Chris Kellogg
Cumulus Media announces that it has appointed Chris Kellogg as Operations Manager for its five-station cluster in Fort Walton Beach, FL, where he will oversee operations for Rock WKSM, AC WNCV, Country WYZB, CHR WZNS and News/Talk WFTW-AM. He will also serve as PD for WNCV and WFTW and co-host of the WNCV morning show with Lisa Captain.
Kellogg moves to Fort Walton Beach from Columbia, MO, where he was OM for Cumulus Media-Columbia/Jefferson City for the past 12 years.
Previous OM Hayden Green will continue to program WZNS (Z96) as its full time PD, a position he has held for the past 16 years. Green also remains on-air in afternoon drive on Z96. He has served the station cluster in a number of different roles since 1993.
Pete DeSimone, Regional Vice President for Cumulus Media, said, “The addition of Chris to our team will afford us the additional focus we need to continue to grow our ratings and revenue. We are excited to have the collective firepower of this dynamic programming team at work for our brands, listeners and advertisers in Fort Walton Beach/Destin.”
Kellogg adds, “Pete has created a terrific atmosphere in Fort Walton Beach/Destin to foster radio excellence and I appreciate his confidence in me. I’m excited to collaborate with the programming team and create an engaging morning show with Lisa Captain for WNCV listeners.”
