People in the News

Alpha Media Topeka announced that Lenz’s induction into the Kansas Association of Broadcaster’s Hall of Fame on will take place on October 9. Lenz has been a leader and innovator in the farm broadcast industry for the past 38 years.

He's been a regular on Radio Ink's Best Country PD in America list. In fact, in 2016 he was number three, and in nominating Kapugi CBS Corporate wrote: "Jeff is the consummate pro. He is a five-tool player who excels at all levels of the Program Director’s responsibilities."

Scott Chiasson is the new Vice President/Market Manager for Cumulus Media Lafayette. Chiasson, a native of Lafayette, has 18 years’ experience in broadcast sales and operations, holding leadership positions for Scripps in Wichita, Clear Channel/iHeart in Colorado and Florida, Metro Networks in Orlando, Cox Media in Lafayette, and CBS Radio in Tampa.

Beasley Media Group has appointed Jami Beasley Associate General Counsel. Beasley's background includes her recent position as partner in Kopelowitz Ostrow in Ft. Lauderdale. Her focus was commercial and real estate litigation.

iHeartMedia Atlanta continues to roll out its lineup on the Hip Hop station it launched last month with 10,000 songs in a row.

Entercom's WEEI has hired Rich Keefe to co-host with Dale Arnold and Michael Holley, weekday afternoons (2:00-6:00 p.m.). He replaces Jerry Thornton, who left the station in mid-November to join Barstool Sports as a senior columnist.

Deke Copenhaver served as Mayor of Augusta from 2005 to 2014. Beasley has hired Copenhaver to host a 9 a.m. to noon talk show on News/Talk WGAC in Augusta.

Brewer has been on the air for over 40 years. He teamed up with Paul Castronovo in 1990 on WSHE-FM in South Florida before moving over to WZTA-FM in 1995. They've been hosting mornings on iHeart's Big 105.9 in South Florida since 2004. They are also heard on WZZR in West Palm.

The Milwaukee AM News/Talk station will debut The Dan O’Donnell Show, January 3, 2017, to air weekdays, 9-11 a.m. O’Donnell, a local on-air personality, will offer a humorous take on pop culture, national news, and current events, as well as reports on local news, traffic, and weather.

No, not the movie star (his spelling is Hoffman). This is the KLGR Redwood Falls, MN, Farm Director, who has been honored with two farm reporting awards. On November 19, the Minnesota Farmers’ Union named Hoffmann the 2016 Agriculture Communicator of the Year for excellence in agricultural reporting for the television, radio, print, and Internet media.