People in the News

Jack Swart has joined the team at River Radio (Max Media) in Cape Girardeau, MO, as GSM/DOS. He has left Community Broadcasters in Sumter and Orangeburg, SC. Swart is now also closer to family back in the Midwest. The River Radio group includes several legendary stations.

Claudia Menegus has been promoted to Market Manager for Entercom in Orlando. Menegus will oversee WQMP FM, WOCL-FM, and WOMX-FM. Menegus previously served as VP/DOS for CBS Radio. She replaces Steve Carver.

Nichole Hartman assumes the Market Manager role with Entercom Chattanooga, overseeing WKXJ-FM,  WLND-FM, WRXR-FM, and WUSY-FM. Hartman previously served as GSM for Cox in Jacksonville. She was a GSM at Entercom Greenville from 2007-2013 prior to joining CMG.

One of Urban One's first syndicated radio personalities will continue to keep listeners UP TO PARR. Reach Media has locked in a multi-year agreement for The Russ Parr Morning Show. The show is heard in Washington DC, Atlanta, Cincinnati, and Fayetteville. Parr said, "I would do this job for free, but management insisted that they pay me so I relented.”

The Country Radio Broadcasters have announced that the multi-platinum singer/songwriter (pictured) will receive the CRS 2018 Artist Humanitarian Award, presented by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. In addition, Dan Halyburton, owner of Falls Media Group, will receive the CRS 2018 Tom Rivers Humanitarian Award.

Delilah’s nationally syndicated show has returned to the Windy City station in the Monday through Friday, 7-11 p.m. ET timeslot. Often referred to as the “Oprah of Radio,” Delilah attracts millions of listeners on more than 150 radio stations nationwide, making her the most listened-to woman on radio in the U.S.

Angelo Cataldi has renewed his contract as morning host at Entercom's SportsRadio 94WIP in Philadelphia. He's been hosting mornings on the station for 27 years and has been near the top of Radio Ink's Best Local Sports Talkers in America list since it was created six years ago. (Our 2017 list comes out December 18.)

2017 marks the 50th anniversary of The Osgood File, hosted by esteemed broadcast journalist and radio icon Charles Osgood. Fresh off receiving a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Osgood saluted the milestone by signing an extension to continue broadcasting The Osgood File.

Reid, a Richmond native, will be the new morning show host of News Radio 1140 WRVA, on air weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. EST, and featuring local on-air and nationally syndicated personalities dedicated to the Richmond community.

iHeartMedia Des Moines announced today the debut of The Woody Show, effective December 11 on ALT 106.3, "Des Moines’ Alternative Rock." The top-rated morning show will broadcast Monday through Saturday, 6-10 a.m. CT. In 2016, the program was a NAB Marconi Radio Award finalist for Major Market Personality of the Year.