Shari Gonzalez is promoted to market president for
iHeartMedia’s Miami/Fort Lauderdale station group that includes news/talk WIOD, sports talk WINZ, WXBN “Black Information Network,” and eight music brands. She was most recently regional SVP of sales for the cluster. iHeartMedia division president
Linda Byrd says, “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to promote Shari into her first market president role. In the short time that we have worked together, I have seen her competitiveness, work ethic and ability to move her team in the direction we need to go. Shari has the experience and smarts to make a great market president of iHeartMedia Miami/Fort Lauderdale. She will be a great leader in one of our most important markets.” Gonzalez comments, “I am honored and thrilled for this opportunity. To continue to work with and now lead this incredible portfolio of brands and this ‘best-in-class’ team of talented, passionate colleagues is a dream come true. Miami/Fort
KOMO News documentary “Seattle is Dying.” He also reports regularly on Northwest issues in
The Post Millennial. He says, “I am thrilled to be joining the amazing team at KVI. If I had known how much fun this gig would be, I would have started 20 years ago. I look forward to bringing common sense ideas and a fresh take on news, politics, and the culture wars to our listeners.” KVI program director
Rick Van Cise says, “Our new afternoon host was right under our nose. What’s important to you is important to Ari. He has an engaging and entertaining perspective on local and world issues that’s enlightening and fun to hear!”
Omaha Conservative Talker Chris Baker Fired Over Racist Tweet
RADIO ONLINE | Thursday, April 22, 2021
Chris Baker Conservative afternoon talk show host Chris Baker of KFAB-AM/Omaha was fired by iHeartMedia following a racist tweet made in response to the verdict in the Derek Chauvin case. In a tweet that has since been deleted, Baker tweeted a picture of four black men dressed in loin cloths and dancing along with the word Guilty! The juxtaposition of the image with the text seemed to imply that this was how the Black community would celebrate the verdict.
In a news release, C. Taylor Walet III, area president/Nebraska for iHeartMedia said Wednesday afternoon: We are aware of the completely inappropriate and unacceptable tweet that was posted late Tuesday afternoon. Please know that this does not represent our viewpoint or our values, and we take this situation very seriously. Accordingly, Chris Baker s employment with our Company has been terminated.
Washington Post’s
Michael de Adder – are joining forces to provide news junkies a twice-weekly side order of cartoon humor alongside their political-talk diets. Cartoons will be presented every Tuesday and Thursday with text-based commentary from the artists. New York- and Los Angeles-based
Crossover Media Group Sales handles advertising and sponsorship sales for Political Voices Network. Political Voices Network co-founder
Ron Hartenbaum says, “One of the most enduring and popular aspects of political opinion and commentary has been that great and especially American tradition of the political cartoon. The combined objective for Counterpoint and Political Voices Network is to expand both the audience for this top-flight creative content and fan sponsorship and support of this format. Thanks to this alliance we’ll be able to entertain fans with a service that blends seamlessly with our existing multiplatform offerings in a convenient destination for multi-format viewpoi
Marty Bannister is joining
iHeartMedia’s Chillicothe station group that includes news/talk/sports WBEX-AM and six music brands as news & sports director. Bannister has served with the
Ohio News Network and
Ohio State University announcer and sideline reporter. He currently works with the
Ohio University Bobcats. He comments, “I started in the business in 1981. I’ve worked on Ohio State games. I do a lot of work now for Ohio University on ESPN3 on their football and basketball radio networks. I’ve been a part of ONN, the Ohio News Network for many years. I’ve called
Wittenburg football and basketball and have been on the Ohio High School Athletic Association radio network for years. I’ve worked pretty much about everywhere in the state, and there’s no place I would rather be than doing this. I’m excited about this. People rely on their radio stations in communities this size for their information.”