People in the News

Radio One and Reach Media add Christopher Borelli to its national sales team as the Manager of New Business Development. Borelli joins Radio One and Reach from Emmis where he was a GSM. Prior to Emmis ,Borelli was the Automotive Manager and Total Traffic and Weather Manager for iHeartMedia in New York.

Radio One in Washington DC has hired Dominique Da Diva to host middays on WKYS-FM. Da Diva began her radio career in her hometown of Richmond, as an intern with WBTJ-106.5 The BEAT. In 2016, Da Diva moved to Los Angeles to host Diva Unfiltered on Dash Radio and explore the digital tech world with the launch of her very own App, Da Daily Dirt.

For the past three years Ice has been hosting middays and serving as Music Director for Alpha's Live 95.5 in Portland. Alphas has promoted Amanda "Ice" Habrowski to APD while she keeps her other duties. Alpha VP of Programming, Phil Becker said, "Over the last three years, ICE has been a vital part of our success and I'm thrilled to be able to offer her this opportunity."

ASCAP has named former New York Times digital executive Tristan Boutros as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to the Times, Tristan spent three years as Senior VP, Technology and Business Process at Warner Music Group. He has also held senior technology roles at BlackBerry and IAC.

Chayet was on the air for over 42 years. He hosted "Looking at The Law" on WBZ Newsradio before retiring in June to deal with small cell cancer. He lost that battle this past Friday, according to his family. Chayet was 78 years old.

Dymond will be Vice President/Market Manager for the company’s five-station cluster in Flint, Michigan. Dymond has over 30 years’ as a Market Manager/General Manager in markets including Flint, Lansing, and Saginaw, MI; Erie, PA; and Toledo, OH.

Gaines will be Afternoon Host and Assistant Program Director for Country radio station Kicks 101.5/WKHX in A-Town. Gaines moves from Cumulus Media-Memphis, where he was Afternoon Host for Country station Kix 106/WGKX. Gaines will debut on Kicks 101.5 on September 5. His show will air weekdays from 3-7 p.m.

Country 98.5 KYGO/Denver has added Aaron “Goose” Seller to its morning lineup joining Tracy Dixon and Guy David from 5-9 a.m. Goose joins KYGO from KKPK 92.9 Peak FM in Colorado Springs, where he has handled wake-up duties the past 10 years, also spending time in mornings with KKMG 98.9. 

The Denver station has landed the vivacious jock to liven up the middle stretch of the city's workday. She will also be keeping her #1 afternoon show in Greensboro at 102 Jamz. Toshamakia started in radio in Connecticut then Philadelphia, later working at SirusXM, then on to NC's 102 Jamz. She’ll be on KS 1075 weekdays between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Sports/Talk radio station WGFX/104.5 The Zone has had a good look at its roster and decided on its team to cover the new pigskin season, as of Monday, August 14. In the first of three moves, Blaine Bishop, former NFL Tennessee Titans safety and longtime host on 104.5 The Zone, joins the Wake Up Zone morning crew.