People in the News

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.

Glenn Curry is the new market manager for the Stephens Media Group in upstate New York.

CBS RADIO has upped Tracy Brandys to Senior Vice President, Market Manager and Director of Sales for its Baltimore market, effective immediately. She will oversee a four-station cluster that includes WJZ-AM-FM, WLIF-FM, WWMX-FM, and the CBS RADIO Up Close Performance Studio. Brandys will report to Scott Herman, Chief Operating Officer, CBS RADIO.

After six months of searching for a PD, Entercom decided to hire from within at Sports Radio WEEI. Current WEEI APD Joe Zarbano (pictured) has been named PD replacing Kevin Graham, who left last spring.

Radio One Richmond announced the promotion of WCDX-FM midday host Paris Nicole to APD. Paris began her career in radio at 16 years old as an intern at a local radio station. Paris went on to graduate from Hampton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism.

In this newly created position, Glen Tacinelli will oversee all sales for 77 WABC, 95.5 WPLJ, NASH FM 94.7, and Radio 103.9, as well as Cumulus Media-New York’s digital assets. Tacinelli was previously GSM of 77 WABC, a position he has held since July 2015.

iHeartMedia announced Wednesday that Jose Gadea has been named PD for La Preciosa Network, which includes affiliates in Sioux City, Salinas/Monterey, Bakersfield, Riverside, Santa Barbara, and San Antonio.