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Kevin McCarthy to head CBS radio Seattle
2011/05/26 – 6:07 pm
Veteran radio executive Kevin McCarthy has been appointed Senior Vice President and Market Manager, CBS RADIO Seattle, it was announced today by Scott Herman, Executive Vice President of Operations for the Company. The appointment, which puts McCarthy in charge of KMPS-FM (Country), KZOK-FM (Classic Rock), KJAQ-FM (Adult Hits) and KPTK-AM (News/Talk), is effective immediately.
McCarthy, a Seattle resident for the past seven years, has a strong connection to the city, having served as Market Manager for Entercom Communications’ Seattle cluster from 2003 to 2005. For the past three years, he has been a Regional Sales Manager for CityGrid Media and Senior Director of Broadcast Sales for HipCricket.
Said Herman of the appointment, “During his thirty year career in radio Kevin has done it all – from serving as an on-air personality and a local seller to an NSM, GSM and Market Manager. I cannot imagine a more qualified and knowledgeable candidate to work with our legendary and respected stations in Seattle.” Added Herman, “In addition, his understanding of the local and mobile space should help CBS RADIO Seattle to break new ground in the all important digital arena.”
From 1997-2003, prior to his move to Seattle, McCarthy was the Vice President and Co-Market Manager of the seven Clear Channel stations in San Diego and before that was Vice President and Market Manager of Chancellor, Colfax and Trumper Communications in Minneapolis. He was graduated from The University of Iowa.
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On The Air – FM Music tops PPM rankings
2010/07/24 – 1:01 pm
The most recent People Meter ratings show Star 101.5 KPLZ back in the #1 spot, for the first time since 1989! Music stations KJR FM/Oldies, KRWM FM/Adult Contemporary, KZOK FM/Classic Rock, KBKS FM/Pop-Hip Hop, KMPS FM/Country, KJAQ FM/Top 40-Classic Rock, KKWF FM/Country & KCMS FM/Chrisitian [all music stations] took the top positions for listener ownership overall.
Stewart Ballinger, avid golfer and former owner/partner in KIXI Mercer Island & KFKF Bellevue, died this week. Ballinger changed the KFKF format from beautiful music to rock and roll. KFKF, as the new KZAM, was the first Seattle station to hire female deejays. Ballinger was 95.
Dr Demento takes his radio show exclusively to the Internet this fall. Demento will move his syndicated series from terrestrial channels to an Internet stream which will allow him flexibilty to play tunes that would otherwise be censored by radio stations now carrying the program.
KGY FM/Olympia, has yet to fully develop their website. The station plays a mix of Oldies & current Top 40 tunes with local deejays slaving over hot CD players and music servers. [It would have been much easier just to say "hot turntables", but those days are long gone]. “The Sound” carries hourly news reports from CBS along with local news.