Spencer Bynes Named iHeartMedia Atlanta Metro President

Bynes

iHEARTMEDIA his bringing in SPENCER BYNES to become Metro Pres. for the ATLANTA market, effective FEBRUARY 1st. BYNES will be responsible for overseeing all programming and marketing for iHEARTMEDIA ATLANTA’s six stations, as well as developing and managing key partnerships with current and potential clients across all iHEARTMEDIA platforms, reporting to Division Pres. KIM GUTHRIE.

BYNES moves to ATLANTA from iHEARTMEDIA’s TEXAS region, where he’s served as the Area Pres. since 2021. The ATLANTA position has been vacant since DREW LAUTNER's departure last fall (NET NEWS 10/14/22).

GUTHRIE said, “SPENCER has done a superb job in his leadership role in TEXAS, where he drove positive changes in culture and performance. In addition, his talents on how best to recruit, develop and coach a leadership team make him a wonderful fit for our needs here in ATLANTA.”

BYNES said, “What an extraordinary opportunity! ATLANTA has a robust and flourishing economic business environment, a fascinating community of people from every part of the world and an incredible music culture and heritage. I am honored to join this team. I look forward to expanding iHEARTMEDIA’s reach and influence and helping our customers thrive and grow their businesses.”

iHEARTMEDIA’s ATLANTA stations include Top-40 WWPW (Power 96.1), Country WUBL (The Bull), Urban WRDG (The Beat), Spanish WBZW, Spanish WBZY, and News/Talk WBIN-A.

« see more Net News