Cumulus Media CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM Providence has announced that Bekah Berger will move across the hall from mornings at sister Hip Hop “Hot 106” WWKX to join Giovanni and Jay Buff in mornings filling the opening created by last month’s layoff of Kim Zandy.
Berger has spent her entire career at Cumulus Providence starting as an intern in 2007 and would then move up to call screener, producer, and host of a weekend show “This Week in Entertainment With Bekah Berger” on News/Talk 630 WPRO. She moved to WWKX in 2012 as Promotions Director and midday host before moving to mornings in 2016. She also tracks middays for “Q105” WQGN Groton/New London CT.
No word yet on the plans for mornings at WWKX, which Berger has co-hosted with ‘Mike D’ since 2016.
(@bekahberger)Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) announces that it has appointed Bekah Berger as Co-Host, Mornings, on heritage Top 40 radio station in Providence, RI, 92 PRO-FM/WPRO-FM. Berger moves to 92 PRO-FM from Cumulus sister station, Hot 106/WWKX-FM (Rhythmic Contemporary), where she co-hosted “The Hot Morning Show with Bekah and Mike D.” She joins longtime 92 PRO-FM Morning Host, Giovanni, and Jay Buff, 92 PRO-FM Morning Show Producer, on-air beginning Monday, July 31st. The dynamic new on-air team can be heard weekday mornings from 6:00am-10:00am.
Berger started her career in 2007 as an intern in the WPRO newsroom and served the station as a call screener for “The Buddy Cianci Show.” In 2008, she was named Promotions Director for the station, hosted a weekend show called “This Week in Entertainment With Bekah Berger,” and was Producer for “The Gene Valicenti Show.” In 2012, she moved to Hot 106 as Promotions Director and Midday Host for that station and became Co-Host of the Hot 106 Morning Show in 2016.
Mary Ellen Kachinske, Director of Music Programming/Operations Manager, Cumulus Providence, said: “This is an exciting evolution for the “Giovanni in the Morning Show” and for 92 PRO-FM. Bekah brings a wealth of relatability and star power to Southern New England listeners and we can’t wait for her to join Gio and Jay.”
Berger commented: “Growing up in Rhode Island, 92 PRO-FM has always been part of my radio presets. I’ve spent my career admiring my fellow Cumulus colleagues, but now being able to work alongside them every morning and being part of such an iconic brand is a dream come true.”