Entercom Revamps Executive Management Structure

Major Moves

ENTERCOM has announced a major transformation in executive job titles, along with several new appointments. ENTERCOM COO WEEZIE KRAMER sent out a staff memo ordering that "All ENTERCOM Market Managers will be elevated to SVP to be consistent with CBS title nomenclature. Additionally all ENTERCOM Regionals will receive the President title."

Named Regional Presidents are DOUG ABERNETHY (for MIAMI, ORLANDO, GAINESVILLE, ATLANTA, DENVER, GREENSBORO, GREENVILLE, CHARLOTTE, HOUSTON, AUSTIN, RICHMOND, and NORFOLK), SUSAN LARKIN (for SAN FRANCISCO, RIVERSIDE, SACRAMENTO and SAN DIEGO), DAVE ALPERT (for KANSAS CITY, MADISON, MILWAUKEE, ST. LOUIS and WICHITA), MARK HANNON and BRIAN PURDY (for LAS VEGAS, NEW ORLEANS, CHATTANOOGA and MEMPHIS, as well as DALLAS Market Manager duties).

Pres./Sales Operations/Regional Pres. MICHAEL DOYLE will oversee CLEVELAND, DETROIT, INDIANAPOLIS, MINNEAPOLIS, PHOENIX, PITTSBURGH, PORTLAND, ROCHESTER and SEATTLE; MARK HANNON assumes Market Manager duties for BOSTON and regional oversight of BUFFALO, WASHINGTON DC and WILKES-BARRE.

Also, former CBS RADIO/MIAMI VP/Dir./Sales KERIANN WORLEY is named SVP/Market Manager for MIAMI, succeeding DOUG ABERNETHY. BENNETT ZIER will become the SVP/Market Manager for ENTERCOM/VIRGINIA.

Other appointments: JEFF FEDERMAN as LOS ANGELES SVP/Market Manager; as reported here earlier, JIMMY DE CASTRO as ENTERCOM/CHICAGO SVP/Market Manager; JOHN FULLAM as ENTERCOM/DENVER Market Manager; HARTFORD SVP/Market Manager PHIL ZACHARY will also oversee PROVIDENCE and SPRINGFIELD; BOB BOLINGER will become SVP/Market Manager for all the stations in SAN DIEGO, with PETER SCHWARTZ as the new cluster's GSM.

Elsewhere, ATLANTA SVP/Market Manager RICK CAFFEY will be joined by MIKE FOWLER as VP/Sales; JACK HUTCHISON stays on in SEATTLE as SVP/Market Manager; while LANCE RICHARD will be SVP/Market Manager in SACRAMENTO; DAN KEARNEY will take on the SVP/Market Manager responsibilities of LAS VEGAS.

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