People in the News

Lake Charles Louisiana Top 40 outlet "Hot 103.3/KBIU-FM" has picked up The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show.

iHeartMedia has hired Todd “Carson” Zarnitz as PM Drive host for KKRZ, Z100 Portland and KPWK, Power 93.3 Seattle. Zarnitz spent over five years at iHeartMedia Philadelphia as an AE.

And that name is Debbie Pretzello. The award is for the company’s top sales producer for the 2016 calendar year. This is the fourth time Pretzello, Senior Account Executive for Beasley’s Augusta Market, has won the award.

Country music star Trisha Yearwood will open CRS 2017 with a performance of the national anthem at the Omni Nashville on Wednesday, February 22 at 3 p.m. CT. The platinum-selling, multiple Grammy, CMA- and ACM-winning artist is one of country music's most popular performers.

At least that’s how they see the return of Dave “Dr. Dave” Gross to the airwaves in Dayton. And according to the Springfield News-Sun Gross actually was pretty big-time in the ‘80s. “I was the first DJ to play this music in the market, and sometimes in the country,” Gross said.

The Chicago-based talker will be joining the network lineup in the 9 p.m. to midnight ET timeslot. He'll replace Steve Deace, February 20. The former Congressman also hosts the 5-7 p.m. slot on Salem-owned WIND-AM 560 The Answer. Walsh will continue to host the local show, which he's been doing since 2013.

After being fired back in May by Hubbard as the Senior VP of Programming and Operations overseeing seven markets, CBS Radio has hired Greg Solk to program rocker 93XRT (WXRT-FM) and Classic Hits station KHits (WJMK-FM). He'll also be Operations Manager.

Katie Neal joined Cumulus in 2011 as evening host for WBNQ-FM in Bloomington. She moved to NASH-FM in New York City in 2013 as a weekend fill-in and has also worked as an AE at WPLJ-FM. She gets her big shot in New York City hosting middays on the Cumulus Country station in New York City and says she's over the moon.

Nashville’s 92Q – WQQK calls her their Gospel Diva, and after more than 30 years with the station Connie Denell has decided to retire at the end of 2017. Denell has been with the station since 1983 and hosting her Gospel Diva program since 1987.

102.7 The Coyote/KCYE-FM “We Are Country!” is making some staff adjustments. Current APD/MD/ Morning Host Kris Daniels (pictured) resumes PD duties. Daniels will remain host of the Kris & Mad Dog morning show Mon.-Fri. from 5 to 10 a.m.