People in the News

On Monday President Trump hosted Salem Radio Network talk host Mike Gallagher and a dozen other members of conservative media organizations at a reception at the White House to discuss the First 100 Days of the Trump administration.

Garrison is ending his weekday show on the Indianapolis News/Talker but the station says he'll write a weekly column on wibc.com, provide commentary, and serve as a legal expert for WIBC news and programs. Garrison hosts the 11 a.m.-1 p.m. timeslot and his last day will be June 9. PD David Wood said a replacement will be announced at a later date.

Nicola Merenda is the new VP/Market Manager for Cumulus' six-station group in Topeka. Merenda joins Cumulus from Pandora in San Antonio where he was also VP of Sales for Clear Channel. He also worked for Entercom as GSM in Mission, KS, and began his radio career in Chicago.

Riley is the new PD for the iHeartMedia station. She was the Ops Manager for iHeart's KVOO-FM in Tulsa before taking this new position. From 2005 until 2008, Riley was Program Director for WARH-FM and WMVN-FM in St. Louis, where she was named one of Radio Ink’s Best Program Directors in America in 2007.

The company has signed Derek Madden to a long-term deal as PD of KXXR-FM in Minneapolis. Madden will also continue in his role as Corporate Programmer for the Rock and Alternative formats. He joined KXXR in March 2015. Prior to that, he was PD for KLOS-FM in Los Angeles, also a Cumulus station.

This short statement was issued from Entercom corporate Monday confirming that Cory Fitz will no longer host mornings on The Wolf in Seattle.

The co-host of the XLO Morning Show on 104.5 WXLO in Worcester, MA, has been recognized as “Best Radio Personality” in Worcester Magazine’s Best of Worcester 2017 special issue. Carter has been co-host of the show since 2000, and is active in the community through charitable organizations

As Radio Ink reported back on March 22, J. Anthony Brown is joining The Steve Harvey Morning Show. Premiere makes the official announcement today, the day Brown began with Harvey. Brown was a member of The Tom Joyner Morning Show for more than 20 years.

The former radio man spent the past three years as CURE International’s VP of Marketing. Prior to that his radio career included working for K-LOVE in Chicago, WAY-FM in West Palm Beach, Air1 in Sacramento and Salem in Chicago. He says his new company will focus on working with radio stations and non-profit's to develop and implement custom strategies to better communicate their purpose.

Syndicated talk superstar Dave Ramsey, traveled to Atlanta and San Antonio recently for events for his Smart Money presentation. In Atlanta he worked with iHeartMedia's talker WGST-AM. And in San Antonio, where this packed house picture is from, Ramsey worked with KTSA-AM, an Alpha Media station.