Kyle Anthony Program Director B104 & 951 ZZO Iheart Media Allentown
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Kyle Anthony In 2007, Don decided to take on a new challenge Program Director as the General Manager of the Bellefonte B104 & 951 ZZO Gazette, a weekly newspaper in Bellefonte, PA, where he helped grow the paper to become the iHeart Media Allentown Centre County Gazette, increasing revenue, Kyle Anthony is a distribution and coverage throughout all of Centre Pennsylvania native and County. started in the radio Don returned to radio in 2015 as Market Manager business at the age of for Seven Mountains Media's four radio properties 15! He has over 16 years in State College, PA. of radio experience and worked in Wilkes- Barre/Scranton, Dr. James Brown Philadelphia, Winchester, Dean VA, Washington DC, Charlotte, Chattanooga and College of Liberal Arts most recently Greensboro, NC. Kyle is now the Bloomsburg University of PA Program Director of iHeart Media’s WAEB (B104) James S. Brown is Dean of and 951 ZZO in Allentown. the College of Liberal Arts at Bloomsburg University. Don Bedell He came to Bloomsburg Market Manager from Charleston Southern Seven Mountains Media State College University in South Carolina, where he taught Don is a 1990 Graduate of 20th Century British and Ohio University in tele- American literature. He has communications. Upon also served as Dean of Arts graduation from OU, and and Sciences at Mansfield University. after a year in Los Angeles working in the A Pennsylvania native, Brown graduated from television industry, Don Slippery Rock University with a bachelor’s degree returned to Southeast in English and Spanish and attended Ohio State Ohio to begin his University, where he earned an MA and PhD in professional radio career with WAIS/WSEO Radio English. He has published on James Joyce and in Nelsonville as the Production Director, other Irish writers, and his successful co-authored ultimately becoming Operations/ Sales Manager. textbook, A Practical Introduction to Literary Study (Prentice Hall), was recently translated into Don went on to work as an Account Executive for Chinese. WDPN/WZKL in Canton, Ohio; as General Sales Manager for WBTQ-FM in Buckhannon, West Virginia; as Director of Sales for Forever Jeff Brown Broadcasting's Altoona, PA properties; as Mornings, 93.7 The Bus, Forever Media General Manager for Forever Broadcasting's General Manager, ComRadio, Penn State State College properties, and then as Director of State College, PA Sales for Results Radio's properties in State College and Johnstown, PA. Jeff is a local morning radio personality at 93.7 The Bus, and just celebrated his 38th year in broadcasting and his 28th year in State College. Jeff’s full-time position is Scott Cohagan with the College of Market Manager Communications at Penn WFGE, WBUS, WMAJ, WQWK-AM, State, where he is the WRSC-AM, WAPY General Manager of Forever Media State College ComRadio, the College’s 24-hour internet-based Scott Cohagan is the news and sports station, General Manager for along with teaching Forever Media in State Advanced Audio classes. College, PA. After graduating from Kent Brown also does voice work for several local State University with a businesses, along with P.A. announcing for Penn bachelor’s degree in State Athletics and The State College Spikes Business Administration, short-season Single A baseball team, an affiliate Scott began his career in of the St. Louis Cardinals. He is heavily involved radio as an Account Executive with Entercom in the community as well, providing Master of Communications in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Ceremony services for many local charities and market. organizations. In 2001, Scott was hired as Regional/National Brian Check Sales Manager for Forever Broadcasting to Senior Vice President Programming develop and grow regional and national clients for WDAS AM/FM, WIOQ, WISX, WRFF, WUSL all of the Forever Broadcasting markets and stations. In 2003, Scott became the Sales iHeart Media Philadelphia Manager in State College and advanced again Brian got his start in within the company in 2005 to become Market Lewistown, Pennsylvania Manager of the Northwest PA stations. at age 15 doing weekend In 2007, Scott joined Salem Communications as shifts on his hometown their General Manager in Boston. He returned to stations WMRF and Forever Media in 2009, this time as the Market WKVA. He attended Manager in State College. Juniata College, where he was Station Manager of Scott resides in State College with his wife and the college radio station for children and is an active member of the three years. community. