People in the News

Steve McNair is the new Market President for iHeartMedia in New Orleans. McNair moves to iHeart from Titan Broadcasting where he was Regional Sales Manager at KUBE-TV in Houston. New Orleans was without a Market President previous to the McNair hire.

WSB-FM/Atlanta will be kickstarting the city’s day with a new-look morning show, starting Monday, May 15. Drex Renner has joined the station and Tad & Drex Mornings will air weekdays from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. The focus will continue to be issues that matter to women in Atlanta, music, and celebrity news. Previously, Drex was the lead on Drex, Cassidy and Tingle on Star 94 Atlanta.

CBS RADIO Las Vegas has extended the contract of Jon Que and, in conjunction with the signing, promoted him to Music Director for 98.5 KLUC, and Assistant Program Director and Music Director for 98.5 HD-2 Da Shaka, Vegas’ Island and Reggae Station. These new roles are in addition to his weekday, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on-air shift with 98.5 KLUC.

iHeartMedia announced Wednesday that JoJo Turnbeaugh has been named Regional Senior Vice President of Programming for Denver. iHeart Denver includes radio stations spanning six markets, including NewsRadio KOA, 103.5 The Fox, Channel 93.3, and KBCO in Denver, as well as Springs Y96.9 and My 99.9 in Colorado Springs, and KISS 96.1 in Fort Collins.

Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame DJ and The Bone 107.7/KSAN-FM midday personality Steven Seaweed is retiring. His last broadcast will be June 30. Seaweed debuted in Rock radio on KLRB-FM in Carmel, CA, on New Year’s Eve, 1972.

Donny Hudson has been with Spanish Broadcasting for 18 years holding many management positions, including SVP of Sales, LSM and D.O.S. SBS has named him VP/GM in Miami replacing Carolina Santamarina who's moving to SBS Portafolio.

As CMG’s new Sr. Director of Human Resources,  Ashley Peterson will support all of CMG’s corporate client areas, in addition to Rare and CMG’s Washington D.C. News Bureau. She will work out of the company’s Atlanta headquarters.

Kelly Ransford is iHeartMedia’s new Director of Event Marketing in the Mile High City. The company is known for its marquee events in the city, including Channel 93.3’s Big Gig and Keggs and Eggs, The KBPI Rock n’ Roll Car Show, The 97.3 The KBCO On Tap series, and the newly created Denver Broncos Block Party.

The Joe Pags Show will join KRLD AM 1080, Dallas, for weeknights. The show is nationally syndicated from Pags' flagship station WOAI AM San Antonio, and is now heard in virtually every major market in his home state of Texas – it now reaches 95 stations after only 18 months.

The Syracuse station – AKA WSKO-AM – welcomes back the popular Sports Talk show The Bud and The Manchild Show beginning Tuesday, May 30. The show has aired on WTLA-AM and FM for the last year and a half.