Palacios Running Alpha Media Bakersfield

• We are sending our best wishes to a former Fresno radio colleague — Danny Palacios, PD/morning personality at Alpha Media Rhythmic Oldies KKBB (Groove 99.3)/Bakersfield, who has been upped to OM of the cluster and awarded bonus PD stripes for Rhythmic Top 40 sister KLLY (Energy 95.3). The group also includes News-Talk KNZR-AM/FM.

The KLLY PD gig has been open since early January, when Danny Hill left to launch Hill Broadcasting and LMA’d ’90s & ’00s KRWI (Rewind 98.1), a Class A station licensed to Wofford Heights, CA.

Palacios landed his inaugural PD post at KKBB in July 2013 under former owner Buckley Radio. Before that he spent four years in San Luis Obispo, CA working for Mapleton Rhythmic KWWV (WiLD 106) and Classic Hits KXTZ (95.3 The Beach) — he was Production Director for both stations and handled afternoons on The Beach and nights on WiLD 106. Earlier in his career Palacios was Production Director for the Wilks cluster in Fresno — and we worked with him back in the day at the late KYNO-FM (Hot 96)/Fresno.

In making the announcement, Alpha Media Bakersfield Market Manager Jeremy Price said, “Danny Palacios has been instrumental in leading the Groove Programming Team to dominance in Bakersfield, and we look forward to seeing what he can do with Energy and KNZR.”