People in the News

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.

Tyler Frye joined KRBE Houston's on-air lineup in April 2015 and has just signed a multi-year extension.

The afternoon drive co-host will add Music Director to her daily responsibilities. Hutton is a 20-year veteran of Detroit radio and was the midday host on CIMX for 10 years before becoming afternoon drive host on WGPR The Bone, as well as Program Director of WGPR HD3 and The Oasis HD2.

Phoenix-based Johnjay Van Es co-hosts The Johnjay & Rich Show, and the publication was interested in how he has combined the power and reach of his nationally syndicated radio show with social media to find “forever homes” for more than 500 dogs with his #LovePup campaign.

Brad Leask, Network Imaging Producer, NOVA Entertainment, Melbourne, Australia, captured the title of World’s Best Imager on Friday, May 5. He defeated 2016 Iron Imager Champion Sideshow Mike Andersen, Triple M Imaging, Southern Cross Austereo of Sydney, Australia, in the head-to-head live audio imaging competition presented annually by Benztown.

It seems Fox News is in the news as much as it reports the news lately, and most of the news is not good. Now, Fox News Radio Network's former Middle East correspondent, Jessica Golloher says she was fired in retaliation for using the company hotline to complain about gender discrimination.

Beasley Media Group knows a good thing when they have it, so they’ve signed the guys to a 4-year extension at Detroit Rock station 101.1 WRIF. Co-hosts Dave Hunter and Chuck “The Freak” Urquhart, along with co-host Lisa Way, have the top morning show in the Motor City and are looking to keep it that way