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David Roberts Bids Farewell to ESPN After Two Decades of Influence

"I trusted him. He believed in me tirelessly. He put me front and center with everything. I've never had an executive believe in me as much as he did."

Why Howard Stern Doesn’t Need Daily Radio Anymore

"Howard was the ultimate slave to the art. Perhaps he finally doesn't want to be anymore"

Why Curtis Sliwa Refuses to Be a Donald Trump Echo Chamber on 710 WOR

"I made that very clear in coming back: I was not going to become an echo chamber for Donald Trump. It's proven to be very successful for us."

Inside Andrew Perloff’s Reunion With Paul Pabst To Launch ‘Not So Fast’ on NBC Sports NOW

"There’s a lot of people I would love to work with, but doing something with Paul would have been great... This was in the works for a long time, so a big chunk of the last eight months was developing this show."

SummitMedia Implements Significant Layoffs Across It Markets

The cuts are believed to impact Birmingham, Greenville, Honolulu, Louisville, Omaha, Richmond, Springfield, Tucson, and Wichita.

SummitMedia Names Joe Bell Senior Vice President Sales

Based at the company headquarters in Birmingham, Bell will be responsible for driving revenue, leading sales teams, and shaping SummitMedia’s sales strategy across its nine markets.

Jennifer ‘Hemmy’ Hemmer To Join 947 KTTS Springfield, MO

Hemmy, who was downsized in iHeartMedia firings in August of last year, was previously PD and afternoon host at 100.5 The Wolf Springfield.

‘Dingo’ Brent Crank Back In Mornings At Q103.1 Louisville

This is his second tour of duty with the station having previously hosted mornings from 2016-2019.

SummitMedia Launches 100.9 ‘The Hip Hop Station’ In Richmond

SummitMedia has flipped Classic Hits “Awesome 100.9” WJSR Richmond, VA. to Hip Hop as “100.9 The Hip Hop Station.”

For Tom Oakes It’s Been 49 Years Of Loving Radio And Country Music

“Passion is what it's really about—passion about what you do, passion about how you do it, passion for who you're serving, who you're working with, and just trying to lift everybody up."

Joe “J-Dub” Dobbins Joins 94.9 WQMX

Dobbins was most recently Program Director at SummitMedia's Top 40 Star 102.1 in Knoxville, TN.

Mike Hogan Named President/General Manager Of SummitMedia Omaha

Hogan joins from iHeartMedia, where he has been overseeing the company’s clusters in Sioux City, IA, and Ogallala, NE, since 2018.

‘The Bootleg Kev Show’ Adds Hot 98.1 Greenville SC And Hot 104.5 Knoxville TN

The program is now airing Monday through Friday from 7 p.m. to midnight and Sundays from 10 am to 12 pm (ET).

SummitMedia Names Chadwick ‘AJ’ Hausknecht SVP/Programming

Hausknecht will oversee the company's Top 40, Hot AC, and AC radio stations across its entire portfolio in this role.

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"I made that very clear in coming back: I was not going to become an echo chamber for Donald Trump. It's proven to be very successful for us."

Inside Andrew Perloff’s Reunion With Paul Pabst To Launch ‘Not So Fast’ on NBC Sports NOW

"There’s a lot of people I would love to work with, but doing something with Paul would have been great... This was in the works for a long time, so a big chunk of the last eight months was developing this show."

Four Things Music Radio Can Learn from the Savannah Bananas

"What I saw was part circus, part radio festival, and part New England sports fans reunion. I couldn't help but sit there and think about how radio should be taking notes."