Johnson New GSM Of iHeart Louisville

• iHeartMedia has named Brent Johnson as General Sales Manager of its Louisville cluster. As GSM, Johnson (left) will be responsible for driving revenue growth and overseeing sales opportunities for Country WAMZ, Hot AC WLGX (100.5 Kiss FM), Urban WTFX (Real 93.1) and Top 40 WNRW (98.9 Radio Now).

Johnson transitions to radio from OOHology Advertising Agency, where he was VP of Marketing. He was previously Sr. Manager of Digital Business Development for Learfield IMG College and a Sr. Digital Strategist for Google. Bonus Fun Fact: Johnson played football for the University of Louisville, followed by a year in the NFL.

Johnson reports to Kristy Beebe, SVP of Sales for iHeartMedia Kentucky-Indiana, who commented, “We are proud to have Brent on our iHeartMedia Louisville team. Our team is highly impressed by Brent’s previous digital experience. His familiarity of the Louisville market will contribute greatly to the success of this team.” For his part, Johnson remarked, “I’m extremely excited to be a part of the iHeart family. For the last fifteen years, I have had enormous opportunities to develop my leadership skills, which has led to my career here at iHeart. Being able to work at the nexus of digital and social technologies, and now pair those learnings with music, sound, and voice, will continue to help us impact our consumers because that’s where growth, for any kind of business, happens.”