Karen Andrews Director of Special Events and Student Leadership
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Karen Andrews its 8th year. Talk Radio Boot Camp was Director of Special Events and immediately successful. Don brings in the Student Leadership leading Talk Radio talent in America, as well as internationally. Grady College, University of Georgia Athens, GA Through his conference, his monthly publication for talent, and his daily talent search operation, Karen is Grady College’s Don has developed a unique and well-honed Director of Special Events and insight into the inter-workings and elements of Student Leadership. A native successful radio shows. of Savannah, she comes to Grady from the town of Jockline is a daily newsletter for air talent and the Kiawah Island, SC, where she radio industry, and one you can read daily at served as a Communications www.themorningmouth.com. Specialist. In 2012, Karen was recognized for her exemplary Thomas J. Bacote work with college events and received the Market President college’s Vera Penn Staff Award for Excellence. iHeartMedia An alumnus of the Grady College in Macon/Newnan/LaGrange, GA Telecommunication Arts and a Masters in Public Relations, Andrews has also worked for Thomas Bacote is the American Port Services in Savannah, the Regional Market Manager for Savannah Chamber of Commerce and the Clear Channel Savannah Visitor’s Center. Communications. He oversees all aspects of operations in the Macon, Don Anthony Newnan, and LaGrange. He Founder & President, Talentmasters supervises programming, Publisher, The Morning Mouth Magazine & sales, marketing, human resources, Jockline Daily administration, and engineering for 21 commercial Creator & Host, Morning Show & broadcast facilities and 21 broadcast streams, Talk Show Boot Camp with a total of 42 broadcast logs per day in the region. Being responsible for profit and loss of As the titles suggest, for over the facilities, he works closely with Market 25 years, Don’s life has been Managers, General Sales Managers, and consumed by the business of Operations Managers to implement and maximize personality radio. Each Clear Channel initiatives. summer, 26 years running, Don brings together Currently, Bacote serves as a member of the hundreds of the top Georgia Association of Broadcasters Board; personalities from throughout Advertising Association of Central Georgia; the US and abroad for his highly acclaimed Mosaic Chair; Macon’s Cherry Blossom Festival Morning Show Boot Camp. It has become radio’s Board; Macon’s Conventions and Visitor’s largest gathering of its type. Bureau; Macon Arts Alliance; and Friends of The Bibb County Library. Following the success of Morning Show Boot Camp, he began Talk Radio Boot Camp, now in Bacote has 30 years of experience in radio at Adam began his radio career various levels of responsibility. Previously, he at CBS Radio's B94 in was also General Sales Manager for Clear Pittsburgh, PA, a Top 40 Channel Radio; Account Manager for Arbitron; station. That was the Local Sales Manager for Clear Channel Radio; moment Adam knew he and General Sales Manager for Roberts wanted to be in Top 40 radio Communications, Inc. in Macon. for the long haul. After 5 years, he moved to Miami to In Dallas, TX, Bacote worked as a Program do the night show for the Director and a Senior Account Manager and legendary Y100. In 2006, he made the move to Internet Media Specialist for KRBV-FM/HOT 100 Atlanta and took over the night show at Q100. for CBS Radio. During his career in Dallas, Bacote successfully launched and programmed a After almost 5 years in Atlanta, Adam made the format change from Urban Contemporary to move to Dallas/Fort Worth to do his first morning Urban Adult Contemporary. He was featured in show at KLIF-FM, i93 Hits. After almost 3 years Radio & Records, The Industry’s Newspaper in an in mornings, he jumped back to nights to do the article entitled, “KRBV/Dallas Makes Powerful nationally syndicated Perez Nights Live with Format Debut” and in Impact: The USA’s Leading Adam Bomb show with Celebrity blogger Perez Black/Urban Music Report in an article entitled, Hilton. After a year with Perez, Adam made the “Thomas Bacote, KRBV Dallas, Texas.” He has move on his own and has been there ever since, also received awards for management and top on the Westwood One Network. sales performance. Adam grew up in Pittsburgh and attended Very early in his radio career, Bacote worked for California University of Pennsylvania and CBS Radio’s WVEE-FM/V103 in Atlanta as Music graduated with a degree in Radio and TV with a Director, Assistant Program Director, Morning minor in Marketing. Show Producer, Research Assistant, Promotion Assistant, On-Air Announcer, and DJ Mixer. He Beth Bowers started in radio in 1984 as an On-Air Announcer General Sales Manager for WXLE-FM/WIZB-FM Radio in Dothan, AL. A Cox Media Group Atlanta Radio cum laude graduate of Troy