Audacy has promoted Melissa Chase to Vice President of Programming for its Houston cluster as she adds programming duties for Country “100.3 The Bull” KILT-FM to her existing role programming Variety Hits “95.7 The Spot” KKHH and Hot AC “Mix 96.5” KHMX.
Chase joined the cluster in June 2021 after previously serving as Operations Manager for SummitMedia Richmond and morning host on Hot AC “103.7 Your Variety“ WURV. She had been PD/morning host at WURV since 2010 through its incarnation as Adult Alternative “103.7 The River“, 2013 flip to Hot AC “103.7 Play“, through its relaunch in March 2021 as “103.7 Your Variety“. She also served as Operations Manager for SummitMedia Richmond since from 2016-2021 and Program Director of “Classic Rock 96.5” WKLR. Chase previously spent a decade at CHR “Q94” WRVQ Richmond rising to morning co-host and APD/MD.
She succeeds John Foxx leading the programming for KILT-FM following Foxx’s move back to New York as PD/morning host at Classic Hits 101.1 WCBS-FM.
Audacy promotes Melissa Chase to Vice President of Programming for Audacy Houston. In this elevated role, Chase will oversee programming efforts for 100.3 The Bull (KILT-FM), Mix 96.5 (KHMX-FM) and 95.7 The Spot (KKHH-FM). She will also lead strategy and promotions for the market’s full portfolio of stations.
“In just over a year, Melissa has proven herself to be critical to our organization, and has earned an expanded role,” said Sarah Frazier, Senior Vice President and Market Manager, Audacy Houston. “Her ability to develop and execute a strategic plan, as well as her creativity, positivity and leadership make her the perfect person to lead our programming team moving forward. Under her leadership, I believe we will see more synergy between the brands, which will help all of us to rise. Her ability to work with sales to create custom marketing promotions for our clients that are also of value to the listener is a strength we can maximize moving forward.”
“We have an amazing team of talent at Audacy Houston that I am grateful to work with each day,” said Chase. “Thank you so much to Jeff Sottolano and Dave Richards, who motivate us to grow radio as an experience of creativity, community and innovation. I am so grateful to expand this role under my market manager Sarah Frazier, who continues to inspire our entire team every day with her infectious positivity and leadership.”
Chase joined Audacy in 2021 as Brand Manager for Mix 96.5 and 95.7 The Spot. Prior to that, she spent 12 years with SummitMedia/Cox Media Group as Operations Manager and on-air personality, creating and implementing strategies to improve and grow brands for six radio stations. Other previous roles include talent for iHeartMedia (various stations including Richmond, New Haven, Harrisonburg, Miami, Houston and XM21), as well as production development for MTV Networks/Viacom and voiceover acting.
This story first appeared on radioinsight.com