Rick Porter, Lisa Thal

Radio One regional vice president Rick Porter and Cleveland market manager Lisa Thal exit the company. Thal had overseen the cluster since 2006.

Clear Channel hires Jeff Cushman as operations manager for its five-station Greensboro, NC cluster. He’ll also program AC WMAG (99.5). Cushman previously worked in the market (1997-2001) and most recently spent nine years at CBS Radio’s cluster in Orlando.

Westwood One names Sal Martirano its New York general sales manager handling sales for Metro Traffic in the market. Martirano joins Metro from WRNN-TV, New York where he was GSM/program manager. He previously worked for CBS Radio’s "K-Rock" WXRK.

Oldies "Northshore 104.9" WBOQ-FM, Cape Cod midday host Jacky Ankeles exits the station after 22-years. Ankeles had survived through the move from a classical format, then jazz and most recently oldies.

CBS Radio turns to Bobby Mitchell to succeed morning man Dick Purtan, who retired from oldies WOMC (104.3) in March after 45-years on Detroit radio. "The Bobby Mitchell Show with Chuck Gaidica" launches Monday, May 24. Mitchell jocked at Detroit’s former WHYT-FM in the ‘80s, did mornings at KPLX, Dallas and hosted the syndicated "Saturday ‘80s Show." Gaidica has been director of meteorology at WDIV-TV in Detroit since 1987.

Curtis Media hires Tex Meyer as general manager for oldies "Y-102" WKIX-FM (102.9) and oldies WKIX (850) in Raleigh. He most recently was Clear Channel’s market manager in Greensboro and Roanoke-Lynchburg. Meyer also worked in Tampa and Pittsburgh.

Entercom hires Joanne Everhart to become the company’s first director of eCommerce. She previously spent 14-years at retailer QVC where she was a senior manager of new media. Most recently she was a senior program manager for the directory company Yellowbook.

Clear Channel names Don Gosselin operations manager for its western Massachusetts region, which includes stations in Worcester and Springfield. He’ll also program three stations: hot AC "Mix 93.1" WHYN-FM, country "Kix 97.9" WPKX and adult alternative WRNX. Gosselin succeeds Pat McKay, who exited last month. It’s a return to Clear Channel for Gosselin, who most recently programmed Greater Media hot AC "Now 97.5" WNUW, Philadelphia.

A three-year stint at Clear Channel Fresno has come to an end for Paul Wilson, who exits the cluster where he was director of programming. He previously had the same title for Clear Channel in Honolulu.

Online video platform provider VMIX names Patrick Burns its new president/CEO, succeeding Mike Glickenhaus, who exits. Burns has worked with a number of Fortune 100 companies in the software, hardware and medical-device industries.

Brewer Broadcasting’s "Pulse News" WPLZ, Chattanooga hires Bobby Byrd to join its morning show team that includes Louis Lee, Denise Galloway and Chris Taylor.

Citadel news/talk WMAL, Washington, DC rehires morning show host Fred Grandy just weeks after he and co-host Andy Parks were dismissed. Grandy will be paired with newscaster Bryan Nehman for "The Grandy Group." Grandy is a former congressman and TV actor. Temporary morning host Chris Plante returns to late-mornings.

S-R Broadcasting’s KRKO, Everett, WA (1380) cuts sports talk show host Jeff "The Fish" Aaron in what the Daily Herald newspaper reports is a budget move. The station will now offer mostly a line-up of syndicated sports talk. Aaron previously worked at KJR, Seattle (950).

Proving you can go home again, Pamal AC "B-95.5" WYJB, Albany, NY hires Chuck Taylor for mornings and programming duties, succeeding Ric Mitchell, who exits. Taylor spent many years at WYJB until he was replaced by Mitchell. Taylor will be paired with existing co-host Laura Daniels.

The Federal Communications Commission appoints John Flynn as senior counsel to chairman Julius Genachowski for transactions. Flynn will head the working team that is conducting the review of the proposed Comcast/NBC Universal merger. Flynn was most recently EVP and general counsel of ICO Global Communications.

Spanish Broadcasting System promotes Deborah Powell to national sales manager for Mega TV responsible for national spot sales for Mega TV in Miami and other markets. Powell was previously an account executive for Mega TV. She’s been a south Florida radio and television account executive since 1981.

