Quadruple Upgrades At Cumulus Detroit

• Cumulus Media announced the promotion of four programming pros in its Detroit cluster — 1) Kendall Taylor is upped from weekends/interim midday personality to APD and permanent midday talent on Hot AC WDVD; 2) Matt Laurenic rises from Producer to Executive Producer of the Blaine Fowler Morning Show on WDVD; 3) Mike Gagliano is upped from Production Director to FM Production Director and Programming Coordinator, and 4) former Street Teamer Adam Ficorelli is named Promotions Manager/swing air talent for Country WDRQ (NASH FM 93.1).

Robby Bridges, Director of FM Programming for Cumulus Media Detroit, said, “To better reflect the scope of their existing duties at Cumulus Detroit, we are excited to promote Matt Laurenic from Producer to Executive Producer of the Blaine Fowler Morning Show, Mike Gagliano to FM Production Director and Programming Coordinator and Adam Ficorelli to Promotions Manager/Swing air talent for WDRQ. Congratulations to our all-star team!”

Kendall Taylor (left) previously worked in Dallas, Norfolk and Myrtle Beach, SC and was the overnight jock on WDVD in 2005. In addition to her new duties at WDVD, Taylor will remain a host on Westwood One’s 24-hour Hot AC format. Bridges added, “From her mad social media and production skills to her ability to create meaningful, memorable content over 10-second song intros, and her positive team-oriented attitude, Kendall has it all and really stood out as the perfect choice to compliment our personality-driven line-up at 96.3 WDVD.” Taylor commented, “I couldn’t be prouder or more excited to be part of the WDVD team. I gotta thank John Shomby and Mike McVay for being longtime believers in me, and thanks to Robby Bridges, Mike Wheeler and Rob Roberts for this amazing opportunity in Detroit. Let’s rock this!”