Portland OR Radio: Alpha Promotes Bruce Collins

Bruce Collins

Alpha Media, Portland, OR has announced Bruce Collins as Talk Operations Manager over Portland’s N/T KXL 101.1 FM, Sports KXTG 750 AM / 102.9 FM, Talk KUFO 790 AM, and Radio Northwest Network.

Collins’ years in the radio industry have given him vast experience in the news/talk programming arena. Most recently, he served as News/Talk/Sports Format Captain for iHeart Media as well as a Program Director. Over the years, Bruce also worked in the programming department at WLW 550 AM and WKRC 550 AM in Cincinnati as well as Oklahoma City, Nashville, Atlanta, Columbus, Ohio, McAllen, Brownsville, Harlingen and Baton Rouge, LA.

Alpha Media Executive VP of Programming, Scott Mahalick commented on the announcement, “Bruce is a star programmer and talent mentor with a great sense of news, sports, and entertainment. He is the perfect fit for our talk brands in Portland”

Alpha Media SVP/Market Manager, Milt McConnell had the following to say, “Bruce brings to Portland extensive news, talk, and sports experience to our cluster.  I am particularly excited about his work with both sports and traffic networks which will help with the expansion of our Radio Northwest Network.”

“What a wonderful opportunity Alpha Media has given me to lead their talk stations in such a beautiful city as Portland, Oregon.  Alpha truly believes in staying connected to the community with their stations and they believe in being informative through live and local programming.  I am looking forward to working with the great teams at FM News 101 KXL, Sports 750/102.9 The Game, and Freedom 970 and calling Portland home,” Collins remarked.