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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Bill Hess is promoted to Program Director at Citadel's DC talker, WMAL (630)

The veteran had been serving under multi-market ops director Drew Hayes as APD, since he joined last August. Now Hayes, also responsible for Citadel's talk WLS, Chicago (890), recognizes Hess for his "central role in the strategizing and development of the WMAL lineup since joining us last Summer." Hayes says Hess "shares the vision of a re-energ… Read More

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Fred Grandy exits WMAL, Washington's "Grandy Group", amid talk of politics

Fred Grandy The actor and former House member is supposedly due to talk about what happened this morning as a guest on Baltimore talk station WCBM (680). His wife is also joining him, says DCRTV.com, and the topic may be radical Islam, and whether he was asked not to talk about it on Citadel's WMAL (630). Read More

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Tracy Slutzkin named PD of talk WLS-AM Chicago

WLS-AM Citadel talker WLS (890) officially promotes APD/executive producer Tracy Slutzkin to the PD chair. Robert Feder reports on Vocalo.org that Slutzkin will report to Drew Hayes, who serves as Operations director for WLS as well as for Citadel’s Washington, D.C. Read More

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Starting today, the new morning lineup at D.C. talker WMAL is "The Grandy Group", then Chris Plante

New PD Drew Hayes makes a quick decision to anchor the 5-9am show around former “Grandy & Andy” co-host Fred Grandy, and to put Chris Plante back into late mornings by himself, 9am to noon. The early drivetime hours will now be handled by Fred Grandy and newsman Bryan Nehman. Read More

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Talk programmer Drew Hayes pulls double duty for Citadel's WLS, Chicago and WMAL, Washington, D.C.

Hayes, who joined WLS (890) only in January, will succeed Paul Duckworth at troubled WMAL. DCRTV.com reports the incoming PD and the recent “turmoil regarding [the WMAL] morning show”, with Andy Parks and Fred Grandy both out. Read More

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