People in the News

Bobby Bones was presented with the Partners in Music Award at the 54th Annual ASCAP Country Music Awards on Monday, October 31 at Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville. Creative Director Robert Filhart presented the award to Bones for his unwavering support of emerging and established ASCAP songwriters and artists.

The company made the announcement Friday, promoting Brian Gann to Regional Senior Vice President of Programming for its Central Texas Region, effective immediately. iHeart has 15 stations in the region, including KASE 101, 96.7 KISS FM, and News Radio 1200 WOAI.

Twins Lulu and Lala have joined New York’s 103.5 KTU as nighttime hosts beginning November 14, weeknights from 7 p.m. to Midnight. Marissa and Marianela Gonzalez, better known as “Lulu & Lala,” first showed up on the Latin market’s radar in 2007 as part of The Luis Jimenez Morning Show on X96.3 in New York.

The apps development company has announced the promotion of Kate Levy to Vice President of Software Development. Levy joined jacapps as a mobile application developer in 2010. In that time, she’s been involved in the development of more than six 600 mobile apps

iHeart's '80s Til' Now station in Detroit, WNIC-FM, have added Allyson Martinek as co-host on the Jay Towers In The Morning Show. Previously, Martinek served as the morning personality for 96.3 WDVD in Detroit.

As we reported last week, CBS Radio's SportsRadio 94WIP has announced Chris Carlin (pictured left) will be joining Ike Reese for afternoon drive. Carlin and Reese will officially launch on Monday.

This time in Grand Rapids where the syndicated host held his Smart Money event at DeVos Performance Hall. Ramsey combined forces with iHeart affiliate News Radio WOOD to promote the event.

It's a newly created position for the company owned by Ed Levine's Galaxy Communications, which also owns 14 radio stations in Syracuse and Utica-Rome. Galaxy Events owns events including Wine and Chocolate Festivals, K-Rockathon, Taste of Syracuse, and many more.

The Rat and Puff Show – AMP Radio (WDZH-FM) – has a new producer. The popular morning show, which airs weekdays 5-10 a.m., has brought in Justin Scheman, who has worked for a number of morning shows around the country.

Emily Boldon has taken over as PD of Cumulus' Lite Rocker WWLI-FM in Providence. Boldon will continue in her position as VP for AC and Stratus Music Programming. She replaces Brian Demay who left for Cincinnati earlier this year to program Cumulus' AC station in that city WRRM-FM.