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LaGrega worked for United Stations Radio Networks for nine years as Vice President of Affiliations/Sales. Before that he worked at ABC Radio Network for 30 years. He'd been dealing with health issues for about a year and USRN COO Jim Higgins tells Radio Ink that, while on vacation with his family, his heart just stopped working

iHeart Media Area President Chris Walus exits as the company reorganizes the Delaware and Eastern Shore of Maryland operations. Walus was with iHeart for eight years, managing 11 stations in Wilmington/Dover, DE, and Salisbury/Ocean City, MD. He said he's ready for his next media adventure and can be reached at 302-750-6946 or [email protected]. 

iHeartMedia San Antonio announced that Kyle Due is the new PD for Country station KJ97 and Classic Country 92.5/93.3 The Bull. He'll also host weekday afternoons on KJ 97. Due has worked as both an on-air talent and programmer for iHeartMedia for the past 16 years, and most recently served as PD for WAEB and WZZO in Allentown.

And that’s at Mix 96.1/WVLF-FM, where the nationally syndicated personality will return to the station’s nightly lineup, beginning July 17. She’ll be heard 7 p.m. to midnight, Monday through Sunday.

Univision announced that Primer Impacto’s Jackie Guerrido will host El Jangueo, a new afternoon drive radio show on WRTO Mix 98.3 FM, starting Monday. She'll be joined by Tony Banana and sidekick “El Primo,” every afternoon on El Jangueo.

iHeartMedia Chicago has hired Kaelin Roberts as Executive Producer for the Fred+Angi Morning Show on KISS-FM in Chicago. Roberts is a Detroit native who began her career as an intern at iHeartMedia’s Channel 955 in Detroit. She spent two years as an Associate Producer for the Mojo in the Morning show.

They become only the fourth morning show in the history of Country station WIVK. Tony Randall and Kris Rochester will take over for Andy & Alison, who announced last month that they are signing off from radio.

And this year’s Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame will have a distinct radio feel to it! Heading the class of 2017 is the Voice of the Nashville Predators Pete Weber, 97 Rock’s Carl Russo, Townsquare Media Associate Commercial Producer Jim Pastrick, WLVL-AM station owner Dick Greene, and radio newsman the late Ray Marks.

It's the second newly created corporate role at Cumulus in as many days. Larry Linietsky is Cumulus' new Vice President for Digital Operations and Business Development.

Cumulus re-signs talker Shannon Burke to a multi-year deal on NewsRadio 106.7/WYAY-FM in Atlanta. His weekday program airs 9 a.m.-12 Noon. Burke joined WYAY in July 2016, after winning over the station’s listeners as audience favorite in NewsRadio 106.7’s casting call, which was three weeks of auditions for Atlanta’s newest talk radio personality.