Two Cumulus Media Hosts, Roula Christie and Steve Harmon, To Be Inducted Into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame Class of 2022
Roula Christie Hosts “The Roula & Ryan Show” on Cumulus Media’s 104.1 KRBE-FM as well as “Weekends with Roula,” Syndicated Nationally Through Cumulus Media’s Westwood One
Steve Harmon, Host of the Morning Show on Westwood One’s 24/7 Mainstream Country Network, is Honored for Former Role with Famed Duo “Harmon & Evans” on Cumulus Media’s KPLX-Dallas
HOUSTON, TX, and NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 5, 2022 — Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) today announced that popular radio personality Roula Christie, host of “The Roula & Ryan Show” on Cumulus Houston’s 104.1 KRBE-FM and host of the Westwood One nationally syndicated weekend radio program, “Weekends With Roula,” and Steve Harmon, morning show host on Westwood One’s 24/7 Mainstream Country Network, are among 20 Texas broadcast professionals named to the Texas Radio Hall of Fame Class of 2022. The honorees will be officially inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame on Saturday, November 5, 2022, at the Texas Museum of Broadcasting and Communications in Kilgore, TX. The new inductees were selected by voting members of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame.
Roula is on-air host of “The Roula & Ryan Show,” one of the most-listened-to morning shows in Texas, and has been a Houston radio fixture since 2003. She also hosts Westwood One’s nationally syndicated “Weekends with Roula,” a three-hour-long weekend radio show which airs weekly on more than 60 U.S. radio stations and originates from 104.1 KRBE-FM. Roula earned a Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation for Weekend Host/Personality (Radio – Nationally Syndicated Commercial), recognizing her for her work on “Weekends with Roula” and another for “The Roula & Ryan Show.” Roula’s radio shows are upbeat and motivational, as she helps listeners find fun in the madness of juggling work and family. She also mixes pop culture and entertainment news with hilarious conversations between her kids and her mom. Roula is a native Houstonian.
Harmon is morning host on Westwood One’s Mainstream Country, the largest and most popular 24-hour music network in America. He will be inducted into the 2022 Texas Radio Hall of Fame as part of the duo “Harmon & Evans,” who broadcast together and achieved great ratings success and garnered many industry awards while at KPLX-Dallas. In addition to being inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, Harmon has won a CMA Award for Air Personality of the Year, been named Billboard Magazine Personality of the Year three times, earned recognition from the American Women in Radio and TV as Personality of the Year, and has also been nominated nine times for ACM Major Market Personality of the Year. In 2020, Harmon won the International Voice Tracker of the Year Award.
The annual Texas Radio Hall of Fame reunion and induction weekend is open to the public. For more information and for a complete list of inductees, visit: https://www.trhof.net/.
About Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) is an audio-first media company delivering premium content to over a quarter billion people every month — wherever and whenever they want it. Cumulus Media engages listeners with high-quality local programming through 404 owned-and-operated radio stations across 85 markets; delivers nationally-syndicated sports, news, talk, and entertainment programming from iconic brands including the NFL, the NCAA, the Masters, CNN, the AP, the Academy of Country Music Awards, and many other world-class partners across more than 9,400 affiliated stations through Westwood One, the largest audio network in America; and inspires listeners through the Cumulus Podcast Network, its rapidly growing network of original podcasts that are smart, entertaining and thought-provoking. Cumulus Media provides advertisers with personal connections, local impact and national reach through broadcast and on-demand digital, mobile, social, and voice-activated platforms, as well as integrated digital marketing services, powerful influencers, full-service audio solutions, industry-leading research and insights, and live event experiences. Cumulus Media is the only audio media company to provide marketers with local and national advertising performance guarantees. For more information, visit www.cumulusmedia.com.
Contacts:
Lisa Dollinger, Dollinger Strategic Communication for Cumulus Media, 512.633.4084, lisa@dollcomm.com
Karen Glover | Westwood One | kglover@westwoodone.com