People in the News

The Hollywood Reporter reports, according to an interview with Francesa, that he wants to try something new. Francesa says he's looking into uncharted territory.

Legend Communications announced that Mark Crump has been appointed to Executive VP and GM of the Big Horn Radio Network. BHRN is a nine-station radio group comprised of six FM and 3 three AM stations, and three translators in Cody, Wyoming. Crump will move to Wyoming from St. George, Utah, where he's the Market Manager of Cherry Creek Radio’s Southern Utah stations.

Cumulus' Rocker KFOG in San Francisco has hired Matt Pinfield to host mornings as of Wednesday. Pinfield works at SiriusXM’s Lithium channel and hosts the long-running nationally syndicated classic rock weekend show Flashback. Current morning man Mike “No Name” Nelson shifts to afternoon drive to make room for Pinfield.

Cumulus Media announced that it has appointed Wendy Ellis to the newly created position of Director of Marketing, Strategic and Creative Partnerships for Cumulus Media-Los Angeles. Ellis started her music career in Minneapolis, launching 93X-KXXR as Marketing Director, a position she held for 10 years.

Jim Brandt is the new Senior VP for Digital at Gen Media partners. Before joining Gen Media Partners, Brandt was a Senior VP for Sprinkle and, before that, held a similar position at NTENT. He also worked at Interep Interactive. He's also worked at Viacom and Vivendi Universal.

Darci Ewell has been named Senior VP of Sales for iHeart's San Antonio and Austin region. Ewell joined iHeartMedia in Colorado Springs/Pueblo in January 2014 as VP of Sales, and most recently served as Market President.

Earlier in his career, Camfield worked for CBS Radio in New York as K-Rock’s afternoon drive host. He then returned to the UK to host mornings on Xfm. He has also hosted shows for VH-1 and MTV2.

CBS RADIO’s 97.1 The Ticket (WXYT-FM) announced Monday that Mike Valenti, co-host of the Valenti and Foster show has signed a long-term contract with the station.

Keith Bratel is the new Market President for the iHeart's Madison market. Bratel was looking for a new gig having last worked as Director of Sales at the Milwaukee Radio Alliance from 2007 to 2016. Bratel was also the Director of Sales for Clear Channel Radio from August 1998 – September 2005.

On Monday, May 2, Red Zebra Broadcasting will drop Mike and Mike for Chris Cooley and Kevin Sheehan from 7AM to 11AM weekdays. The station will also add “The Morning Blitz” with Al Galdi from 5AM to 7AM. And, “The Sports Reporters” returns to the station with Steve Czaban and Andy Pollin. The changes take the station to 17 hours of live and local programming every day.