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Raul Alarcon Jr. CHAIRMAN/CEO, SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM In June, Spanish Broadcasting System announced that Albert Rodriguez was assuming the role of company president held since 1985 by Alarcon, who remains [...]

POP RADIO EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR 1 MARK MEDINA, 42 PROGRAM DIRECTOR, WHTZ-FM New York In a year when music streaming services have grown faster than ever, WHTZ (Z100) New [...]

When executives from Warner Bros. Records were looking to put together a bonus DVD to include in a special Wal-Mart edition of country singer Blake Shelton's latest album, 'Pure BS,' [...]

6-22 Entercom Radio programming chief Chris Oliviero announced his exit after 22 years with [...]

RCA upped Keith Naftaly to president of [...]

[up arrow] Catherine Tait is named president of CBC, becoming the first woman to lead Canada's national radio broadcaster in its 80-year history. Please Note: Illustration(s) are not available due [...]

WHILE STEVE BUCHANAN has spent the better part of 2015 working on the 90th anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry, which broadcast its first weekly music concert on WSM-AM on [...]

iHeartMedia named Dr. Michele Madansky executive vp insights, research and data [...]

10-30 NPR Music welcomed Lauren Onkey as senior [...]

CHARLIE QUINN, THEN-PROGRAM director of top 40 radio station WYHY (now WRVW) Nashville, didn't exactly make friends with East West Records or The Rembrandts when he began playing the pop-rock […]

IHeartMedia president of the national programming group Tom Poleman added the title of chief programming officer to his [...]

Carolina Santamarina was named senior vp of SBS Portafolio, a new division that will develop cross-platform content for SBS' entertainment […]

RUNNING PROGRAMMING FOR 140-channel-strong satellite radio service SiriusXM calls for always thinking on one's feet. Scott Greenstein, 54, the company's president/chief content officer, takes that responsibility literally. From behind his [...]

This story was prepared by Airplay Monitor's Jeff Silberman. You'd be hard pressed to find a smoother transition than Jay Michaels' promotion from assistant PD/music director to succeed John Peake [...]

Former teen pop star Deborah Gibson is filling in on the WKTU New York morning show while regular co-host Michelle Visage is on maternity leave [ldots] Longtime KRBE Houston assistant [...]

Programmers Find Their Skills Translate To Internet Work NEW YORK--Conventional broad casters who've made the move to job in cyberspace say that despite the large number of folks contemplating a [...]

Chris Lane, 71, of cancer, Feb. 14 in Lake Balboa, Calif. Lane wrote and produced the syndicated radio program 'Christmas In The Country.' He was a radio broadcaster for stations [...]

LOS ANGELES--At a time when women--much less African-American women--were relatively unheard of on the radio, Detroit air personality Martha Jean 'the Queen' Steinberg began a reign in the early '60s [...]

Tampa, Fla., Station PD Theodore Presides Over Ratings Comeback This story was prepared by Jeff Silberman, managing editor of Top 40 Airplay Monitor. The good news about Dom 'Domino' Theodore's […]

Martin Goldsmith's 10-year tenure as host of NPR's 'Performance Today' will end Oct. 15, although he plans to contribute to the daily classical music magazine as a commentator. Goldsmith says […]

Former KKBQ (93Q Country) Houston VP of programming Dene Hallam is named PD at KYCY (Y93) San Francisco. He replaces Tim Jordan, who […]

WUSN (US99) Chicago PD Alan Sledge joins Clear Channel Communications as regional director of country programming. He'll be based in Phoenix, where he'll take over KNIX programming duties from VP/general […]

The old saying 'The more things change...' rings particularly true for veteran programmer Chris Shebel, who recently returned to Chicago as PD of top 40 WKIE (92 Kiss FM) and […]

Internet radio upstart WebRadio.com is downplaying the exit of several senior staff members June 25, including VP Michael Weiss. 'The departure is a bump in the road,' says VP Joe […]

Top 40 WHTZ (Z100) New York morning co-host Elliot Segal heads to the morning post at co-owned Chancellor Media album rock outlet WWDC-FM (DC1O1) Washington, D.C., leaving Elvis Duran in […]

10-04 Kevin Weatherly, senior vp programming at CBS Radio and program director for KROQ-FM Los Angeles, signed a multiyear contract extension with the broadcast media [...]

SBS/Los Angeles appointed Chris Carrillo [...]

Karen Mateo, CBS Radio's head of communications, announced she will exit her poston […]

Chad Fitzsimmons was named vp music initiatives at CBS […]

04-12 Cumulus Radio announced that SiriusXM on-air personality Matt Pinfield will join KFOG San Francisco as its new morning [...]

iHeartMedia named Alissa Pollack executive vp global music [...]

01-25 Univision appointed Alejandro Nieto Molina senior vp/GM of the company's radio [...]

40 TIM WESTERGREN FOUNDER/CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, PANDORA RESHAPING RADIO INTERNET RADIO IN 2012 can be traced back to one person: Tim Westergren (right), the founder of personalized Internet radio service [...]

12-01 Entercom named Liana Huth vp programming innovation. She previously held senior roles at Columbia Records, Madison Square Garden Company and AEG [...]

iHeartMedia executive Alissa Pollack will be honored at the TJ. Martell Foundation's Family Day on Dec. [...]

Univision executive vp Jaime Jimenez exited the [...]

WQHT (Hot 97) New York air talent Miss Info (born Minya Oh) announced her exit from the station after 10 [...]

Cumulus named Mary G. Berner CEO, with founder/ CEO Lew Dickey moving to vice chairman and continuing as a director of the [...]

ESPN FM appointed WQHT (Hot 97) New York's Peter Rosenberg as a regular contributor to The Michael Kay Show. Rosenberg will retain his role with Hot [...]

iHeartMedia tapped Rod Phillips to lead the company's Nashville-based iHeartCountry [...]

04-20 Scott Hopeck was named president of iHeartMedia's New York market. Caption: [...]

03-27 Former Billboard publisher Tommy Page joined Cumulus Media as senior vp brand partnerships. He previously was a vp at [...]

Prominent Latin radio executive Jesus Salas will not face criminal charges in a case brought by his former girlfriend, aspiring singer Katherine Alexander, who accused him of rape and gun [...]

7-13 Emerging Latin pop singer Katherine Alexander accused SBS executive vp programming Jesus Salas in a lawsuit of sexual assault and withholding compensation. Salas denied any wrongdoing, but Alexander has [...]

07-09 Clear Channel's Brian Lakamp was promoted to president technology and digital ventures from his previous role as vp digital media overseeing […]

Chuck Sullivan and Ed Schulz were named vp/market managers for Entercom Communications in Milwaukee and Madison, Wis., respectively. The two replace Michael Keck, who previously served in the post for [...]

Entercom Communications promotes Pat Paxton to president of programming. He was senior VP. Mitchell Peters, [...]

Since its merger with fellow New York adult R&B radio station WRKS (Kiss-FM) about 18 months ago, WBLS has been gaining ratings ground. With a weekday lineup that includes Steve [...]

NEW YORK-When new WBIX (Big 105 M) New York morning host Danny Bonaduce got to town in mid-January, he was so eager to get the show on the road that […]

What did you wake up thinking about this morning? Probably the first thing I think is 'Boy, I really want a cup of coffee,' but I really wake up thinking [...]