Sam Time, Sam Place: iHeartMedia/Minneapolis public affairs programming host Samantha “Sam” Sansevere is joining cluster Country KEEY Chris Carr & Company mornings next week. She succeeds McKaila Poppen, who is leaving for an opportunity outside of radio. Sansevere joined in March 2015 as News-Talk KTLK-AM producer/on-air talent. She began her most recent duties in 2019. Sansevere’s prior stops include NBC Sports/Minnesota, The Tom Barnard Podcasting Network and crosstown Cumulus/Minneapolis. Poppen began with the cluster as an intern in 2013 and joined as a full-time Promo. Asst. the following year. She was named Digital Program Dir. in 2015 before adding morning show producer and co-host duties. Read Poppen’s farewell blog here. Reach Sansevere here.