Hall Communications has announced the promotion of Kevin Palana to Program Director of “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK New Bedford/Providence and Classic Hits “Big 101.3” 1340 WNBH/101.3 W267CY New Bedford as of August 1.
Palana currently serves as Production Director/afternoon host at WCTK. He has previously worked at CHRs “Q105” WQGN New London CT and “Fun 107” WFHN New Bedford as well as Hall Classic Hits “100.9 K-Hits” WKNL New London.
Palana will succeed Hall VP/Programming Bob Walker. Walker will be making the move to Operations Manager for the company’s Lakeland FL cluster that was announced in November 2019.
Hall Communications announces that Kevin Palana will be promoted to the position Program Director of Cat Country 98.1 (WCTK-FM / Providence) on August 1. Palana replaces current WCTK PD and Hall VP/Programming Bob Walker who is moving to Hall’s Lakeland/Winter Haven Cluster at the end of the summer. Palana is also WCTK’s Production Director and Afternoon Drive Host.
“Kevin’s programming credentials are top notch with previous successes in New London at WQGN and New Bedford at WFHN,” said Hall VP/Programming Bob Walker. He is a true strategist and extremely detail oriented. Our Hall culture is about promoting from within, which makes this so much more special.”
“Kevin has been a vital part of Cat County’s success this past decade,” added WCTK VP/General Manager Tom Wall. “He knows this market inside and out which makes him an excellent choice to be WCTK’s next PD.”
“I want to thank Tom, Bob and everyone at Hall for this opportunity,” said Palana. “I grew up in this market and there is no place I’d rather live. I look forward to working directly with Courtney Kelley and Brian Mulhern of Cat Country mornings and the entire staff in Providence and New Bedford”
Palana will also be the program director of New Bedford’s Classic Hits BIG 101.3 (WNBH) and can be reached at kevin@wctk.com