{"id":653456,"date":"2026-05-20T01:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/653456\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T01:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:10:10","slug":"lineup-changes-at-wrve-albany-wsrz-sarasota-as-kevin-rush-exits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/653456\/","title":{"rendered":"Lineup Changes At WRVE Albany &#038; WSRZ Sarasota As Kevin Rush Exits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kevinrush-200x200-jpg.webp\" alt=\"Kevin Rush 99.5 The River WRVE Albany 107.9 SRZ WSRZ Sarasota \" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-353359\"  \/>iHeartMedia has mode schedule changes in multiple markets following the exit of Kevin Rush from his roles that included serving as APD\/afternoon host at Classic Hits <a href=\"https:\/\/wsrz.iheart.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">107.9 WSRZ<\/a> Sarasota FL and co-hosting mornings at Hot AC \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/995theriver.iheart.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">99.5 The River<\/a>\u201d WRVE Albany NY.<\/p>\n<p>Rush was based in Albany from 2001 to 2019 serving as APD\/afternoon host at WRVE from until 2010. He added morning show producer duties in 2006 and rose to morning co-host in 2010 and was paired with Tracy Villaume from 2018 to 2019 and again since the start of 2023. In 2019, Rush relocated to Sarasota where he took on the APD\/afternoon host role at WSRZ. He also tracked multiple shifts across the country including nights at Classic Hits \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kool108.iheart.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kool 108<\/a>\u201d KQQL Minneapolis and weekends at AC\u2019s including WLIT Chicago and WNIC Detroit. Rush confirmed his departure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7461064811397951488\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on LinkedIn<\/a> on Friday sharing that he is seeking a new position in broadcasting or communications in the Sarasota or Tampa area.<\/p>\n<p>Villaume has moved to afternoons at WRVE in a part-time role replacing Bob Hauer. The move is timed with her return to television as Executive Producer of WTEN-TV\u2019s upcoming \u201cUpstate Living\u201d. Prior to joining iHeart in 2015, Villaume was a producer at the television station. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7460778761530212354\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on LinkedIn<\/a>, \u201cAfter a lot of years, early alarms, coffee, laughs and incredible memories on mornings at 99.5 The River, I\u2019m excited to share that beginning Monday, May 18, I\u2019ll be moving from mornings to afternoons, joining you weekdays from 3\u20137pm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hauer hasn\u2019t gone far though as his \u201cAndi &amp; Bob\u201d morning show based at \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/y102reading.iheart.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Y102<\/a>\u201d 102.5 WRFY Reading PA with Andi Kurzweg has been added at WRFY. <\/p>\n<p>At WSRZ, iHeart\u2019s national Classic Hits and Oldies voicetracker Jeffrey T Mason succeeds Rush in afternoons. Mason has also been added this week to the lineups of 94.1 KODJ Salt Lake City and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cool102.iheart.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cool 102<\/a>\u201d WCIB Cape Cod MA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"iHeartMedia has mode schedule changes in multiple markets following the exit of Kevin Rush from his roles that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-653456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}