People in the News

The news from ESPN is that popular writer and commentator John Clayton expanding his role with a new local weekday show on 710 ESPN Seattle. Appropriately called John Clayton, the show will air weekdays from 10 a.m. to Noon on 710 ESPN Seattle beginning Monday, June 6.

New York baseball fans are about to get even more spoiled. Balls and Strikes with Matthews and Rubin will provide blanket coverage of the Yankees and Mets every Sunday morning, 7-9 a.m., on 98.7 ESPN. Along with insight and analysis, there’ll be a load of big-name guests.

Beasley Media Group, Inc. has hired Deirdre (“Deedy”) Palmer to serve as General Sales Manager for the company’s Las Vegas cluster. Palmer has two decades of radio industry experience in the Vegas market, along with magazine and custom publishing experience. Most recently, she was Vice President of Sales at a Las Vegas-based media company.

Gary DiGiuseppe was on his way to work Wednesday morning when a woman traveling the wrong direction on Interstate 430 hit him head-on. Video taken by a passerby indicates both vehicles erupted in flames upon impact. Both DiGiuseppe and the woman were pronounced dead at the scene. DiGiuseppe was the morning newscaster for First News with Kevin Miller on KARN, Little Rock, and also provided daily newscasts for the Arkansas Radio Network. More details can be found on the KARN website.

That announcement comes from Alpha Media in the Texas market where Robert Mueller will take over as Market Manager. Mueller is a 25-year vet who worked in Amarillo before moving to Oklahoma City in 2000. Most recently, Mueller served as an Alpha Media Corporate Product Manager. Alpha owns KGNC-FM, KXGL-FM, and KGNC-AM in Amarillo.

Mike Jenson is making the move from Las Vegas to Las Cruces where he'll be the GSM for Adams Radio's cluster. The stations include, KGRT FM (Country), KSNM FM (Classic Hits), KHQT FM (Hot 103), and KWML AM (Fox Sports).

Benztown will syndicate Nessa (pictured), who hosts afternoon drive on Hot-97/WQHT-FM in New York City. She's also a host on MTV and MTV2. The new radio show is a five-hour Monday through Friday show produced for CHR, Rhythmic CHR and Urban stations and designed to air in any day part.

Dave Numme will program KVRQ for Hubbard in Seattle. The station flipped its Modern Music format to Rock back in March and launched with 12,000 songs in a row.

On Tuesday, the Country Radio Broadcasters announced Carole Bowen will receive the 2016 President’s Award. Bowen has been a CRB Board member for 15 years. During that time, she was a member of the board’s Executive Committee, holding an officer position as longtime secretary for the organization.

Bill Gentry will take over running Alpha's Louisville market, which includes WDJX-FM, WGHL-FM, WGZB-FM, WMJM-FM, and WXMA-FM. Most recently, the 30-year radio vet was a Regional Market President for Clear Channel/iHeart. He's from Kentucky and has lived in Louisville for many years.