operations manager for JOY and its sister stations WBLK, Jack-FM and WYRK, until 2012.

WBZI announced on Thursday that Bucks Braun passed away unexpectedly. Since 2004, Braun hosted mornings for Classic Country Radio, a network of five southwest Ohio stations in downtown Xenia. Braun hosted shows in Ohio, Florida, Mississippi, Arizona, and Kentucky before joining WONE in Dayton in 1989. Braun was 68 and the cause of death is unknown.

According to Chicago media writer Robert Feder, Mancow Muller has dropped his lawsuit against Cumulus Market Manager Marv Nyren. According to Feder, Muller sued Nyren shortly after he was hired by Cumulus in November, claiming he had “suffered emotionally and physically with the prospect that Nyren will continue his efforts to retaliate against him.”

Tyrone Johnson and Natalie Egenolf now have full-time jobs at 97.5 The Fanatic in Philadelphia. Johnson is hired as producer of The Mike Missanelli Show. Natalie Egenolf will move from part-time to full-time (from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.) as update anchor and Fanatic Social Media Coordinator.

The nationally syndicated Steve Sanchez Show is expanding to a daily program on January 8. Genesis Communications Network syndicates Sanchez. Sanchez likes to banter about politics, culture, and faith. He's a regular guest on Fox Business with Lou Dobbs and the Fox News Channel.