Matt Derrick Bound For Boise

• Matt Derrick is on his way to scenic Boise, ID, hired by Townsquare Media as the new Brand Manager of KAWO (WOW Country 104.3) and Top 40 KSAS (103.5 Kiss FM), with a start date of Nov. 1. He succeeds Rich Summers, who exited last week.

Derrick was most recently FM Operations Manager for NRG Media Omaha until April of this year. Before that he was Regional Programming Manager and SVP of Programming for iHeartMedia Norfolk/Virginia Beach until May 2016. Derrick previously served as Regional Programming Manager for Clear Channel’s stations in Wilmington, DE and Salisbury, MD, and earlier in his career he worked at KHTT (106.9 K-Hits)/Tulsa, OK and the late KNGY (Energy 92.7)/Francisco.

RAMP yesterday exchanged pleasantries with Derrick, who told us, “I’m excited to join Jeff Connell‘s all-star Townsquare Media Boise programming team. Townsquare Media believes in building great brands and fostering talent and Boise is no exception. I’m also looking forward to working with Jeff as well as Cat Collins, Doug Montgomery, Kurt Johnson and RVP Kevin Godwin to bring 103.5 Kiss FM and WOW Country 104.3 to the next level™ of ratings and revenue success.”