12 R&R January 30, 1998 NEWSBREAKERS a,.,. ema:" . Case Shuffles Off Try To Push Them Around Now! UPDATE To Buffalo For PD Duties At WYRK Kennedy Tapped As Capitol/Nashville VP/Sales WDSY/Pittsburgh PD Justin CapitoVNashville Sr. Director/National Sales Bill Case is transferring to a similar Kennedy has been promoted to VP/Sales. The post at American post has been vacant since Johnny Rose left the label Radio Systems a few months ago. sister WYRK/ In his new position, Kennedy will oversee all aspects Buffalo. He'll of label sales, including managing the EMI Distribution fill the vacancy Third time's the charm for Matchbox 20, who went triple platinum re- sales force and providing retail product development created when cently with their debut album, Yourself Or Someone Like You. Gather- strategies. Kennedy joined the label in 1990 as a Re- ing for the celebration are (l -r) Atlantic Sr. Dir./Promo & A&R Kim Ken Johnson left gional Sales Manager and was later named West Coast Stephens, Matchbox 20's Brian Yale, Kyle Cook & Paul Doucette, At- for the WXTU/ Sales Manager. He moved from L.A. to Nashville in lantic VP/Product Dev. Daniel Savage, Atlantic Group co -Chairman/ Philadelphia PD co -CEO Val Azzoli, bandmembers Rob Thomas and (behind) Adam 1994 as Sr. Dir./Sales. slot at the end of Gaynor, Lava President Jason Flom, producer Matt Sereltic, Atlantic Prior to joining Capitol, he spent six years with Tar- last year (R&R Exec. VP/GM Ron Shapiro, Exec. VP/Promo Andrea Ganis, manager get, first as a sales rep, and later as a distribution cen- Kennedy 12/97). Michael Lippman, and Sr. VP/Promo Danny Buch. ter specialist. Case "This is a neat opportunity presented to me by the company," Case told R&R. "My whole career has been to 'tighten up' Taylor Now OM For KXHT & WKSL/Memphis or turn on stations. This is an op- portunity to `modernize' or `tighten Flinn Broadcasting's WKSL-FM/Memphis PD Chris Taylor has add- KMGL/Oklahoma Boosts Yeager To PD up' ARS' station .in Buffalo. It's a ed OM duties at WKSL and Urban sister 'UHT-FM. City great station with great ratings. To GM Mary Norman told R&R, "Under Chris' leadership, 107.5 Kiss - propel it further, it needs a fresh per- FM has become a focused, music-intensive CHR poised to make a major KMGUOklahoma City Assi PD Kathy Yeager has been promoted to spective - which is what I do. It's impact in the Memphis radio market. In less than four months, he's brought PD. She succeeds Steve O'Brien, who remains with the Renda Broadcast- a matter of coaching, focusing, and a stationality to Kiss that's set us apart. His promotion to OM for Kiss and ing AC as morning drive personality. getting people to think beyond their Hot 107 couldn't have been more deserved" GM Rob Adair told R&R, "Steve has programmed the station for 10 .present situation:' "'These radio stations are filling prime format holes in this market;" Tay- years, but he and I both realized that being PD and morning man for a Case, who starts February 9, has lor told R&R. "I'd like to thank Mary Norman and Flinn Broadcasting for station that's growing like this one is tough. It's unfair to ask someone to programmed WDSY since August a great opportunity and their confidence in me. Signing on Kiss has been a do 13- and 14 -hour days. His heart is in doing the morning show, and he's '94. Before that, he spent four years lot of fun, and I look forward to continuing to work with Hot consultant now devoting more time to it; it was his decision. as PD of Country WPKX/Spring- Steve Smith, helping him implement our game plan. "It's wonderful to have Kathy move into that slot where she'll do a bang- field, MA. Taylor was most recently at WHPT/Tampa. His extensive experience up job. She's one of the most energetic, hardest -working air personalities includes stops at WXLK/Roanoke, WAVA/Washington (twice), WHQT/ I've been around in my 26 years in the business. If you don't keep up with Miami, WRQX/Washington, WBMW/Washington, a double stint at her, you'll be left in the dust" WNVZ/Norfolk, and WWWK/Warrenton, VA. He began his career at This is Yeager's first programming opportunity. Prior to joining KMGL Presslaff WPRW-AM/Manassas,VA. about five years ago, she worked as an air talent at crosstown KYIS. Continued from Page 3 Bill Rose. Shifting from M -Tech to Presslaff are Chief Engineer Al Gi- 1990. It vice enables a radio station (or a use of a touch-tone phone. Nagler ron and RadioPHONE and recruit- cruitment projects since in a market to air When asked if these services are Continued from Page 3 ment specialist Warren Wright. was done through my own compa- cluster of stations) Terms of the deal were not dis- ny, which I later sold to Arbitron, spots asking people in search of designed to complement the Inter- lot call a net and a station's website, Press- us that Harvey can now continue to closed. and had developed a of interac- employment to telephone Internet is still lim- build on our exceptionally strong Arbitron GM Pierre Bouvard tive programs with M -Tech. We number linked to that station that laff said, "The in and contains classified ads from various ited. Everybody has a telephone. base." commented, "Selling M-Tech's in- have clients Minneapolis is This reaches 100% of a station's Nagler previously served as teractive businesses to Presslaff Chicago, and Los Angeles just companies throughout a particular region. RadioPHONE, an interactive listeners." Director/News & Programming while moving the mapping and ra- about ready to go. Although it has joining Arbitron, Presslaff at WCBS-AM/New York. He dio programming expertise of been wonderful working with Ar- voice response system used by such Before be in a posi- stations as KTWV/Los Angeles, al- served as President of the Media also has been VP/News & Sports Marince into Arbitron will allow bitron, I'm thrilled to to invest in the future inter- lows any station in a market to hold Gallery. 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