People in the News

Sheryl Personett is the new Senior Vice President of Integrated Marketing Solutions for Entravision in Denver. Personett will be responsible for selling Entravision’s media and marketing solutions across the company’s television, radio, and digital properties in that market.

Bill Michaels, Program Director of radio stations WXKR-FM, WLQR-FM, WTOD-AM, and WQQO HD2, has been promoted to Operations Manager for the company’s station cluster in Toledo, OH, and Monroe, MI. It’s a new position, in which Michaels will manage station ops for eight stations in Toledo and Monroe, OH.

Country is the most popular music genre in the U.S., with 97 million fans, so why not mine for more talent? Cumulus’ “NASH Next 2016” competition will do just that. The winner of the four-month-long national competition will receive a record deal with Big Machine Label Group,

KNRJ/101.1 The BEAT in Phoenix has added The Breakfast Club to its weekday morning lineup, effective Monday, July 11. The show starring DJ Envy, Angela Yee and Charlamagne Tha God will now be heard in the 2:30 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. timeslot.

July 25 is the debut date. Weinstein will be hosting weekdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The goal is to deliver provocative talk on D.C. sports, led by a Silver Spring, MD, native. Weinstein (@RealBramW) returns to the nation’s capital after anchoring at ESPN since 2008, including as a SportsCenter host from 2010 to 2015.

After a 12-hour radiothon, the station really could shout “hallelujah!” with the final count raised for the Sickle Cell Foundation tallying $10,600. The radiothon was hosted by popular personalities Connie Bryant and Yvette Bullard-Dillard. This was the 28th year for the annual fundraiser.

98.5 KLUC (Las Vegas) has a jock to really boast about. Morning show host Chet Buchanan has received “The Best of the Silver State XIV” Humanitarian Award. Buchanan spends countless hours with dozens of charities throughout Southern Nevada, and also sits on the board of numerous nonprofits. The Silver State XIV awards will be presented on July 23rd.

Craig Stevens (pictured) has been named Format Captain for Spoken Word stations, and Jimmy Steele will replace Stevens as Program Director for Y102 and Rumba 92.3 FM, as well as join the Y102 Morning Show as a co-host, effective immediately, according to iHeartMedia’s Allentown-Harrisburg region.

After six months away from the show, doing her own Podcast, she’s back. Kristi Lee rejoins the team of Westwood One’s Bob & Tom Show as of today. Lee said, "I am thrilled to be back on the Bob & Tom Show...even though I fully expect to be interrupted by the boys on a regular basis…again.”

You can’t keep a good Ram down. Colorado State University is welcoming back Brian Roth who will reclaim the play-by-play role for CSU’s football and men’s basketball broadcasts, and serve as host of the Rams’ coaches’ shows.