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Centre County Youth Service Bureau, is an After graduation, it was off to WKRZ/Wilkes- ambassador for the Chamber of Business and Barre/Scranton; WCAU-FM/Philadelphia; and Industry in Centre County, and is a member of the WAEB AM-FM Allentown, in various capacities Marketing Committee for the Centre County from air talent to Program Director to Sales United Way. Manager. In 2004, Clear Channel Radio signed on “Sunny Kerby Confer 104.5” and Brian came back to Philly as the Owner Program Director. Later he transitioned to WISX Forever Media “Mix 106”, which he still oversees day-to-day. In Baltimore, MD 2007 he was named Operations Manager and is now the Sr. Vice President of Programming for Kerby Confer’s interest in the six station iHeart Media cluster, including radio was kindled at the WDAS AM-FM, WIOQ, WISX, WRFF and age of 13 when he earned WUSL. the Boy Scout Radio Merit Badge. At 15, he “earned” his first job as a DJ in his hometown of Williamsport, PA, by promising to help in the building of a new radio station in exchange for any part-time job was recently a “Radio” inductee into the 2016 when the station went on the air. Gradually, Mr. class of the Country Radio Hall of Fame for Confer moved into larger markets as an on- helping to innovate station branding like “Froggy” personality, including Harrisburg, Scranton, as a principal of the Forever and Keymarket Wilkes-Barre and Syracuse. groups. In his twenties, Mr. Confer worked in the Baltimore-Washington markets as an on-air Dave Davies talent for WCAO Radio in Baltimore, WBAL-TV, Market Manager Baltimore and WDCA-TV in Washington, DC. He Forever Media Altoona pioneered the first integrated TV dance show in After leaving the United America, which has been satirized in the movie States Air Force in 1985, and Broadway productions of “Hairspray”, and Dave began his selling was personal host to the major stars of the era, career in Harrisburg, PA, including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Stevie working for one of Kerby Wonder, the Supremes, James Brown, etc., who Confer’s future partners, were frequent guests. From 1964-1974, Mr. Christine Hillard. Dave Confer was Baltimore’s highest rated local began working for Kerby radio/TV personality by virtue of this daily local when he moved to Wilkes- radio and pop music TV dance show. Barre/Scranton in 1989. In 1969, Mr. Confer became GM at a local He was the Sales Manager for 98.5 KRZ, Froggy Annapolis radio station, WYRE, and eventually 101, and the WILK News Talk Network until 2000. retired from on-air work as his other respons- Davies moved to Altoona in 2000 to continue his ibilities grew. After selling WYRE in 1975, Mr. association with Kerby, where he became the Confer purchased a turnaround radio property, Director of Sales and then General Manager for WILQ, in Williamsport, PA and introduced the first Froggy 98, WALY 103.9, Hot 100, Rocky 104.9, country FM music format in the market. The Big News 1290 WFBG, and ESPN 1430. Williamsport stations spawned a similar turnaround at WHUM in Reading, PA. Steve Davis In 1978, Mr. Confer founded KSSN, the first Vice President Programming, CBS Radio - country FM in Little Rock, AR, which became the Washington, DC #1 station in the market in less than a year. This Program Dir., 94-7 Fresh FM & WPGC 95.5 property’s success attracted the attention of venture capitalists in Boston, MA. Using this new Steve is currently source of capital, Mr. Confer formed Keymarket VP/Programming of CBS Communications and, in the 1980s, rapidly Radio, Washington, DC repeated a series of dramatic turnaround and Program Director of successes. Stations in Jackson, MS, Baton 94-7 Fresh FM (Hot AC) Rouge, LA and Columbia, SC were followed by and WPGC WNNK in Harrisburg, WKRZ in Wilkes-Barre and (Rhythmic/Urban). stations in Houston, St. Louis, Detroit and Los Angeles. During this time, Mr. Confer created the Before CBS Radio, he “Froggy” brand for his country music stations. worked with Zapoleon Media Strategies as Senior VP from 2007-2010. In the late 1990s, Keymarket Communications sold its 35 major market radio stations for $133 From 2007-2008, he was Partner and Focus million and, through a merger with Sinclair Group Moderator with Mercury Research and was Broadcasting, became the 10th largest radio VP/Programming for NextMedia Group from broadcaster in the United States. 2005-2007. He was the VP/Programming for Four Seasons Communications, as well. Over the years, he has owned an interest in and operated over 200 stations and is still active in 70 Steve’s programming successes include stations properties. in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Tampa, Norfolk, Richmond and Birmingham. And he has been In 2003, Kerby was inducted into the successful as an air talent in Chicago, Phila- Pennsylvania Broadcasters Hall of Fame, and he delphia, Atlanta, Tampa, Norfolk, Richmond and you respond to it and what you do with it. It may Birmingham. be as small as the chance for a few more hours if you are a weekend person, or the opportunity to As a partner in Zapoleon Media Strategies, Steve help out and stay an extra shift in a pinch.