Programming Pros In Motion

• Over the weekend JD Garfield announced he is stepping down as PD/midday personality at Impact Radio Group Rhythmic KWYD (Wild 101.1)/Boise, ID, effective Wednesday, May 31. In an email to RAMP, Garfield said, “I cannot yet share with you where I will be landing, but that news will be coming shortly.” Garfield landed at Wild 101.1 in January 2015 as APD/morning personality and was upped to PD three months later. Garfield previously served as OM/PD of Mid-West Family Top 40 KOSP (92.9 The Beat)/Springfield, MO and he spent six years programming sister WJQM (93.1 Jamz)/Madison, WI.

Garfield added, “I’d like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Kevin Cruise, Darrell Calton and Crystal Castorena. They all had a hand in bringing me and [longtime girlfriend] Nikki to Boise. Impact Radio Group has been a wonderful home for me for the past two years and I’m humbled to have been able to do such great radio with passionate radio people and an incredible company like Impact.” In conclusion, Garfield said, “As for where we are headed next, stay tuned.”

• And speaking of KOSP… Mid-West Family Broadcasting is proud to announce Amber Saunders as the new MD/afternoon personality on Top 40 KOSP (92.9 The Beat)/Springfield, MO. Ms. Saunders is a Maryland native who started her radio five years at Manning Broadcasting Hot AC WAFY (Key 103)/Frederick, MD, working her way up from the Street Team to part-time/weekend jock to her current position as MD and co-host of The Morning Buzz with Tommy Jordan.

Upon Saunders’ arrival in Springfield, former MD (and current Interim PD) “Bailey On The Beat” will return to middays. As Saunders told RAMP, “I am very excited for my new adventure!”