Ransdell Named PD of WLXX/Lexington

• Cumulus Country WLXX (NASH FM 92.9)/Lexington, KY keeps it firmly in the family and promotes 18-year station veteran Deidre Ransdell into the PD chair. She succeeds Roger McCoy, who recently relocated to North Carolina to be closer to his family.

Ransdell originally joined WLXX’s Bandy and Bailey and the B-Team morning show back in 2001, and in 2012, she assumed the midday shift. Last year Ransdell added overnights at WSM-FM (95.5 NASH Icon)/Nashville and in Westwood One markets across the U.S.

GM Scott Frazier said, “Having Deidre Ransdell as WLXX Program Director is like naming Justin Verlander as your starter in Game 1 of the World Series. She brings talent, experience, drive and the ‘Will To Win’ to the station. I’m very much looking forward to working with her.” Anthony “Twitch” Longo, OM of Cumulus Lexington, added, “It’s a great day when we get to promote someone as talented and hardworking as Deidre! She is a force to be reckoned with, and to say that I’m excited to have her at the helm of NASH FM 92.9 is an understatement!”

Ransdell remarked, “I have learned from some of the best in the business: Michael Bandy, Jason Bailey, Keith Yarber, Doug Hamand, Barry Fox, Dale O’Brian, Bob Raleigh, Charlie Cook and the current leadership at Cumulus Lexington, Scott Frazier and Anthony ‘Twitch’ Longo. I look forward to the challenges ahead and am driven to make the turn for WLXX in a run for the top!”