People in the News

Sports Radio 104.3 The Fan (KKFN-FM) is moving 37-year radio veteran Sandy Clough to the 10 a.m.-12 p.m. timeslot.

Ever heard a guy say to one of his buddies something like: “You run like a girl”? Well, that whole gender put-down has become big radio in Atlanta. Melissa Carter of B98.5 (WSB-FM/Atlanta) was featured on HLN’s The Daily Share on July 20 regarding the Tad & Melissa Show’s segment “Your Man ____ Like a Girl” discussing the phrase “’Like a girl’…is it hurtful or harmless?”

Terry Fahy, VP/GM of Salem Media Group Los Angeles, has been in broadcasting for 38 years. In October 2014, Fahy was appointed VP of Operations for Salem Media Group’s West Coast markets: Seattle, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Ventura. It seems fitting, then, that Fahy is the new Chairman of the Board of Directors for the California Broadcasters Association.

Veteran sales executives Chris Saglian and Ryan McCrohan (pictured) have been named the new co-GSM's for Cumulus in Buffalo. Saglian joins Cumulus from Entercom-Rochester, where he was LSM. McCrohan’s new gig is a promotion in Buffalo, where he most recently served as LSM, after holding a variety of positions for the station cluster over the past 16 years.

Crenshaw will be returning to his home state of Ohio from Grand Rapids, MI, where he was Regional Operations Manager for 10 Cumulus stations in Grand Rapids and northern Michigan, and Program Director of WTNR. Crenshaw’s radio career began over 30 years ago at WOKG in Youngstown.

He'll join iHeartMedia to become PD for Power 93.3 KISS-FM. Riley previously worked as PD for iHeart's Z100 and JAM’N 107.5 in Portland, OR. He's also held PD gigs at KKOB-FM and KMGA-FM in Albuquerque and KSII-FM in El Paso. Riley replaces Rich Davis.

Cox Media Group Tulsa has named Mary Garcia Digital Sales Manager. Garcia joined CMG Tulsa Radio in March 2015 as a Digital Sales Specialist. Prior to joining CMG, she worked for one of Ad Age’s top advertising agencies, Sq1.

Mann is back at his former digs, 103.5 WGRR in Cincinnati. He'll host the 7 p.m.-12 midnight shift and take on APD duties. Mann was on the air at WGRR from 2006 to 2009. He's hosted PM drive on WREW in Cincinnati for the past seven years.

Cumulus Media announced Wednesday that veteran radio man Jerry Padden has been appointed to the position of Program Director of 100.7 LEV/WLEV-FM. The new role is added to Padden’s duties as Cumulus Media Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Operations Manager and PD of sister station CAT Country 96/WCTO-FM.

Manuel will join the company as Director, TopicPulse Partnership Development. A Peabody Award-winning broadcast news executive, Manuel comes to Futuri after two years as Assistant News Director at WFLD in Chicago. Prior to that, she spent nearly six years in Cleveland as the News Director at WEWS.