Clear Channel hires Ryan Kawamoto as PD of CHR "Hot 93.9" KIKI, Honolulu and hot AC "Star 101.9" KUCD. Kawamoto – who goes by the on-air name "DJ Ryan Sean" – most recently served as PD of Frontier Capital Partners’ rhythmic CHR "Da Bomb 102.7" KDDB and CHR "The Zone 93.1" KQMQ for the past four years. The cluster also hires James Coles as imaging/production director for KIKI. He was most recently held the same post at Cox Radio’s Honolulu cluster. The Clear Channel cluster also hires Glenn Molina as an events coordinator.

Clear Channel AC KSSK-FM/KSSK-AM (92.3, 590) shifts Chris Peters to the 10pm to 4am time slot. Peters has been producing the Mike Buck morning show and handling weekends and swing shifts. That shift will now be filled by Brock "B-Rock" Whaley, who most recently served as the director of programming at Visionary Related Entertainment where he programmed Frontier Capital Partners’ classic hits "105-9 The Big Kahuna" KPOI and AC KUMU-FM (94.7).

WorldBand Media hires Ric Harris as head of national advertising sales. The former SVP of NBC Digital and BET will be based in New York, where the company will soon relocate to. WorldBand also hires Manav Dhanda and head of programming for its "HumDesi Radio" format, which is currently airing in four markets on HD2 stations. Dhanda formerly programmed "Big FM" – India’s largest radio network which has 45 FMs around the country.

The Conclave announces the 2010 Rockwell Award has been awarded to consultant and author Valerie Geller. She’ll be given the honor July 16 at the Conclave Awards Luncheon during the 35^th annual Minneapolis conference.

Clear Channel Rochester, NY market manager Karen Carey will leave the cluster next month as she relocates out of the area with her family. Carey has been with the Rochester station group for 14-years, the last seven as market manager. She previously worked for Jacor and Pyramid Broadcasting. No successor has been named.

Dial Global hires Richard Rene as general manager of international relations to handle affiliate sales outside the United States for all Dial Global Programming and TM Studios products. Rene previously worked in the international divisions for Premiere Radio Networks and Westwood One. Dial Global also hires Michael Capozzoli as an affiliate sales rep for TM Studios. He recently worked at Premiere.

Clear Channel Atlanta ops manager Scott Lindy hands of PD duties for rhythmic AC "105.7 The Groove" WWVA to Dennis Martinez. He joins from CBS Radio CHR "Movin 99.7" KMVQ, San Francisco where he’s done weekends and swing-shift work. His resume includes PD jobs in San Francisco , Phoenix and Monterey.

Beasley’s "Sports Radio 560" WQAM, Miami promotes two. Beasley also boosts promotions director and assistant program director Lee Feldman to operations director for WQAM. The station turns to 15-year WQAM veteran Josh Darrow to fill the newly-created position of PD of digital/new media for the Miami cluster’s websites. He remains part of the WQAM broadcast team for Miami Hurricane sports.

Clear Channel CHR KIIS-FM, Los Angeles (102.7) announces longtime host of MTV’s "TRL" Damien Fahey will join the station as an on-air personality doing weekend shifts and fill-in work. Prior to MTV, Fahey worked for three years at "Kiss 108" WKXS, Boston . The common denominator of the two FMs: PD John Ivey.

Cumulus rock WPHD, Poughkeepsie, NY (101.5) morning host John Tobin exits, posting a note on a fan page that he’s been without a contract since June 2008 and he’s tired of "corporate game-playing." Mark Cooper remains in morning drive on WPHD.

Elmira and Corning , NY broadcasters are remembering radio owner Bob Eolin, who died May 17 after a year long battle with brain cancer. He was 67. Services are scheduled for Thursday, May 20 in Corning , NY . Eolin got into station ownership in 1990 after he decided to "retire" after spending more than 20-years working at and managing TV stations along the New York-Pennsylvania border. Eolin, wife Dee, and business partner Jack Shane bought six stations in New York ’s Southern Tier under the name The Radio Works. There he hosted a morning show with Shane, and later his wife Dee. In December 2003 they sold their group to Route 81 Radio.

After being downsized from XM Satellite Radio as part of the Sirius-XM merger, Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri launches a Sunday night R&B oldies show, "Juke In The Back" based at KZGM-FM, Cabool , MO (88.1). The show focuses on 1950s rhythm and blues music. It’s distributed via NPR and Pacifica , but Baldassarri says the show can be aired on both commercial stations and public radio.