People in the News

News correspondent Steve Kastenbaum has won two silver awards from the New York Radio Festival international competition. One was for reports during the presidential campaign on how some votes of dead people were counted. The other for Westwood One News’ breaking coverage of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando.

She's one of radio's strongest and loudest proponents. Mary Beth Garber was hired by Katz back in 2011 as the EVP for Marketing Strategy. Radio Ink has learned that Garber is no longer with Katz as of last week. She can be reached at [email protected]

iHeartMedia's SportsTalk 790 in Houston will shuffle its lineup next month. Josh Innes, who's been holding down afternoons since October 2016, will move to mornings as of July 17. From 2013 until he was fired last year, Innes hosted a very popular afternoon show on CBS Radio's WIP in Philadelphia.

Rickey Smiley will host the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner and Show on September 7 at the 2017 Radio Show in Austin. Smiley last hosted the Marconi Awards back in 2015 in Atlanta.

WXRT's Wendy Rice is retiring from the CBS Chicago station. Rice is the host of the popular Saturday Morning Flashback program. Her final show will be this Saturday. She's been at WXRT for 35 years. Rice began her career at XRT as an intern in 1978; she later made a stop in Peoria, at WWCT-FM before returning to Chicago and joining the WXRT air staff in 1982.

Dallas McCade gets the Music Director nod at Country station Kicks 101.5 FM in Atlanta. McCade, who's currently co-host of the morning show with Cadillac Jack announced on the air Monday she's leaving the show to take the MD position. She'll also be on the air in a timeslot to be determined. Jack announced he'll be off the air until Thursday when the station reveals its new morning show.

Beasley Media in Las Vegas is shifting Aimee Montgomery from Star 107.9 to Lite 101.5 FM where she will become the new midday host. Montgomery, who joined Star 107.9 in 2015, most recently served as a co-host of the morning show and worked as Brooke and Jubal’s local On-Air Liaison/Producer.

Susan Reynolds has been named Marketing/Promotions Director for iHeartMedia Portland, effective June 19. She will be responsible for overseeing marketing and promotions for the region’s nine brands, including their websites, social media, mobile and online presence for on-air personalities.

Premiere Networks-syndicated personalities John Boy and Billy, the Charlotte-based hosts of The Big Show, were honored with the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters’ 2017 Hall of Fame Award for their outstanding contributions to the broadcast industry in North Carolina.

After serving the ministry as a technical consultant for five months, WAY-FM Chief Operating Officer Lloyd Parker has announced that Dean Sims has joined the executive team as Chief Technology Officer. He starts July 1. Sims previously served as the Director of Global Technology Architecture at Compassion International in Colorado Springs.