People in the News

The Sports Buffet is hosted by the voice of the University of Texas sports, Craig Way, and UT Football and NFL veteran Rod Babers. iHeartMedia is expanding the show with the addition of a studio in San Antonio and adding a simulcast of the show on The Ticket 760 in that market.

It’s a real coup for the NAB Show. Celebrated journalist Jane Pauley will do the opening-day emceeing on Monday, April 24 in Las Vegas. The host of CBS Sunday Morning is one of the country’s best-known and best-loved TV journalists over the past four decades.

Westwood One has named correspondent Michael Toscano the new host of its "First Light" morning program. Toscano has been a regular guest host of the show, in addition to anchoring Westwood One newscasts and special programming.

The new 105.3 Free (Beaumont/Port Arthur, TX) has added 15-year radio veteran Jim King to its ranks as the 10 a.m.-2 p.m. midday show host. The vastly experienced King returns to the terrestrial airwaves on "Greatest Hits of All Time (Country edition)" after a 9-year absence.

Jared Merves is joining Cumulus Media as Senior Vice President, Digital. Merves was most recently Chief Revenue Officer of Distributed Media Lab.

Zann is the new afternoon driver for KISS-FM in Seattle. She joins the station from Dallas, where she most recently hosted the midday shift on KLIF-FM and Westwood One’s Hot AC and Hits Now.

The Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio Group has named Mercedes Martinez — host of Mercedes in the Morning on KMXB Mix 94.1, Las Vegas — as the recipient of the 2018 MIW Airblazer Award. Martinez has worked in the Las Vegas market, and as a morning host on Mix 94.1, since 1997.

Robert Wallace has been named the new GSM for Curtis Media Group's WKIX 102.9 FM, KIX 1029, and WPTK 850 AM/104.7 FM in Raleigh. Wallace brings more than 20 years of Raleigh radio experience to the post, most recently serving as GSM for WRAL-FM in Raleigh. He starts in his new roles on February 15.

Nick Cannon Radio will be heard on 94.7 The Block (WXBK-FM) New York City. The show debuts February 21 on the Audacy station. Cannon is syndicated by Skyview Networks.

With iHeart poised to hit the NASDAQ soon Kareem Chin has been named Senior Vice President and Head of Investor Relations. Chin spent the past three years as VP of Investor Relations for Viacom.