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# Buzz in Baltimore: MGH Adds Five, a Hire at Maroon, Changes at WBAL
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/buzz-in-baltimore-mgh-adds-five-a-hire-at-maroon-changes-at-wbal/
- Published: 2015-01-18T22:05:33.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-22T13:55:21.000Z
- Author: Jeffrey Davis
- Tags: PR, Media, Agency, Broadcasting, Communications, Richmond News, #Import 2026-10-08 18:46

Owings Mills-based **MGH** has added five new employees: **Andrea Cohen** joins from IMRE as a social media marketing account manager; **Joon Kim** is now a senior copywriter, joining from Franklin Street Marketing and Barber Martin Agency in Richmond, Va. Also, **Jess Reikowsky** joins MGH’s interactive team as a digital media specialist; **Paul Shiahis** is now a traffic coordinator; and, former GKV senior AE **Lea Staines** has been hired as an account supervisor.

**Alex Jackson** joins **Maroon PR** as a senior account executive. He most recently served as Director of Communications for the Howard County Chamber of Commerce. Previously, he was a reporter with The Capital and the Baltimore Business Journal.

In Baltimore media news, **Channel 11/WBAL-TV** shifted the start of its morning news from 5 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. Also at WBAL, News Director **Michelle Butt** has departed for a position as president and general manager of **WXII-TV**, Hearst’s NBC affiliate serving the Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point N.C. market. **Orioles** broadcasts, previously heard on WBAL-AM, will switch to **CBS Radio’s 105.7 the Fan** beginning with the 2015 season. The Orioles had been on WBAL for most of their 61 years in Baltimore, and from 2007-2010 were on the FM 105.7\. Local communicators can hear the latest about WBAL during a [meet the reporters and editors event](http://www.prsamd.org/get-connected/events/save-date-visit-wbal-tv-11/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) at the station on Feb. 11 co-sponsored by the Baltimore Public Relations Council and the Maryland Chapter of PRSA.