People in the News

iHeartMedia Louisville announced Wednesday that Mary Walter will become a new weekday talk show host on NewsRadio 840 WHAS, effective February 29, 2016. The show will broadcast weekdays from 6-8 p.m.

Beasley Media Group, Inc. announced that Paige Grady has been named the company’s President’s Club Overall Winner for the calendar year 2015. This is the first time that Ms. Grady, Senior Account Manager for Beasley’s Tampa cluster, has earned this prestigious award.

Steve Kalman in the new LSM at 98.7 ESPN in New York. Most recently Kalman managed play-by-play sales at WFAN. After spending more than a decade in the trade events business, Kalman left his last role as a VP at Reed Exhibitions in 2005 and moved into managing sports broadcast media sales. He's led and managed broadcast play-by-play sales teams for the NY Mets, NY Giants, and NY Yankees. He also spent two years as GSM at a rock station in Connecticut.

Salem Media Group announced Wednesday that Larry Elder will take over for Hugh Hewitt as of April 4. Hewitt will move to mornings that same day. The changes are all a result of Bill Bennett stepping away from the morning slot on Salem's network.

Alex Lucas, host of Entravision's syndicated morning show, El Show de Alex 'El Genio' Lucas, will be awarded Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals’ Hispanic Radio Person of the Year during Momentum, the charity’s annual Network-wide event. The award honors a U.S. Latino radio station staff member who has gone above and beyond in supporting CMN.

The Billy The Kidd Show debuts on KHFI, 96.7 Kiss FM, Monday in morning drive. Anne Hudson will co-host the show with Kidd. Since December, mornings at KHFI have been music based, and Elvis Duran was on before that.

It was back in 1980 when Tom Kent first appeared on WLS, which was AM only at the time. Kent now returns to his old stomping grounds Saturday nights from 7p-Midnight with "Ultimate Party" on Cumulus Classic Hits WLS 94.7 FM. Kent said Brian Thomas is one of the smartest programmers out there bar none. "I mean, why else would he put me on the most legendary station on the planet?

"The People’s Station," 93.7 WBLK in Buffalo (Townsquare) has added The Steve Harvey Morning Show to the station’s weekday morning lineup. WBLK Brand Manager Chris Reynolds stated, “WBLK is very excited to bring the heart, humor, music and celebrity of The Steve Harvey Morning Show to all of our listeners in Western New York.”

He was let go from his job as LSM by Emmis in St. Louis in a round of budget cuts earlier this year. Tuesday it was announced that Dave Wisniewski is the new General Sales Manager for the Midwest Communication cluster of stations in Terre Haute.

iHeartRadio's 97.1 WASH-FM in Washington has hired Sabrina Conte as midday host. Conte began her radio career as a traffic reporter for what is now Total Traffic Network in Silver Spring, MD. Conte said, “Hosting the midday show on WASH-FM is a dream come true. I am so excited to be a part of such a fun, well-respected radio station in my hometown and look forward to joining this talented team."