iHeart Allentown-Harrisburg Ups Five
Let’s start with Mr. Hovel (left), SVP of Programming for iHeartMedia’s Salisbury, MD cluster, who now annexes similar duties for the company’s Wilmington, DE group. Those stripes had belonged to Derrick Cole (center), who was also programming Top 40 WLAN/Lancaster, PA. Cole has now been tapped to fill the PD vacancies at WAEB (B104) and WZZO/Allentown, PA, succeeding “Kyle Anthony” Due, who in July was named PD of Country KAJA (KJ97) and Classic Country KRPT (92.5/93.3 The Bull)/San Antonio. Coles has bequeathed his WLAN PD duties to Jeff Hurley (right), who remains Regional SVP of Programming and PD of WHKF (93.3 Kiss FM)/Harrisburg.
Hovel said, “This is a homecoming for me, having spent nearly a quarter-century in the market and having already worked side-by-side with Sky Phillips, Christa Cooper, Kat Alt and Buzz Arnold… We are hitting the ground running!” Cole commented, “Over the past five years I’ve been able to work with some great brands in this region, and with some of the best people who are passionate about what we do. To those I say, thank you! Going to Allentown was always the next step in my mind and I’m beyond excited for this opportunity.”