Beasley Media has announced the appointment of Cat Thomas as Operations Manager for their Las Vegas cluster.

Thomas recently exited as Operations Manager of Entercom’s CHR “Now 96.3” KNOU, Hot AC “Y98” KYKY, and AC 102.5 KEZK after two years in the market. He has also served as Vice President of Contemporary Formats for Cumulus Media but is best known for his 27 years in Las Vegas where he started as afternoon host of CHR 98.5 KLUC in July 1988 and then took over as Program Director in December 1996 and then Vice President of Programming for the CBS Radio cluster in May 2015 until his move to Cumulus in February 2016.

Beasley Media Group announces Cat Thomas has been named Operations Manager of the company’s Las Vegas radio cluster, including KCYE-FM, KKLZ-FM, KDWN-AM, KOAS-FM and KVGS-FM. Thomas will officially begin his new position on Monday, November 16, 2020.

The radio veteran most recently served as the Operations Manager and Program Director of KNOU-FM, KYKY-FM and KEZK-FM in St. Louis. Previously, Thomas spent 27 years working as Vice President of Contemporary Formats at Cumulus Media and Vice President of Programming of Entercom’s Las Vegas properties, where he also served as an on-air personality.

“Cat’s knowledge of the market and leadership experience will be invaluable to our success across the breadth of our station group,” said Beasley Media Group Las Vegas Vice President and Market Manager Peter Burton. “We are thrilled to have him join our team!”

“Sometimes the stars align,” said Thomas. “I couldn’t be more excited to join the outstanding family at Beasley Las Vegas. “The company has shown to be the top of the class when it comes to local broadcasting and audience engagement. Many thanks to Brian Beasley, Peter Burton, Justin Chase and Mike O’Brian for their incredible support!”