Francois to Head SummitMedia Urban & Gospel Programming

RADIO ONLINE | Monday, July 29, 2024 | 8:31pm CT

J'Michael Francois

SummitMedia appoints J'Michael Francois as Vice President of Programming for R&B and Gospel. Francois comes to company from Cumulus Media where he served as Operations Manager and multi-station PD for the Baton Rouge and New Orleans clusters for 18 years. During his time there, he lead KQXL-FM to the market's number one Urban AC and WEMX-FM to the market's number one Urban Mainstream. He also programmed the cluster's Gospel station WXOK-AM.

In this new role, he will oversee WAGG-AM in Birmingham, WBHK (98.7 Kiss) in Birmingham, WJMZ (107.3 JAMZ) in Greenville and WRKA (103.9 The Groove) in Louisville. Francois also works on audience growth and engagement.

"I am humbled and honored to take the helm of R&B and Gospel at SummitMedia," said Francois. "It's humbling to have an opportunity to lead some of the industry's most incredible content creators and innovate and grow stations beloved by our community of listeners and clients. Together, we will set the bar even higher."

"We are lucky that J'Michael, with all his passion and experience, chose SummitMedia to advance his career and our vision," said SummitMedia Executive Vice President Randy Chase. "His expertise and talents will serve our listeners and better position the SummitMedia R&B and Gospel presence nationwide."