Montgomery AL Radio: Cumulus Bolsters Programming Leadership

Rick Hendrick

Joe Hunk

Cumulus Media announces that it has promoted Rick Hendrick to Operations Manager for its six-station cluster in Montgomery, AL.

In addition to his new role, Hendrick will retain his responsibilities as Program Director of Rock WXFX 95.1 FM. Cumulus also announces the appointment of two new program directors for the cluster, effective September 19, 2016.

Greg Thomas will join Cumulus Media-Montgomery as Program Director for its heritage country station WLWI 92.3 FM and Joe Hunk will join Cumulus Media-Montgomery as Program Director of Sports WMSP 740 AM and News/Talk WLWI 1440 AM. Hunk will also be on-air as Afternoon Drive Host on WMSP, replacing the syndicated Doug Gottlieb show.

Greg Thomas

Thomas has spent the past 14 years as the Operations Manager of Townsquare Media' s five-station cluster in Tuscaloosa, AL. Hunk joins Cumulus from WJOX 94.5 FM Sports Radio in Birmingham.

Marvin Kopman, Vice President/Market Manager of Cumulus Media-Montgomery said: “The passion, energy and talent of these three programming professionals are undeniable and together, they will create a strong force for programming excellence in Montgomery radio. Rick was a natural choice to lead our cluster operations as Operations Manager, with his leadership skills and experience within our cluster and community. Both Greg and Joe are tremendous additions to our programming team, and we welcome them and look forward to their contributions.”