{"id":25379,"date":"2020-05-04T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=25379"},"modified":"2020-05-04T11:00:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T16:00:57","slug":"shrinking-hubbard-radio-chicago-doubles-program-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2020\/05\/04\/shrinking-hubbard-radio-chicago-doubles-program-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrinking Hubbard Radio Chicago doubles up on program directors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> SHE 100.3 Chicago<\/p><\/div>\n

On the heels of firing 12 employees<\/a> in response to revenue declines, Hubbard Radio Chicago <\/a>eliminated the program director\u2019s position Monday at adult contemporary WSHE 100.3-FM.<\/a><\/p>\n

Cat Thomas, who held the job since 2015, will move to Seattle to become brand and content director of two Hubbard Radio stations \u2014 KQMV and KRWM.<\/p>\n

Taking over his duties here will be Jimmy Steal, who\u2019s been vice president of brand and content at hot adult-contemporary WTMX 101.9-FM since 2019. Now Steal will oversee programming at both stations.<\/p>\n

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Cat Thomas<\/p><\/div>\n

The consolidation follows a companywide downsizing\u00a0<\/a>Friday, which cost the jobs of scores of radio station staffers employed by Saint Paul, Minnesota-based Hubbard Broadcasting. A company statement<\/a> cited \"extended and extreme revenue challenges that we are experiencing as a result of government mandated shutdowns due to COVID-19\" for the unprecedented moves at the\u00a0privately held, family-owned business.<\/p>\n

Among the 12 layoffs here were evening host Brian Middleton and morning show producer and on-air host Robb Rose at SHE 100.3, and evening host Phil Manicki and overnight host Greg Easterling at classic rock WDRV 97.1-FM.<\/p>\n

Jeff England, Hubbard Radio Chicago vice president\/market manager, said he was sad to see Thomas leave, adding: \u201cCat has done an amazing job orchestrating the growth of SHE 100.3 to top-five rank performance in key demos in the very competitive Chicago market. I know I speak for everyone here, we will miss Cat\u2019s competitive drive, operational expertise, quick wit and Southern charm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thomas, whose real name is Bill Drake, previously was vice president of programming for Entercom Communications in Austin, Texas; operations manager for Cox Radio, and program director of WAPE in Jacksonville, Florida.<\/p>\n

Seattle\u2019s KQMV is the home market of Brooke Fox and Jeffrey Dubow's syndicated morning show, which airs on SHE 100.3.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the success with SHE 100.3 as an affiliate, it\u2019ll be exciting to work with the \u2018Brooke and Jeffrey Morning Show\u2019 in person,\u201d Thomas said in a statement. \u201cBoth Warm 106.9 and Movin 92.5 have outstanding, successful air talent. I look forward to being a member of those winning teams and doing my best to help and support them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recently named vice president\/market manager of Hubbard Radio Seattle\u2019s five-station group was Wheeler Morris, son of Hubbard Radio CEO Ginny Morris and fourth generation member of the Hubbard family.<\/p>\n

In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, SHE 100.3 tied for 11th place overall with a 3.1 percent share. The Mix was third with a 5.2 percent share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the heels of firing 12 employees in response to revenue declines, Hubbard Radio Chicago eliminated the program director\u2019s position Monday at adult contemporary WSHE 100.3-FM. Cat Thomas, who held the job since 2015, will move to Seattle to become brand and content director of two Hubbard Radio stations \u2014 KQMV and KRWM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25379"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25385,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25379\/revisions\/25385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}