People in the News

Mary Walter has been named co-host of WMAL/Washington, D.C.’s morning show, Mornings on the Mall, joining co-host Brian Wilson. Walter has been a frequent guest host on the station for the past several years and recently concluded an assignment as evening host at WHAS in Louisville.

Capitol Broadcasting's MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM has promoted Doug Miller to full-time as evening host and creative imaging director. His previous experience includes time with KHFI in Austin, WNKS in Charlotte, KMXV in Kansas City, and WSTR in Atlanta. Miller started part-time at WRAL in September.

Broadcast icon McMahon will be the honoree and "topic of discussion" at the Tip of the Hat to Pat Celebrity Roast. The roast will take place on March 15, 2017 at Stand Up Live Comedy Club (50 W. Jefferson St. #200, Phoenix, AZ 85003), and will begin at 7:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at StandUpLive.com. KTAR News made the announcement Tuesday.

Erik Kuselias has been signed as the new talker for Genesis Communications’ Tampa station WWBA-AM 820 News, and its Space Coast radio station, WIXC-AM 1060 News. This brings the Erik Kuselias News Program to the stations beginning February 13.

KTRS announced on Friday that Jon Grayson will take over the 10 a.m. to noon shift at "The Big 550" as of March 13. Grayson worked at cross-town news-talker KMOX for 16 years before leaving the station last week. Westwood One also ended Grayson's syndicated overnight show earlier this year.

Kevin Musselman has been named VP & GM for Adams Radio Group’s Fort Wayne cluster. Musselman has been with Adams in Fort Wayne since it entered the market via the acquisition of Oasis Radio and Summit City Radio Group. From 2007 to 2012 he served in GSM and GM roles for Federated Media.

Three promotions for the company on the Island: Christina Kay will take over the Afternoon Drive slot on Hot AC WALK 97.5; Joe Varecha is promoted to Marketing Director and Michael Keeney has been promoted to Promotions Director overseeing events and contesting for the five radio stations.

Classic Rock DJ “Uncle Joe” Benson has signed a new multi-year agreement with Entercom's KSWD-FM in Los Ageles. Uncle Joe will continue to host on-air weekdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. PD Dave Beasing said, “Joe is the best-known and most-loved classic rock DJ in Los Angeles.

Morning host/Sports Director Tom Ackerman and morning host/news reporter Michael Calhoun (pictured) have signed multi-year extensions with expanded roles at News/Talk station KMOX 1120 (KMOX-AM) in St. Louis. The pair can be heard weekdays from 5:00 to 8:30 a.m.

It was back in December that Westwood One announced Jon Grayson's syndicated show Overnight America would be discontinued. Grayson kept his overnight shift at KMOX. The station has confirmed that Grayson is no longer at KMOX. So where is he headed?