MO Radio: Longtime GM Ed Foxall Retires

Ed Foxall

“God has blessed me in so many ways with a wonderful career,” said Ed Foxall, general manager of N/T KHMO 1070 AM, Country KICK 97.9 FM, Top40 KRRY 100.9 FM radio stations, who retired May 1 after 45 years in radio broadcasting.

Foxall will be honored with an open house/retirement party from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, May 9, at the Hannibal radio station.

Foxall has been GM of the statuion since the '80s.

Townsquare Media has named David Greene of St. Louis the new general manager, effective immediately.

Foxall began his radio career in the KHMO sales department in 1969. While sales were his full-time profession, he also did the play-by-play of local basketball and football on KHMO, mostly Palmyra games, in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Hannibal, MO

When Bick Broadcasting bought out KHMO and merged it with KIDS (now KICK-FM), Foxall was promoted to sales manager, then to general manager in the early 1990s. Bick Broadcasting then purchased Y101 and WLIQ, making it a four-station combo.

Considering the most enjoyable aspects of his career, Foxall said, “meeting a variety of people. … I consider myself a people person and had an opportunity to meet some wonderful people.

Foxall has observed many changes over the last 45 years in the radio industry, reporting, “the most dramatic changes have occurred in the past five years with the coming of the digital age.