SummitMedia has announced the addition of Chadwick ‘AJ’ Hausknecht as Senior Vice President of Programming overseeing the company’s CHR, Hot AC and AC stations across the company’s portfolio.
AJ will oversee the following stations: CHR “Today’s Hits 97.3” WPYA Birmingham, “Channel 94.1” KQCH Omaha, “Star 102.1” WWST Knoxville, and “Power 96.5” KSPW Springfield MO. Hot AC “Krater 96” KRTR Honolulu, “Mix 106.9” WVEZ Louisville, and “103.7 Your Variety” WURV Richmond. AC “Star 104.5” KSRZ Omaha.
Hausknecht had spent 12 years at iHeartMedia until exiting in the company’s March layoffs. He most recently served as Region Senior Vice President of Programming for the Virginia-Carolina region and Program Director of CHR “Hits 96.1” WHQQ and Variety Hits “102.9 The Lake” WLKO Charlotte. He originally joined iHeartMedia in 2012 as SVP/Programming overseeing the company’s Norfolk and Richmond VA stations and programming CHR “Q94” WRVQ and AC “Mix 98.1” WTVR-FM Richmond. He then transferred to St. Louis in July 2016 where he oversaw all programming for St. Louis and programmed CHR “Z107.7” KSLZ and Gospel “Hallelujah 1600” KATZ. He joined the Charlotte cluster in January 2018 and rose to the Region SVP/P role in March 2019. AJ has also programmed CHRs 97.1 WBHT Wilkes-Barre, “Kiss 106.7” WKGS Rochester, and “Hot 107.9” WWHT Syracuse during his career.
AJ commented, “The opportunity to spearhead programming efforts for SummitMedia’s Top 40, Hot AC and AC formats is an incredible honor. e are entering an exciting new phase, and I’m privileged to be at the helm of these brands’ continued growth to maximize our audio capabilities in 2024 and beyond.”
SummitMedia EVP/Programming Randy Chase said, “We are growing our programming leadership team, adding incredible experience and innovative knowledge to capitalize on the evolution in the audio space. With this leadership team in place, we believe we will deliver highly engaging products focused on the consumer and set up every member of the SummitMedia team to perform at their full potential.”