iHeartCountry Appoints Michael Jordan as Brand Coordinator

Rod Phillips

iHeartMedia Regional Senior VP/Programming for its Kentucky-Indiana Region Michael Jordan is appointed Brand Coordinator for iHeartCountry, effective immediately. He'll continue in his current role while overseeing the growth, roll-out and execution for all local and live Country music-based events for iHM's Country stations. Jordan previously held several positions at iHM/Lexington and Louisville, including Senior VP/Programming, Program Director for WMAZ and WBUL and Director of NTR and Promotions for iHM/Lexington. He began his career at WTKT-FM.

Additionally, both professionally and personally, community involvement has been an integral part of Jordan's career through his philanthropy involvement with organizations such as University of Kentucky Children's Hospital, University of Kentucky Barnstable-Brown, Diabetes Center and Lexington Cancer Foundation.

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