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• Disney is said to have paid over $10 million to show ‘The Little Mermaid’ starring Halle Bailey ad during the 2023 Oscars telecast on ABC-TV last week according to IndieWire. ABC is a property of Disney and basically paid money to itself. “Actual money actually changed hands,” Indiewire reported, with a source saying the media companies are generally treated like “church and state.”
• Greg Gumbel, the in studio host of NCAA College basketball's March Madness on CBS, is stepping away from his play-by-play announcing gig on NFL broadcasts. At CBS, he hosted The NFL Today from 1990-1993. He joined NBC after CBS lost the NFC games to Fox. In 1998, Gumbel returned to CBS for NFL coverage as a play-by-play announcer, studio host in 2004 and 2005, and returning to calling NFL games since 2006. Greg Gumbel, 76, is the older brother of Bryant Gumbel.
• Josh Inness has joined Classic Rock station “KSHE 95” 94.7 FM in St. Louis to host afternoons. He most recently hosted mornings on iHeartMedia’s “105.9 The Rock” Nashville, a show that was syndicated to Detroit and Memphis. A former sports talk host known for his controversial takes, Inness said on Twitter recently, "I don’t want to do sports radio every day. I don’t like the vibe of it. It’s largely miserable."
In 2016 he got fired at a Philadelphia sports station (WIP) for posting a picture of black face vaudeville performer Al Jolson to call out rival station's (97.5 The Fanatic) bit where a white producer was imitating a fake black caller (named "Dee-Wayne") filled with every stereotypical characteristics he could think of. That producer still works at that station on the morning show. Inness gained support from Bomani Jones. >> “Dwayne From Swedesboro” Riles Up Philly Radio.
Malikha Mallette is named the new afternoon host on Power 105.1 (WWPR) New York replacing Steph Lova. Mallette joined Power 105.1 five years ago as a part-timer and previous stops include weekends on CBS Radio urban stations WVEE (V-103)/Atlanta, middays on the now-defunct WXYV (X-105.7)/Baltimore and weekends on WPGC-FM/Washington. She has voiced national spots for companies like McDonald’s, Pantene, Cover Girl, Hot Pockets, Downy, Jergens, Verizon and Burger King and has worked as an actress on ABC’s “One Life to Live” and in Sony BMG’s forthcoming feature film, “Cadillac Records.”
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I always enjoyed her on the weekends. She has a great personality on the air. Do ya thing girl.
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