People in the News

Chris Plante's program will originate from his flagship station, WMAL AM/FM in Washington, D.C. and air from 9 a.m.–12 noon ET. Plante began his radio career at WMAL in 2005 after 17 years at CNN. Plante's stepfather is CBS News correspondent Bill Plante.

KITS-FM San Francisco morning host Kevin Klein has signed a new multi-year deal with the station that will keep him hosting the morning show alongside Ally Johnson. Klein began co-hosting mornings back in September 2014. KITS-FM -- Live 105 -- is an Alternative Rock station.

Valentine is the new mix show coordinator on CBS RADIO’s LIVE 101.5. He can currently be heard weekdays at Noon during the Eat 2 the Beat Mix and at 10 p.m. for the Late Night Mix Fix.

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.