{"id":9983,"date":"2016-01-05T14:30:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T20:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=9983"},"modified":"2016-01-05T14:34:48","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T20:34:48","slug":"program-director-exits-the-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/01\/05\/program-director-exits-the-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Program director Curtiss Johnson exits The Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9984\" style=\"width: 544px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/01\/05\/program-director-exits-the-drive\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9984\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9984\" alt=\"Curtiss Johnson\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Curtiss-Johnson.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Curtiss-Johnson.jpg 534w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Curtiss-Johnson-300x264.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Curtiss-Johnson-150x132.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Curtiss-Johnson-400x352.jpg 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Curtiss-Johnson-200x176.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/a> Curtiss Johnson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The program director of The Drive is heading for the off-ramp.<\/p>\n<p>Curtiss Johnson announced Tuesday he\u2019s leaving classic hits <a href=\"http:\/\/wdrv.com\" target=\"_blank\">WDRV FM 97.1, <\/a>where he has headed programming since June 2014. He\u2019s the seventh program director cut from Hubbard Radio in recent months as the company moves to revitalize its stations across the country.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Johnson said he plans to continue at The Drive \u201cin the near term\u201d while seeking his next career opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>A search for his replacement will begin immediately, according to Greg Solk, senior vice president of programming and operations for Hubbard Radio. Assistant program director Paul Webber is expected to handle some of Johnson\u2019s duties in the interim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter many long conversations with Greg regarding the future of The Drive, the decision has been made to part company,\u201d Johnson wrote in an email to staff Tuesday. \u201cI\u2019ve enjoyed my year and half here at The Drive. I\u2019ve never worked with a nicer and more genuinely talented group of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson succeeded Patty Martin, who stepped down in 2014 after 13 years at The Drive. Before that, he had been director of programming and operations for Entercom Communications in Sacramento, California, where he oversaw KSEG, KWOD and KRXQ for 18 years.\u00a0Earlier in his career, he served as a program director in Phoenix, Arizona, as well as an on-air personality in Phoenix, Sacramento and San Diego, California.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest Nielsen Audio report, The Drive tied for 11th place with a 3.0 percent share and a cumulative weekly audience of 1,139,400. Among men between 25 and 54, the station tied for eighth with a 3.7 share.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is the text of Johnson\u2019s email to staff:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>After many long conversations with Greg regarding the future of The Drive the decision has been made to part company. I\u2019ve enjoyed my year and half here at The Drive. I\u2019ve never worked with a nicer and more genuinely talented group of people. I will come away from the experience with many true friends, not just friends in the business. It has a been a pleasure. Thank you. \u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I will remain the day to day program director in the near term while a search is conducted for both my replacement and my next career opportunity. \u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Curtiss<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The program director of The Drive is heading for the off-ramp. Curtiss Johnson announced Tuesday he\u2019s leaving classic hits WDRV FM 97.1, where he has headed programming since June 2014. He\u2019s the seventh program director cut from Hubbard Radio in recent months as the company moves to revitalize its stations across the country.<\/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\/9983"}],"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=9983"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9990,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9983\/revisions\/9990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}