INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Charlie Morgan has been named Senior Vice
President/Market Manager of Emmis-New York, which includes Hot97,
WBLS and WLIB. Morgan has been serving as Interim Emmis-New York
Market Manager since January
2016.
"Charlie is one of radio's truly gifted leaders," said
Patrick Walsh, Emmis President and Chief Operating
Officer. "His inspirational leadership has been a catalyst in
improving our results in Indianapolis and his deft skills are already
having an impact in New York. I'm thrilled he's decided to
focus this next exciting stage of his career on ensuring Hot97,
WBLS and WLIB continue to play an important role in the lives of
listeners in the tri-state area and these brands deliver on their
enormous potential."
A Butler University graduate, Morgan
has more than 35 years of experience in the radio industry,
including VP/Market Manager at Susquehanna (now Cumulus) Radio,
which includes WFMS/WJJK/WISG. In 2007, Morgan joined the team at
the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway, serving as President and
Chief Operating Officer of Indianapolis Motor Speedway Productions.
In 2009, he was lured back to radio and joined the Emmis team as
SVP/Market Manager of Emmis-Indianapolis, where he served until he
was named Interim Market Manager in New
York earlier this year. At Emmis-Indianapolis, Morgan was
responsible for leading a turnaround effort that resulted in Emmis
becoming the market leader. Morgan will remain connected to
the Indianapolis Market as new Emmis Indianapolis Market Manager
Chuck Williams will report to
Morgan.
Morgan serves as chairman of the board of Country Radio Seminar,
vice chairman, Classical Music Indy, and sits on the Boards of
Heartland Film Festival, Indiana Repertory Theatre, and Woman's
Fund. He is a member of the Country Music Association Board of
Directors and serves as First Vice Chair/Radio for the Indiana
Broadcaster's Association. He is the Past Chairman of the
Indianapolis 500 Festival. Morgan
has won numerous awards in his career including the Country
Music Association Air Personality of the Year, Radio Ink's Ten Best
Managers in Radio, and Radio Wayne Market Manager of the Year in
2010.
"When a 35+ year radio veteran can honestly call his most recent
seven years the most fun and most rewarding of his career, you know
you are talking to one very fortunate man," Morgan said.
"That statement is true for me thanks to the company and the
culture that Jeff Smulyan,
Rick Cummings and Pat Walsh have built and nourished at
Emmis. Add to that the all-star team of talent I've worked
with in Indianapolis and you begin
to understand my good fortune. But for the past seven months
I've had the rare privilege of working with the talented team at
Emmis New York. WBLS, Hot 97 and WLIB are legendary brands in
the most vibrant city in America and I have fallen in love with the
people, the passion and the opportunity to build on the legacy in
New York."
Emmis Communications – Great Media, Great People, Great
Service®
Emmis Communications Corporation is a
diversified media company, principally focused on radio
broadcasting. Emmis owns 19 FM and 4
AM radio stations in New
York, Los Angeles,
St. Louis, Austin (Emmis has a 50.1% controlling interest
in Emmis' radio stations located there), Indianapolis and Terre Haute, IN. Emmis also developed
and licenses TagStation®, a cloud-based software
platform that allows a broadcaster to manage album art, metadata
and enhanced advertising on its various broadcasts, and developed
NextRadio®, a smartphone application that marries
over-the-air FM radio broadcasts with visual and interactive
features on smartphones.
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