People in the News

It’s the Hagerstown-Chambersburg market and they’ve snapped up Dorsey to be their new VP/Market Manager. The market is home to WHAG-AM, WCHA-AM, WCHA-FM, WIKZ-FM, WQCM-FM, and WDLD-FM. Most recently, Dorsey held the position of Director of Sales in the Hagerstown-Chambersburg market.

The news comes from the 89.3 WFPL website. Bickers was a host on 89.3 WFPL and 91.9 WFPK for nearly 20 years. He died Thursday. He was 45 years old. Those who knew him best described him as affable, funny, and engaging.

Twenty-eight-year radio vet Mike Vincent has left his PD/on-air post at WSJR/NASH FM 93.7 in Wilkes Barre, PA, to take up his new dual role for Cumulus’ four-station cluster in Melbourne, FL.

Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Dave Ramsey presented his Smart Money event to a sold out crowd in Boston on Thursday by filling the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Here Ramsey is pictured with consultant Holland Cooke, and Phil Zachary, VP and market manager for Entercom New England.

The Portland, OR, Hip Hop station elected to promote from within and give Chris "Lucky the DJ" Stewart the PD position. Stewart began his radio career as an intern at KTTB-Minneapolis, then served in several different roles, including Morning Producer at WRDW-Philadelphia, nights at KQQB-Spokane, and Assistant PD/afternoons at KSAS-Boise.

USRN fills us in on the news about the veteran morning team. iHeart Media is adding Lex & Terry to 97.3 Planet Radio. Lex Staley and Terry Jaymes became a “team” in Jacksonville in 1992.

Entercom Los Angeles’ station 100.3 The Sound KSWD-FM announced that legendary rock radio personality Cynthia Fox will now host PM Drive. The Los Angeles native began her career at the age of 18 at the iconic KMET-FM “The Mighty Met” in the 1970s.

After 40 years in the business, KBEQ Kansas City PD Mike Kennedy is hanging it up. Kennedy has been a regular on Radio Ink's Top Country PD list for years. Here are the details...

In a memo to the Salem staff, Broadcast Media President David Santrella announced the retirement of Philadelphia Market Manager Russ Whitnah after 23 years at the helm in that city.

Mike Maloney is now the D.O.S. for Entercom's cluster in Portland, OR. Since April 2016 Maloney was part of the team that launched the Portland division of Entercom’s Smart Reach Digital.