Vaughn & Taylor On The Loose
• Promo pro Ray Vaughn, the last remaining original staffer of Warner Music Nashville’s WAR promotion team, has exited. The Austin-based Vaughn had served as WAR’s Southwest Manager of Radio & Streaming since 2010.
Vaughn’s lengthy promotion career also includes seven years (over two tours of duty) with Columbia Records, along with stops at Universal Republic, RCA, J Records/Arista, Lava and Mercury/PolyGram.
Ray is now actively looking to put his years of valuable experience to work for [your label logo here]. Hit him up at 214-683-7298 or rayvaughn77@att.net.
• After more than a decade with iHeartMedia Country WTNT (94.9 TNT/Tallahassee, FL, PD/afternoon personality Jason Taylorhas exited and is in search of his next radio opportunity. Taylor was also heard on WPAP/Panama City, FLand onWKSJ/Mobile, AL. Taylor originally did afternoons on WKSJ until November 2009, when he transferred to WTNT to do mornings, while retaining his WKSJ shift. He was upped to PD in 2015. Earlier in his career Taylor worked at WTVY/Dothan, AL. He can now be reached at jasontaylorvoiceover@gmail.com.
• Meanwhile, John Lund, SVP of Programming for iHeartMedia Panama City & Tallahassee is now actively searching for Taylor’s successor — qualified candidates are invited to send airchecks, resumes and references to him at JohnLund@iheartmedia.com.