People in the News

Cumulus lands Emmy Award-winning sportscaster and NBC NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya as co-host of the morning show on KQRS-FM in Minneapolis where she'll join longtime morning man Tom Barnard.

Rick Hendrick (pictured) is promoted to Operations Manager at Cumulus' six-station cluster in Montgomery. He'll hold on to his PD responsibilities at WXFX.

Ryan Gibbons joins Entercom's CHR KISS-FM in Milwaukee as on-air/producer for Riggs and Alley in Morning Drive. Gibbons comes from CBS Radio's KZOK-FM in Seattle where he was on-air/producer for the Danny Bonaduce Show.

Tennessee Titans’ tight end Delanie Walker will join the Midday 180 Team for a live one-hour show beginning Tuesday, September 13, 2016, from 1-2 p.m. CST. Walker joins broadcaster Chad Withrow, Jonathan Hutton, and Paul Kuharsky for the weekly Delanie Walker Show with a live studio audience in the 104.5 The Zone Music Performance Studio.

Tony Denton is the new Market Manager for Alpha's cluster in Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville. For nine years Denton was D.O.S. in that market. He was most recently a Market Manager for Curtis.

Dave Fuller is the new afternoon drive host at Detroit's NASH-FM WDRQ. Fuller hosted early afternoons on WDRQ from 1999-2004 before returning to the station in a part-time/swing capacity in May. A Detroit native, Fuller has also worked on the air at WOMC/WKQI in Detroit and in Toledo, Seattle, and Fort Myers.

Tino Cochino Radio is now airing weeknights 7-11 p.m. on 104.9 KBTE-FM in Lubbock. Cochino said, “It's an amazing feeling to be back on-air in the city where my career began. My love for radio was ignited the moment I walked out of Cavazos Junior High and saw a local station’s live remote set up."

The opinionated former ESPN baseball commentator picks up a weekend show on Carr's network. Schilling will host a three-hour Saturday morning show (9 a.m. to Noon) beginning September 10.

Ramar Communication’s KTTR-FM HD-2, and K245BG, Rock 96.9 has added 2 Guys Named Chris to morning drive.

The Rams are back in LA and Head Coach Jeff Fisher will be giving listeners insight into game strategies from the previous match-up, and previewing the next game, on The Jeff Fisher Show, 6-7 p.m. PT, beginning Tuesday, September 13.