University in Alabama, Bacote holds a Bachelor of Science in Beth was brought on board Broadcast Journalism with two minors in Speech with Cox Media Group in and Computer Science 1999 to assist in launching the cluster’s Non-traditional Adam Bomb Revenue Department. She The Adam Bomb Show served as the Director of NTR for approximately nine years, Westwood One Network Atlanta supervising hundreds of Adam Bomb loves pop music, pop culture and the events and coordinating sponsorship sales efforts pop lifestyle. That's what he brings every night to for the cluster’s five radio stations. In 2008, the radio and on social media. He is the host of Bowers transitioned to serve as Local Sales The Adam Bomb Show, a Top 40 show which airs Manager for B98.5FM and transitioned again in weeknights across the USA and Canada. 2009 as Director of Marketing Services, where her focus was to insure that the client’s needs and expectations were met by employing sound marketing and advertising strategies. In Heather Branch December 2014, Bowers was named General Midday Host Sales Manager of the CMG’s Atlanta Radio Star 94 cluster. Entercom Communications Atlanta Kelley Bradshaw Heather Branch was Morning Show Co-Host born and raised in WUSY US 101 Atlanta, GA, and attended Virginia Tech, iHeart Media where she graduated Chattanooga, TN from the Pamplin Kelley Bradshaw considers herself a major College of Business with a degree in Marketing #RadioNerd. She was always the one to call in Management. requesting songs, keeping track of the 9 @ 9 While in college, Heather began interning at radio Count Down, and hanging out at the local radio stations. The first was a summer internship in the station in her hometown of Chattanooga. Programming Department of Star 94, WSTR- FM After high school, she went Atlanta. Following her Star 94 internship, she on to Georgia Southern spent the spring semester of her junior year in a University and graduated student exchange program, studying Music May 2015 (GO EAGLES). Business at Belmont University in Nashville, While in college, she worked TN. While in Nashville, she also interned in the part-time for three years at Promotions Department of Cumulus Media. iHeart Media in Savannah, Heather returned to Virginia Tech the following GA on the promotions team summer and got her first on-air job doing and on-air. While in college she completed the weekend overnights at WXLK-K92, Roanoke. By GAB Radio Talent Institute and interned at fall, she was doing overnights Monday-Friday, Morning Show Boot Camp in Chicago and Talk along with daytime weekend shows on K92, while Show Boot Camp in Atlanta with Don Anthony. she finished her senior year of college. After Kelley attended and worked festivals like the graduating, Heather returned to Atlanta and iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas and worked part-time at Star 94 for the summer. She Jingle Ball in Atlanta and has continued to go the earned her first full-time gig as Morning Show past three years working. Board-Op and Midday Host for WZYP - 104.3 Bradshaw accepted a full-time job starting in May ZYP, Huntsville, AL. In April of 2003, Cumulus of 2015 after graduation with iHeart Media at Media purchased WZYP and offered Heather the WUSY, Chattanooga’s #1 for New Country, opportunity of Midday Host at their new Top 40 US101 on the morning show and weekends on station, WYOK- Hot 104, Mobile, AL. She was 103.7 Kiss FM. This is the station she grew up the Midday Host for 6 months before transitioning listening to, and now she is a part of the Ken, into Morning Show Host at Hot 104. Kelley and Daniel Morning Show. In 2005, Entercom Communications offered her the job of Afternoon Drive Host at their Hot AC station, WOZN - 98.7 The Zone in Greensboro, NC. She was Afternoon Host for 3 months before the station flipped formats to Adult Hits, 98.7 Simon. During the format flip, Heather became Promotions Director for the station. In 2006, Upon graduation, he accepted a full-time position Entercom offered her a new position as Midday with Clear Channel as Market Controller for the Host and Music Director at their Hot AC station, Columbus Regional Market, which included the WPTE - 94.9 The Point, in Virginia Beach, VA. cluster in Columbus and stations in Newnan and She was the Midday Host at The Point for just 2 Albany. years before transitioning into Morning Show Host His area of responsibility included business for another year. operations and IT / Engineering management. In 2009, Lincoln Financial Communications' Star After spending nine and half years with the 94 offered Heather the opportunity to return to the Cumulus / Clear Channel cluster, Joseph followed station as Midday Host. She has remained Star his original owner and GM, Jim Martin, to his 94's Midday Host since that time and, among her current position at PMB Broadcasting, where he daily show duties, she is also involved in the has been since 2009.