People in the News

Original Country Gold with Rowdy Yates has joined the roster on Country Legends 97.1 (KTHT FM) in Houston, and will air Saturdays, 7 p.m. to 12 midnight beginning June 11. Yates worked in Houston from 1994-2011 and is best known for his afternoon drive show on KILT-FM, Rowdy’s Ride Home.

Cox Media Group has announced that their Ohio Market VP Julia Wallace will be retiring from the company at the end of the year. Wallace joined Cox in 2000 as Managing Editor of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution. The search for Wallace’s successor will begin immediately. In the interim, Rob Rohr, CMG Ohio’s General Manager, will oversee the operation.

The former Abacast CEO merged his company with WideOrbit in June of 2014. As part of the transaction, Green stayed for two years as VP of streaming for WideOrbit. That agreement has come to an end and Green says he's moving on. "I’ve been a startup mentor, advisor, board member, and executive and I’m interested in these types of roles going forward." Green can be reached at [email protected]

The Baltimore Orioles welcomed FOX Sports Radio’s Steve Gorman and his brother Jim Gorman to Oriole Park at Camden Yards on June 5 to help raise awareness for the Multiple System Atrophy Coalition. The Steve Gorman SPORTS! host threw out the first pitch at the Yankees-Orioles game, and the brothers were recognized by the O’s for their efforts to raise money and awareness for MSA, which Jim was diagnosed with in 2014.

Cumulus Media announced Tuesday that John “Online” Mingione has joined the WPLJ-FM weekday morning program, Todd & Jayde in the Morning as Street Ranger and Video Vigilante. The show airs weekdays on 95.5 WPLJ from 6-10 a.m.

Today NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith will participate on a panel for the White House's "Making Health Care Better Series: Mental Health." In 2013, NAB launched the "OK2Talk" mental health awareness PSA campaign to encourage greater dialogue about mental health issues, especially by families with children.

Bruce Collins is taking up the role of Talk Operations Manager over Alpha Media Portland’s KXL, KXTG, KUFO, and Radio Northwest Network. Most recently, Collins served as News/Talk/Sports Format Captain for iHeart Media, as well as a Program Director.

Veteran programmer Mike Love will oversee the 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm syndicated daypart show currently called The Doug Banks Radio Show. Most recently, Love was Urban Sr. Director of Programming and Distribution for Cumulus. He has also programmed or been on the air at WBLS-FM, New York; WPGC-FM, Washington, DC; and KMJMFM St. Louis.

Yes, that Martha Quinn, of MTV fame. iHeartMedia is rebranding KOSF-FM, its 80s station in San Francisco, renaming it "iHeart80s," which is what the company calls its iHeartRadio 80s station. The station was called "BIG 103.7, San Francisco’s Hits of the ‘80s & More." Quinn will host morning drive and the station launched with eight days of commercial-free programming.

Susan Forbes is hired back by Beasley as Event Producer for WJBR-FM in Wilmington. Forbes was Promotions Director for WJBR in 2012.