People in the News

The Boise station has promoted Curtis Booker. He joined Impact Radio Group in January of 2016 as the evening host of WILD 101 and PD for Impact’s Hot AC KZMG. Booker moved from Wild’s on-air slot to take over afternoon drive on KZMG last fall

After just over a year as the morning host on San Francisco rocker KFOG, Matt Pinfield will turn over the morning mic to focus on his two nationally syndicated radio shows, the weekly rock history show, “Flashback” and the nightly show, “Two Hours”. Both programs are syndicated by Westwood One. Cumulus did not announce Pinfield's replacement.

Paul Rogers has been named Area President for the Capitol Coast, which includes 4 stations in Tallahassee and five in Panama City. He'll keep some of his previous responsibilities as VP of Strategic Partnerships for the Florida Region and report to Linda Byrd, President of iHeartMedia’s North Florida Region.

The pair have been at Atlanta’s “Star 94.1” WSTR-FM for some time and are upping their duties in the station’s programming department. Afternoon host Mike Marino is now WSTR’s Assistant Program Director, and longtime midday host Heather Branch becomes WSTR’s Music Director.

K-FROG 95.1/Riverside has promoted Robin Ward to Music Director/Assistant Program Director. She will also host the midday timeslot as her on-air persona Heather Froglear, weekdays at 9 a.m. Ward joined K-FROG in 1993 and has served as Promotions Director and morning show host.

Angel Brown has been named Market President for the Virginia cluster, which includes 103 JAMZ, NOW 105, MOViN 107.7, and 92.1. Brown previously worked as the Market VP for Cumulus in Mobile, where she also served as the Market Manager and Vice President of Sales.

Mix 96-5 (KHMX-FM) has brought Cage on board to launch a new afternoon show on Monday, June 12. The show will simply be called Jason Cage and will cover all the latest pop culture and local news, interviews major music stars, and help Houston transition from work to the drive home.

With a nickname like "AntMan," you’d expect radio vet Anthony Allen to keep busy. And that’s exactly what iHeartMedia has in mind for him as he assumes multiple roles after moving in from iHeart Phoenix. Allen has been named Program Director for Country stations KASE 101 and 98.1 KVET. In addition, he’ll be the  weekday afternoon on-air personality for KASE 101.

Detroit’s 97.1 The Ticket (WXYT-FM) is adding Motor City native Heather Park to the Jamie and Stoney Show as co-host. Her first day will be June 12. The show airs weekdays from 6-10 a.m. Park is the in-park host at Comerica Park for the Detroit Tigers, and the past host of Detroit Sports News on WWJ-TV. She is currently hosting Michigan Golf Weekly for the television station.

The company is bringing Aaron Trimmer to the Arizona capital to be Program Director for 550 KYFI (News), Fox Sports 910 Phoenix, and KYFI 2 (Talk), effective July 5. Trimmer will work closely with on-air personalities and sales to oversee the station brands’ on-air and digital news programming, as well as local events and partnerships.