People in the News

Paul Douglas and Jordana Green have been named the new afternoon drive hosts on WCCO-AM in Minneapolis. They begin August 1 and they replace John Williams who took a position with WGN in Chicago.

That’s DJ Hot Sauce, AKA Roderick Grover, who has been appointed Program Director for the Urban station in Florence, SC. DJ Hot Sauce was previously Mix Show Coordinator and on-air personality for WGCI-FM in Chicago. Prior to that, he held radio positions in Montgomery, Milwaukee and Shreveport.

Kelly Ripa is going on vacation and on-air personality Sisanie will team up with Ryan Seacrest to co-host ABC’s Live With Kelly and Ryan while she’s away. Look for her on August 7. Sisanie co-hosts On Air with Ryan Seacrest.

Rockcastle Media Networks has signed Country morning show Wilhite & Wall to its lineup of programming as of September 4. Rockcastle was launched in April 2016 by network veteran Will Sterrett. The network also carries The MusicWeek Countdown, The Neon Beat with John Christopher, and the short-form features Think Fast! and The Motivation Minute with Greg Knapp.

CBS Radio's Power 96 (WPOW-FM) in Miami has elevated Ivy “Unleashed” to Afternoon Drive, up from nights. Ivy started at Power 96 in 2002, working in the research department. She'll continue in her role as the host of the Power 96 Public Service show Power to the People.

Sports Talk 1040 The Team and Sports Talk Florida have slotted in Travis’ show Outkick the Coverage with Clay Travis, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon ET. The FOX Sports Radio program features Travis’ informed and often funny commentary on the latest sports headlines.

This joint announcement from Premiere and CMT that Marley Sherwood has joined CMT After MidNite with Cody Alan and CMT Radio Live with Cody Alan. Sherwood will serve as a correspondent, focusing on pop culture and lifestyle stories.

Mike Orth has joined Adams Radio in the newly created position of VP Sales of Adams Digital Media. Orth spent the past seven years with the Minneapolis Star Tribune Media Company, where he managed local and national retail accounts and assisted in the implementation and growth of their digital services.

Cumulus Lafayette has promoted Robin Chapman from Senior AE to GSM for its four stations in that market. Chapman joined Cumulus Lafayette in 2009 and has been a previous Radio Ink Radio Wayne Street Fighter Award Finalist. The Cumulus Lafayette cluster includes KNEK-AM/FM, KRRQ-FM, KSMB-FM and NASH FM 99.1/KXKC-FM.

Chio in the Morning, on Real 106.1 "Philly’s Real No. 1 for Throwbacks,” will have Shila Nathan as its new co-host beginning today. Nathan has worked with Chio previously as a co-host, and reunites with him in Philadelphia to broadcast a variety of hip hop, R&B, and rhythmic music from the ‘90s and early 2000s.