KCQQ and KUUL/Quad Cities IA Elevate Mark Manuel to PD

Mark Manuel

Veteran air personality Mark Manuel is elevated to Program Director of iHeartMedia Classic Rock KCQQ-FM (Q106.5) and CHR KUUL-FM (101-3 Kiss FM)/Quad Cities, IA. He'll continue to serve as Web Content Director for the cluster and host afternoons on Q106.5. Before iHM, Manuel hosted mornings on Oldies KUUL-FM/Davenport, IA, with Steve Ketelaar, as well as Talk WOC-AM/Davenport and WMT-AM and KWMG-FM/Cedar Rapids). Prior to that, he handled wakeups on WMAD-FM/Madison.

Manuel said, "After chasing a morning host dream for 2 decades, I found that I really enjoyed the programming aspect of radio over the past 5 years... and I don't have to get up at 3am. I especially want to thank SVP/Programming Jim O'Hara, Regional SVP/Programming Jeff Cage, Market President Jeanne Smith and Iowa President Joel McCrea for believing in me and giving me this opportunity. And I'm happy to continue to be part of the team for years to come."

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