People in the News

WHIO has the details about Randy James Fitzsimmons, the former PD at WMMX in Dayton. He's in jail on charges that he committed a Nebraska bank robbery in Lincoln on July 29th by passing a note to a teller at the drive-through window.

Kevin Meeks worked at WJBO-AM in Baton Rouge from 1996 until 2015 when he was laid off. He died Friday after the motorcycle he was riding crashed.

Cliff Dumas and Sharon Burns "The Cliff & Sharon Show" have signed a syndication agreement with Steve Wall's Talent Farm.

Ryan McKiddy joins iHeartMedia Nashville from Y100 FM in San Antonio, where he served as an afternoon on-air personality and Music Director. At The BIG 98 WSIX, he’ll be wearing three hats: Assistant Program Director and Music Director effective September 1; and night on-air personality.

iHeartMedia hires Gary Nolan as PD 99.5 WMAG and will assume duties on Monday, August 22, 2016. Nolan previously worked as the Program Director for KCMO-AM and FM in Kansas City.

Channel 8 in Des Moines reports that WHO's Jan Mickelson returned Thursday after suffering a stroke in late 2015. Mickelson said he received acupuncture treatment in China that included 2,400 needles. Substitute hosts have been filling his 9-11:30 a.m. show. Mickelson has been with WHO for over 27 years.

SportsRadio 94WIP in Philadelphia has signed a new agreement with veteran broadcaster and writer Ray Didinger. Other than it being a multi-year deal, no other details were made available. Didinger will continue contributing in several ways to the CBS Philadelphia cluster.

Michele Tafoya will be part of the radio network as an NFL insider for the upcoming football season. Tafoya, a radio and TV sports veteran, will be a featured contributor across NBC Sports Radio programming and will do interviews with affiliated stations.

iHeartmedia's former Mid-Atlantic Region, which consisted of the Washington, DC, Baltimore, and Virginia markets, will be realigned. The DC and Baltimore markets become the new Washington, DC Region and the Virginia markets join the Carolina Region to form the Virginia-Carolina Region. Preacher and Carwile will take new roles.

She's a legendary Bay Area personality and she'll soon be bringing her talents to Entercom's KBLX-FM in San Francisco. Miranda Wilson will host the "Sunday Morning Inspiration" show from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.