People in the News

St. Louis has a new Alternative Rock station (The New Alt 104.9) and it will also be the home of The Woody Show, featuring Woody, Ravey, Greg, Menace, Seabass and Tony “Whipping Boy” Mott.

The current host of hosts Apple’s Beats 1 and morning drive on New York City’s HOT 97 will be joined by fellow new addition Laura Stylez to host afternoons on WE 96.3 (KWEE). The pair will be on air 1-4 p.m., M-F, beginning October 24.

As of October 24, Yonni "Rude" O’Donoghue will be the new Operations Manager for Radio One's four stations in that market. O’Donoghue has nearly 20 years of Urban radio programming experience, including stints at Beasley Broadcasting, Tropix International Sound as a Project Manager, and as a programmer with Cumulus.

Bob Rose will take over running the Alpha Media cluster in Mankato. Rose has been in radio for 35 years, most recently managing stations in Sioux Falls, SD, and St. Cloud, MN.

The CBS station is bringing in Corey B. for the 7:00 p.m.-12:00 Midnight shift. He takes over for Eric Tyler, who was recently upped to afternoons. A native of Tampa, FL, Corey is an eight-year radio veteran.

Superadio announced at NABOB's Power of Urban Radio Conference last week that they will partner with Baisden Media Group in collaboration with American Urban Radio Network, Perry Broadcasting, and others to distribute the show nationally. Baisden's show will air in afternoon drive. The start date of the show was not announced.

Rob Kruz has been named PD of the "Hit Music Station" in Tampa. Kruz heads south from Baltimore where he was PD and afternoon driver for WZFT. He's worked on the air for WIHT-FM in Washington, D.C. and WQAL-FM in Cleveland, OH. He began his radio career in Detroit, MI at WDRQ while he attended the University of Michigan.

Power 106 in L.A. have recruited Andrew Berger as their new Imaging Director. Berger’s radio career began at the tender age of 14. His talent was recognized by DJ Enuff of HOT 97 and SHADE 45.

The veteran jock and TV personality will be honored by the Museum of North Texas, which is making him its second North Texas Legend, reports the Times Record News.

Cumulus owned 95.5 WPLJ in New York has re-signed long-running on-air host Race Taylor to a multi-year contract extension. Taylor has been part of the 95.5 PLJ on-air team since October 1999.