People in the News

ESPN's Jemele Hill has been suspended for two weeks for breaking the network's social media policy. In the wake of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones statement that any of his players who don't stand for the national anthem will be benched, Hill called on fans to boycott advertisers associated with the club. The network decided enough was enough.

Bobbie Loesch has been named Regional Senior VP of Sales for iHeartMedia's Pittsburgh/West Virginia Region. The region Loesch will now cover includes 24 stations. Loesch will be responsible for on-air and digital sales, personality endorsements, and local event sponsorships. She will report to Regional President Tim McAleer.

Todd Moskowitz (left) and Marc Siegel have been named VP of Sales in the New York Region. Moskowitz becomes VP of Sales at WOR-AM. Siegel -- currently Sales Manager -- will be promoted to VP of Sales of Classic Rocker Q104.3. Both will oversee sales for on-air and digital inventory as well as promotions, personality endorsements, and sponsorships.

Cameron Moore has been named as the new midday (10 a.m.-3 p.m.) on-air personality on KISS 95.1 in Charlotte. Her first day is Monday, October 16. Born and raised in Winston-Salem, NC, Moore most recently worked at Midwest Family Broadcasting’s Top 40 and Country stations in Springfield, MO.

Wycisk, the president of Colorado Public Radio, has announced he will retire on June 30, 2018, after more than four decades with CPR, first as an on-air announcer and then program director before becoming president in 1978.

Elvis Duran will be in Los Angeles for The 3rd Annual Carney Awards on Sunday, October 29 and is welcoming all friends in radio to attend. The event, which Duran co-created, honors character actors. This year William Macy, Wendie Malick, William Fichtner, Richard Kind and Xander Berkeley are honorees. ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” host Tom Bergeron is hosting.

Over the weekend, nationally syndicated host Delilah announced her son Zachariah had committed suicide and she will be off the air for awhile to grieve. She said Zachariah had been dealing with depression for and committed suicide on October 3. Here's Delilah's full statement.

Bones will emcee the 73rd Annual Congressional Correspondents Dinner on October 25 at the National Building Museum. He will be joined by House Speaker Paul Ryan, who will deliver the keynote remarks, and headline entertainer Roy Wood Jr. 

On Thursday night, Charles Osgood was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the News and Documentary Emmys at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall. Several long standing ovations ensued at the packed event.

KXXF Free FM (Beaumont, TX) has added veteran radio programmer and on-air talent Gary Lee Love to its roster. Love will work the afternoon drive shift, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. He has been on the air for 50 years and was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in 2016.