People in the News

Pictured here with WFLA-FM PD Jim Poling and GSM Mark Kanak, is Dave Ramsey who hosted his Smart Conference to a packed crowd in Orlando, Saturday.

Scripps owned WTMJ has made several programming changes at its heritage news station in Milwaukee. Eric Brooks (pictured) gets promoted to the position of Director, Programming & News and Erin Dismeier is also promoted, to Executive Producer of WTMJ Programming.

Veteran hip-hop icon YoYo is the newest addition to the nationally syndicated Café Mocha Radio. As the show moves into its sixth year, the Ice Cube protégé has signed on to be a permanent co-host of the top-rated weekend show targeting women.

102.1 The Edge KDGE-FM, Dallas/Fort Worth, announced Friday that longtime Texas radio host Atom Smasher will take over mornings on The Edge with The Atom Smasher Show, beginning Monday, May 2, 2016.

A memorial service will be held for syndicated host Doug Banks tomorrow at Sparkman Hillcrest Funeral in Dallas. Banks died Monday of complications from diabetes. The New Pittsburgh Courrier reports that Banks lost a toe and an eye to the disease and was on dialysis. He continued to work though, making an appearance in Chicago the day before he died, at the Black Women’s Expo. Banks was 57.

After four years away, Frank Ski is back in Atlanta. Ski is returning to CBS's V-103 April 23 and will host shows Saturdays from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and Sundays from 7 p.m.-11 p.m.

Chad Fitzsimmons gets a new title in the division he's been working in since 2013. He's now the VP of Music Initiatives for CBS Radio. Fitzsimmons will be responsible for the creation and execution of the division’s concert series, including We Can Survive and The Night Before.

This is a follow-up to a story we told you about back in February. Proclaim FM 102.3 Toledo host Mark Howington was arrested for inappropriately touching a woman. Police say the 52-year-old slapped a woman on the butt inside the women's restroom of a Target. He's been sentenced to one year of probation after he was convicted of assault.

Erik Johnson has been named Senior VP of Programming and Hoss Michaels PD for KXKT/KFFF. Johnson previously served as PD for iHeart Omaha's KXKT, KFFF, and KISO, and will continue as PD of KGOR, KISO, and KISO-HD2, as well as continuing to host the PM Drive on KXKT. Michaels will continue hosting the midday show on KXKT.

ESPN New York's Hahn & Humpty will join MSG’s weeknight summer programing lineup. Every Monday through Thursday, from Monday, May 23 through September 8, MSG Network’s Knicks studio analyst Alan Hahn and former Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro will give MSG viewers a look inside their studio with a one-hour highlight show from 7-8 p.m.