People in the News

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.

It's called JOX PrimeTime and the show will now air on Cumulus' sports station in Birmingham weeknights from 6-8 p.m. following Paul Finebaum.

The new show, which will debut on August 8, is called The Audible and it features Bay Area natives Kevin Frandsen, Drew Hoffar, and Rudy Ortiz. The local program replaces CBS Sports Radio's Tiki & Tierney.

Last week, the Bobby Bones Show featured former U.S. Marine Sgt. Kirstie Ennis on the Country morning radio show to share how she lost her leg serving as a helicopter door gunner in the military. This inspired Bones and his on-air crew to honor her service using proceeds from the sale of “America Strong” T-shirts.

The syndicated morning show will now be heard on STAR 107-9/KVGS-FM in Vegas. Current morning host Aimee will stay on and provide hourly local content for the show. Brooke & Jubal are also heard in Seattle, San Antonio, and Portland. The show is produced by Hubbard and has been distributed by Premiere since March.