SummitMedia Appoints Chadwick ''A.J.'' Hausknecht as SVP/P
| RADIO ONLINE | Monday, September 9, 2024 | 11:02am CT |
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 Chadwick ''A.J.'' Hausknecht |
SummitMedia appoints Chadwick "A.J." Hausknecht as Senior Vice President of Programming for Top 40, Hot AC and AC. He comes to SummitMedia from iHeartMedia, where he most recently served as Region SVP of Programming for the company's Carolina Metro, leading programming initiatives across a five-market region encompassing 28 radio brands. Hausknecht joined iHeart in 2012.
In this new role, Hausknecht will oversee SummitMedia's WPYA in Birmingham, WWST (Star 102.1) in Knoxville, WVEZ (Mix 106.9) in Louisville, KQCH (Channel 94.1) in Omaha, KSRZ (Star 104.5) in Omaha, WURV (103.7 Your Variety) in Richmond, KSPW (Power 96.5) in Springfield and KRTR (Krater 96.3) in Honolulu.
"The opportunity to spearhead programming efforts for Summit Media's Top 40, Hot AC and AC formats is an incredible honor," said Hausknecht. "We are entering an exciting new phase, and I'm privileged to be at the helm of these brands' continued growth to maximize our audio capabilities in 2024 and beyond."
"We are growing our programming leadership team, adding incredible experience and innovative knowledge to capitalize on the evolution in the audio space," added SummitMedia Executive Vice President Randy Chase. "With this leadership team in place, we believe we will deliver highly engaging products focused on the consumer and set up every member of the SummitMedia team to perform at their full potential."
