Adelante Media Group Names Jose Santos Dir./Programming

THE ADELANTE MEDIA GROUP has appointed JOSE SANTOS Dir./Programming. He will oversee ADELANTE’s nationwide regional Mexican format, LA GRAND, head up a programming team that includes Latino/Sacramento PD JUAN GONZALEZ and Spanish Oldies "HOMERO" PD SALVADOR CAMPOS.

"JOSE brings a passion for excellence to the job every day," ADELANTE COO ED KRAMPF said. "His enthusiasm and focus on brilliance is infectious and that is exactly what we need in this company. It is an old saying in radio that it all starts with the product, and we ’re committed at Adelante to have the very best Spanish language products on the radio in all of our markets. To do that, we searched for the best ... a veteran with a track record of winning. JOSE SANTOS fits that bill, and more!"

"I am incredibly excited to join ADELANTE MEDIA GROUP as Dir./Programming," SANTOS said. "We have a unique opportunity to build one of the great Hispanic broadcast company’s in the business and I’ honored that ED and JAY MEYERS have chosen me to lead the product team. We've got a group of talented programmers, and leading product positions in all of our markets and it will be my job to maximize the opportunity. ED’s energy is infectious, and JAY’s vision of building the leading Hispanic radio company in the country is a one, two punch that I've not encountered before in my career. I cannot wait to get started."

"One meeting with JOSE SANTOS and I was blown away by his talent, knowledge and dedication to excellence," ADELANTE CEO JAY MEYERS. "We ’re building the best radio company in the business and ED’s choice of JOSE is a prime example. If you are great at what you do, and would like to work for a company that simply asks you to use your best judgment and be brilliant, ED and I would love to hear from you."

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