Michaels Upped To OM Of Cumulus Shreveport
• Cumulus Media has promoted Jay Michaels to Operations Manager of the company’s five radio stations in Shreveport, LA. He will retain his current role as PD/afternoon delight for Hot AC KQHN (Q97.3).
Michaels joined Cumulus Shreveport in January of this year. Before that he spent six years with Cumulus Indianapolis as PD of Top 40 WYRG (Energy 93.9)and Classic Hits WJJK until last summer. In announcing Michaels’ sweet upgrade, Aaron Criswell, VP/Market Manager of Cumulus Shreveport, said, “I’m excited about Jay’s expanding role in our station group. He brings the energy, enthusiasm, experience and forward thinking needed to dominate in a competitive market. I’m looking forward to working with Jay as my OM in Shreveport.”
Michaels noted, “Cumulus Shreveport has a cluster of market-leading brands and a team of top notch programming pros! Can’t thank Aaron Criswell, Greg Frey, Brian Phillips and Mark Sullivan enough for their belief in me, and for the opportunity to help elevate this already winning cluster to…[yup]… the next level™!”
In addition to KQHN, Cumulus Shreveport includes Urban KMJJ, Urban AC KVMA (Magic 102.9), Country KRMD and Sports-Talk KRMD-AM (100.7 FM/1340 AM The Ticket).