Christensen Named VP/MM For Midwest Duluth
• Duke Wright’s Midwest Communications, Inc. has officially promoted Scott Christensen from Director of Sales to VP/Market Manager for the Twin Ports (Duluth-Superior) market. He succeeds longtime VP/Market Manager Shawn Skramstad, who announced his retirement in February. In an internal company release, Midwest Communications’ CEO/President Duke Wright stated, “I am pleased to announce Scott Christensen is named our Duluth, MN Vice President and Market Manager, effective immediately. I know that nothing will stop him from fulfilling the successful vision he has for the Duluth-Superior market.”
Born and raised in Duluth, Christensen began his broadcast career in 2006 after graduating from North Dakota State University in Fargo. He served as Director of Sales for the Duluth cluster under previous owner Red Rock and continued in that position when the stations were acquired by Midwest Communications five years ago. Christensen said, “I appreciate the opportunity to work for Duke and the amazing leadership team at Midwest Communications. I’ve learned a lot over the past four years and look to grow the Duluth market. We have an amazing team and this will be a great year.”
The Twin Ports cluster consists of Classic Rock 94.9 KQDS, Classic Country KDKE, AC KDAL (My 95.7), Country KTCO (Kat Country 98.9), Talk 610 KDAL-AM, News-Talk 710 WDSM-AM and Sports-Talk WDUL-AM (970 The Game).
