Matt Wheeler
iHeartMedia Los Angeles today announced that Matt Wheeler has been named Director of Imaging for Top 40 KIIS-FM/Los Angeles, effective immediately. He’ll report to Beata Murphy, Program Director, KIIS-FM.
“We are excited to have Matt join the KIIS Family,” said Beata Murphy, Program Director for KIIS-FM. “We ran a very extensive search to find our newest family member, and Matt stood out during the interviews and gave us some brilliant examples of his work. We are thrilled to have him on the team.”
Matt joins the iHeartMedia Los Angeles with extensive experience in imaging, production and as an on-air talent. He started his career in 2001 in Panama City FL as Production Director/Imaging Director/Air Talent for WILN / WYOO / WVVE / WYYX / WPCF. In 2003, Matt moved to Sacramento as Imaging Director/Assistant Program Director/Video Producer /Air Talent for KDND / KWOD / KBZC/ KUDL. From 2016 through his move to KIIS FM in Los Angeles, he called Austin home as Creative Director / Assistant Program Director / Video Producer for KAMX / KKMJ / KKMJ-HD3.
“The chance to image KIIS FM is the culmination of a career-long dream,” said Wheeler. “I still remember the first time I heard one of their legal IDs with those iconic call letters booming from the speakers of my first production room and thinking, ’Wow, so THAT is what a radio station can sound like!’ I’m thrilled to be part of the insanely talented team at KIIS.”
