SummitMedia has made a number of staffing changes across its markets in recent weeks.
Joe ‘J-Dub’ Dobbins announced he was let go today as Program Director of CHR “Star 102.1” WWST and Rhythmic CHR “Hot 104.5” WKHT Knoxville TN. He also hosted afternoons at WWST and “103.7 Your Variety” WURV Richmond VA. Dobbins joined the company in March 2023 from KFRX Lincoln NE where he served as PD/morning host from November 2020. He had a brief stint as PD/afternoon host at Alpha’s 99.7 WDJX Louisville from September 2019 until July 2020 and spent fifteen years (11 as Program Director) of Cumulus CHR “Hot 101” WHOT-FM Youngstown OH.
Also exiting in Knoxville is cluster Promotions Director and WWST midday host Liz Yount. Yount came to Knoxville in July 2023 after previously hosting middays at Cumulus CHR “Hot 102.5” WLXO Lexington KY and serving as Promotions Director and on-air for Cap City Communications’ Frankfort KY cluster.
Following the addition of J’Michael Francois as Vice President of Programming for R&B and Gospel, Darryl Johnson exited as Program Director and afternoon host at Adult R&B “98.7 Kiss-FM” WBHK Birmingham. Johnson had been with the station since 1997.
Mychal Maguire departs as Director of Programming and Operations in Greenville SC. Maguire joined SummitMedia in March 2023 after previously programming WBTP Tampa, WPHH Hartford, and serving as SVP/Programming in Montgomery and Director of Urban Programming in Macon GA for iHeartMedia. He has also worked in Shreveport, Charleston and Killeen TX. WBHK Birmingham midday host Dee Dee Parker replaces Maguire in middays on Adult R&B “107.3 Jamz” WJMZ-FM.
After returning to her former position in February, Karolyn Mulvaney is once again out as Market President in Greenville. Mulvaney previously served as GM and later Market President of the cluster upon SummitMedia’s acquisition of the cluster in 2013 until exiting in February 2021. Kathy Lee Jones, who had been promoted to General Manager following Mulvaney’s first exit and kept the title upon her return, is once again leading the cluster.
Wichita KS Market President Todd Johnson departed the company at the end of July and has since joined a local marketing agency. Johnson rose to Market President in January 2020 after previously serving as General Sales Manager since 2016. He also spent time also leading the Richmond VA cluster for SummitMedia. Johnson also served as General Manager for Steckline Communications in Wichita and held Sales Manager roles for the Wichita Eagle and KWCH-TV.
Dave Symonds departed as Richmond VA Director of Programming and Operations earlier this summer. Symonds joined SummitMedia Richmond in June 2021 after previously working in the market as Regional Programming Manager for iHeartMedia from 2008 to 2014 where he oversaw all of the company’s stations in Richmond, Norfolk VA, Salisbury MD and Wilmington DE. He then transferred to Hartford CT as SVP/Programming and PD of Country 92.5 WWYZ and Classic Hits “105.9 The River” WHCN until departing the company in 2019. Symonds has also served as OM for both CBS Radio and Entercom in Rochester NY and programmed WEZF Burlington VT and KALC and KOSI Denver.
Dilleon exits as afternoon host at Hip Hop “95.7 Jamz” WBHJ Birmingham as Samuel ‘Buck Wilde’ Mack returns to the station. Wilde hosted mornings on WBHJ from its launch in 1997 until 2010 when he departed for KKDA-FM Dallas. He most recently served as Creative Services Director for WVEE Atlanta and earlier in his career hosted nights at WBLS New York.
KaShauna ‘K Samone’ Williams departed middays “95.7 Jamz” and is replaced remotely by “Hot 98.1” WHZT Greenville midday host Lauren Cakes. Samone had been with WBHJ since November 2022 after serving as a producer and weekend host at WHTA Atlanta and holding production and marketing roles for Radio One Philadelphia and Audacy Norfolk.
Kate Glenn departs as Vice President of Talent Acquisition and Human Resources. Glenn had been with SummitMedia since October 2022 after 22 years at Media Staffing Network.
