NRG Media Promotes Kurt Luchs, Aleese Fielder

NRG Media appoints Kurt Luchs as General Manager of its seven-station cluster in Omaha.

Previously, he lead the company’s four-station group in Wausau-Stevens Point, WI, for nearly five years.

Concurrently, Aleese Fielder, who has been Director of Sales at the Wausau cluster, now becomes the group’s General Manager.

Aleese Fielder

Luchs is not new to the Omaha market, having started there with NRG as the GM for Waitt Radio Networks, which the company owned at the time. Before coming to NRG, Fielder worked as a GSM and GM for Cumulus, among others.

Kurt Luchs

NRG Media President/CEO, Mary Quass said, “The goal of NRG Media is to be a destination company for our team to build a career, so I am very excited to be able to promote from within. These promotions are well deserved, together Kurt and Aleese turned Wausau around and helped make it one of the most successful markets in the company. We like to reward a job well done and these moves are a definite win-win for two very talented teams.”

Luchs added, “My best experiences in radio have been with this company. I am excited about returning to Omaha and seeing what the team there will accomplish next with its incredible brands and people.”

Fielder said, “”Working for NRG Media has been the most rewarding experience of my career, and I am honored to receive the promotion to General Manager of the Wausau/Stevens Point cluster. I am blessed to have a remarkable team of highly-talented and extremely dedicated radio professionals at all levels within the market. The continued growth and success of all four stations is at the forefront of everything they do.”