Longtime KWYE (Y101)/Fresno PD Mike Yeager adds OM stripes for sister FM Talk outlet/Howard Stern affiliate KKDG (105.9 The Edge). Also at KWYE, APD/afternoon host Bill "Ryder" Fox will exit his full-time duties on Tuesday (8/31), but will stay on for fill-in/production work. You can reach Fox at (559) 355-2040 or billfoxonair@yahoo.com ...
Twenty nine year industry vet Ken Carson is named PD at KHPT (106.9 The Point)/Houston. Carson, who joined Cox in 2003, most recently programmed ‘80s station WBPT/Birmingham and has also held programming posts at WHJY/Providence, WHTQ/Orlando, WUFX/Buffalo and WROQ/Greenville...
XHTZ (Z90)/San Diego welcomes Delana Bennett and Vic Cabellero for mornings, from crosstown XHRM. Bennett and Cabellero will join Jamal in the morning, however look for them to change their airnames...
Former WWHT & WWDG/Syracuse PD Erin Bristol joins KRUF/Shreveport as PD/afternoon host. It’s a homecoming for Bristol who helped launch the station in 1996. In other KRUF news, MD/afternoon dude Evan Harley officially shifts to mornings...
WRRX/Pensacola flips from Rock to Urban AC as Magic 106.1. A PD and staff has yet to be announced...
Big changes at Clear Channel-Bakersfield as they eliminated their airstaff on Friday. Among the casualties are KKXX Morning Madness members Mingo and Dirty Sanchez, APD/MD Lauren Michaels and Kristin Jacobs, sister AC KKDJ midday talent. KKXX is currently running jockless. Stay tuned for more changes...
Bill Jackson, a twenty five year market vet, exits mornings at KVMX (Mix 107.5)/Portland....
In Philadelphia, WIOQ (Q102) morning show co-host Angi Taylor will exit this Friday (9/3) and head to Chicago to be closer to her boyfriend, Clear Channel radio producer Dave Kampel. Taylor has co-hosted the Chio In The Morning show since March 2003 and recently won a Best Of Philly award from Philadelphia magazine for her "smart, sassy comments and sexy flair." Also in the Cradle of Liberty, liberal radio network Air America will start airing on WHAT-AM starting this Monday. Look for Al Franken from noon to 3pm and Randi Rhodes from 3pm to 7pm...
WFAN-AM morning host Don Imus will interview President George H. Bush via telephone on Wednesday, September 1 at 7:29am. The Imus in the Morning Show is syndicated to over 75 stations...
The Eastlan ratings company adds the Riverhead/Hamptons, NY market to its measured stations list starting in the Fall...