Saga Ups Forgy To SVP/Operations
• Saga Communications, Inc. announced that Chris Forgy is being promoted to the new position of Senior Vice President of Operations. Forgy initially joined Saga in 1995 and served as Director of Sales for the company’s Columbus Radio group in Columbus, OH until 2006, when he left to become VP/GM of Radio One’s Cleveland cluster. He rejoined Saga in 2011, returning to Columbus as President/GM of the market, where he has served until this big promotion.
Ed Christian, President and Chief Executive Officer of Saga Communications, Inc. said, “Chris is a world class broadcaster whose contributions to Saga will be very important and strategic as he joins us in the corporate office.”
Forgy commented, “I have always dreamed of having this opportunity and am looking forward to working directly with Ed as well as with Saga’s great team of broadcasters who I have had the honor to work with and alongside of for the past 20 years.”
• In a related story, Saga has appointed outgoing Chief Operating Officer Warren Lada to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Earlier this week it was announced that Lada, a 27-year company vet, is retiring, effective at the end of June.
