New Adventure For Kenard Karter

Radio One Cincinnati OM Kenard Karter is making a sizable career change — he announced he’s leaving radio and joining the Cincinnati-based “Cultural Activation Agency” Agar, in the newly created position of Head of Global Strategic Partnerships. Karter shared some details of his new career path, telling RAMP, “Leaving radio was a tough decision, but it was a very unique opportunity I could not pass up. The owner of Agar, Josh Heuser has a very unique and evolutionary vision plus a multitude of expansion opportunities. I was inspired by his desire to bring me on-board and lead various charges into new business and impactful work such as the creation of Ubahn Festival, the world’s first underground music festival. This will revolutionize the consumer concert experience and lead the way into the virtual reality event experience.”

Karter continued, “Agar is a cultural activation agency that leverages human experiences, event production, digital platforms, music, art and content design, to strategically grow a brand’s culture. Josh understands the relationships I’ve built as a local influencer in Cincinnati and my reputation on the global stage. I’m convinced we’ll do some amazing work together, not limited to the integration of media and content development pairing them with dynamic brands and strategic partners internationally.”

Karter had been on the job since January 2016. Before that he pulled off two tours of duty with iHeartMedia Urban WGCI/Chicago — an earlier stint as MD of WGCI and Top 40 sister WKSC (103.5 Kiss FM) and a later stint as PD of WGCI — with a four year stretch as APD/midday personality at sister KMEL/San Francisco sandwiched in between. Until a permanent replacement for Karter is named, we are told that Radio One Cleveland OM Bill Black will oversee the Cincinnati market on an interim basis.