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Entercom Names Rachel Williamson Chicago Market Manager


Rachel Williamson
Rachel Williamson

Cox Media Group's Gamut President/GM Rachel Williamson is appointed Regional President for Entercom's cluster in Milwaukee and Madison, as well as Market Manager for Chicago, beginning in 2020. She succeeds Jimmy de Castro, who is retiring. Previously, Williamson served as CMG's Director of Digital Revenue Development. Before joining Cox Media, she was the Director of National Sales at Cumulus Radio. Additionally, Williamson oversaw national and network digital sales as the Digital Specialist for the Midwest.

Williamson's other career highlights include six years with CMG as a Senior Account Executive and Sales Manager at its previously-owned Louisville stations and as a Senior Account Executive at Cox Digital Solutions (now known as Gamut) in New York. She also has held positions with Arbitron/Nielsen covering Radio Sales in the Midwest, Hubbard Broadcasting Chicago, and Forever Communications.

Concurrently, Entercom Los Angeles elevates Senior VP/Market Manager Jeff Federman to Regional President for Los Angeles, San Diego and Riverside. He had been handling the duties for over a year and now the company has made it official. He joined then CBS Radio in January, 2004 from crosstown Emmis where he was VP/Director of Sales for KPWR-FM and KZLA-FM for almost five years. Federman also worked as Sales Manager for KBIG-FM and KLAC-AM in Los Angeles (1996-99). Prior to that, he was Director, Sales & Marketing for KROQ-FM (1995).

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