Radio One/Richmond VA Promotes Matt Myers to OM

RADIO ONLINE | Thursday, April 25, 2019

Radio One has promoted Matt Myers to the position of Operations Manager for the Richmond market including stations: WCDX, WKJS, WPZZ and WXGI. The appointment becomes effective on May 1, 2019 and Myers will be responsible for day-to-day operations of the Richmond market in addition to the overall direction for Richmond's Programming, Marketing and Promotion's departments. He will also directly oversee the content and music programming for WCDX and WKJS.

"Matt has had a successful track record in programming for our company and we are looking forward to his continued growth in Richmond with our three Urban Music stations and ESPN Richmond. Matt has an energy and passion to win that is contagious. He is committed to helping us provide the best on-air product for our listeners, clients and community," said Marsha Landess, Regional Vice President, Radio One, Inc.

Myers joined the Radio One team in Cleveland, Ohio in 2009 where he began his on-air career and within a few years was promoted to Music Director for WZAK-FM. Myers comes to Richmond from Radio One Columbus where he has been overseeing the programming operations for the three station cluster (Power 107.5FM, Joy 107.1FM and Magic 95.5FM) since 2014.

"In my almost 10 years with Radio One, I have been blessed to work with some extremely bright minds who have been more than willing to share their knowledge with me," said Myers. "I could not be more grateful to Programming VP Colby Colb, Regional Ops Manager Bill Black, and so many others for their guidance along this journey. With that said, words fail to express my thankfulness to RVP Marsha Landess and Programming VP Hurricane Dave for their faith in me to lead the Richmond cluster. I am extremely excited to work with both of them and the incredibly talented team there in the 8-0-4!"