According to Robert Feder at timeoutchicago.com, Hayes is
expected to be named program director Tuesday of news/talk KABC 790-AM in L.A. — a
post he previously held under Walt Disney Co./ABC ownership. The position has
been vacant since another former Chicagoan, Jack Silver, left last June.
At WLS, Hayes’ job as operations director is not expected to
be filled. Tracy Slutzkin, who was promoted from assistant program director to
program director under Hayes in September 2010, will continue in her role.
The latest run was the second tour of duty at the Big 89 for
the New York native and onetime WMAQ talk show host. In 1989, Hayes was one of
the architects of the news/talk format at WLS, where he headed programming and
operations for seven years. He left in 1996 to serve as general manager of ESPN
Radio in Bristol, Connecticut, and later program director of KABC. He returned
to Chicago in 2001 as operations director for several CBS Radio stations,
including all-news WBBM-AM (780), sports/talk WSCR-AM (670) and former FM
talker WCKG, which collapsed and died on his watch.
What's the point of having a local P.D. at a Cumulus station? Everyone knows all decisions (including 'can I buy a box of paper clips?') come from Atlanta!
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