Local Releases

Cumulus Media Promotes Don Brake to Operations Manager for Savannah, GA, Radio Stations and Program Director for Country Station KIX 96/WJCL-FM

Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) announces that it has promoted appointed 30-year radio broadcasting veteran Don Brake as Operations Manager for Cumulus Savannah, GA, and Program Director for KIX 96/WJCL-FM. Brake heads to Savannah from Cumulus Beaumont, TX, where he has been Program Director and Host of The KD Café’ midday show on Texas Country, KD 101.7/KAYD-FM.

Zachary Burton Named Full-Time Afternoon Host and Music Director for Top 40 Station 99.5 zpl/WZPL-FM in Indianapolis

Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) announces that it has named Zachary Burton as Afternoon Host and Music Director for Indianapolis Top 40 station 99.5 zpl/WZPL-FM. Burton is a recent graduate of Anderson University and has been a fill-in Afternoon Host for the station since former Afternoon Host Dylan Salisbury left WZPL to program Cumulus Media Top 40 station KKMG in November 2019.

Cumulus Media Appoints James Robinson as Vice President/Market Manager, Cumulus Birmingham

Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) announces that it has named James Robinson as Vice President/Market Manager, Cumulus Birmingham, AL. Robinson was previously Vice President/Director of Sales, Radio, Television & Digital for Univision Communications in San Antonio, TX. Prior to that, he was Director of Sales for Radio One in Houston, TX. Robinson was also Vice President of Sales for iHeartMedia in Washington, D.C., and was General Sales Manager for iHeartMedia in St. Louis, MO, and Memphis, TN.

Kiss 103.1/WLXC-FM Announces New Weekday Programming Lineup

“The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” to Air Mornings From 6:00am-10:00am “The D.L. Hughley Show” Takes Afternoon Drive From 3:00pm-7:00pm COLUMBIA, SC, May 3, 2021 — Cumulus Media announces that Kiss 103.1/WLXC-FM, Columbia’s Best Variety of R&B, will debut a new weekday programming lineup today.

Two Cumulus Toledo/Monroe, OH, Stations Head to New HD2 Homes on Saturday, May 1st

The Ticket ESPN Sports Radio Moves From WTOD-FM/106.5 to WQQO-HD2   Q105 Takes Alternative Rock to WXKR-HD2 TOLEDO, OH, April 30, 2021 — Cumulus Media announces that, effective Saturday, May 1, 2021, Toledo, OH, Sports Radio station The Ticket ESPN, previously heard on WTOD-FM/106.5, will move to its new radio home on WQQO-HD2/100.7.

Former Tennessee Volunteers Basketball Star Ron Slay Joins “3HL” On-Air Team on Nashville’s 104.5 The Zone/WGFX-FM

104.5 The Zone/WGFX-FM, Cumulus Media’s premier Sports Talk radio station serving Nashville and Middle Tennessee, announces that it has added former Tennessee Volunteers legend Ron Slay to the 3HL on-air team as Co-Host. 3HL is heard on 104.5 The Zone on weekday afternoons from 3:00pm-6:00pm. Slay joins co-hosts Brent Dougherty and Dawn Davenport on 3HL and debuts today on 104.5 The Zone.