The Programming Dept: Dunaway & Cole

• Veteran programmer Dave Dunaway just arrived in sunny (OK, blazing hot) Lubbock, TX, hired by Townsquare Media as Regional OM/Programming for the company’s clusters in Lubbock and Odessa-Midland.

The Lubbock stations are Country KQBR, Top 40 KZII, Active Rock KFMX, Classic Hits KKCL, Sports-Talk KKAM-AM and News-Talk KFYO-AM; the Odessa-Midland group consists of Country KNFM, Rhythmic KZBT, AC KODM, Classic Rock KBAT and Fox Sports affiliate KMND-AM.

Dunaway was most recently Pres./CEO of DMediaLa Inc., based in Baton Rouge, LA. Before that he was PD/afternoon personality on Cumulus Country WYZB (NASH FM 105.5)/Ft. Walton Beach, FL until early 2017. Dunaway previously programmed SummitMedia’s WZZK/Birmingham, AL, and he notably spent nearly a decade with Guaranty Media Baton Rouge, LA as OM/afternoon jock for Country WTGE (100.7 The Tiger) and an earlier six-year stint with Cumulus Media Tallahassee. Dunaway’s extensive programming resume also includes stops in Miami, Dallas, Charlotte, Knoxville, Nashville, Tupelo and Jackson, MS. Dunaway can now be reached at Dave.Dunaway@townsquaremedia.com.

• Matrix Broadcasting’s suburban Chicago AC WZSR (Star 105.5)/Woodstock, IL keeps it in the family and promotes Production Director Bruce Cole to the PD chair. Cole (below, left) succeeds Joe Cicero, who has relinquished his stripes to focus on his other fulltime job hosting the Star 105.5 morning show.

Cole has served in that production role since December 2016, and his lengthy radio resume contains previous on-air stops at WUSN (US99)/Chicago, as well as full-and part-time positions at iHeartMedia’s WMIL, WQBW, WOKY and WRIT/Milwaukee. In the early ’90s Cole programmed WFBC-FM & AM/Greenville, SC, and before that he was OM/PD of WYSY, WAUR-AM and WMRO/Aurora, IL.

In making the announcement, GM Kathleen Cahill said, “In his capacity as Production Director for Matrix Broadcasting, Bruce has shown excellent leadership skills, strong creative abilities and the commitment to quality programming that is essential to managing the uniquely successful brand of Star 105.5. Bruce’s extensive background in the radio industry and his reputation as a true team player made him an outstanding candidate for this important position.”