People in the News

Channel 8 in Des Moines reports that WHO's Jan Mickelson returned Thursday after suffering a stroke in late 2015. Mickelson said he received acupuncture treatment in China that included 2,400 needles. Substitute hosts have been filling his 9-11:30 a.m. show. Mickelson has been with WHO for over 27 years.

SportsRadio 94WIP in Philadelphia has signed a new agreement with veteran broadcaster and writer Ray Didinger. Other than it being a multi-year deal, no other details were made available. Didinger will continue contributing in several ways to the CBS Philadelphia cluster.

Michele Tafoya will be part of the radio network as an NFL insider for the upcoming football season. Tafoya, a radio and TV sports veteran, will be a featured contributor across NBC Sports Radio programming and will do interviews with affiliated stations.

iHeartmedia's former Mid-Atlantic Region, which consisted of the Washington, DC, Baltimore, and Virginia markets, will be realigned. The DC and Baltimore markets become the new Washington, DC Region and the Virginia markets join the Carolina Region to form the Virginia-Carolina Region. Preacher and Carwile will take new roles.

She's a legendary Bay Area personality and she'll soon be bringing her talents to Entercom's KBLX-FM in San Francisco. Miranda Wilson will host the "Sunday Morning Inspiration" show from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Those three new members are: iHeartMedia Executive VP of Programming Tony Coles (pictured), Cumulus Chicago Market Manager Peter Bowen and Director of Radio at the National Association of Broadcasters Melek Demir.

105.3 HOT FM has added Jackie Green to its on-air team where she will host afternoon drive. Her show will replace Afternoons with Kiki starting Monday, August 22, 2016.

Cumulus has appointed 35-year Youngstown market radio veteran Bill Kelly as VP/Market Manager for its eight-station cluster in Youngstown, OH. He'll begin October 3rd and he replaces Brad Marshall who was promoted to that position two years ago and has now left the company.

Beasley's KKLZ-FM will continue to be Mike O'Brian's radio home after he renewed his contract with the station to continue in his role as morning show host and PD. It's a multi-year deal, no other details were announced. O'Brian has been on the air in Vegas for over 30 years.

Cumulus Chattanooga makes the announcement that Dave Hooker is the new co-host at SportTalk, the long-running afternoon sports talk show on WGOW FM.