St. Louis Radio: Entercom Makes Management Change

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday that Choppy waves swept away a top executive Thursday, as KMOX chief John Sheehan was replaced as general manager of CBS Radio in St. Louis.

John Sheehan

Several sources in local radio said Sheehan was told of the changes during a late-morning managers' meeting with executives from Entercom Communications.

Sheehan will be replaced by Becky Domyan, who had been the St. Louis market sales manager for Emmis Communications.

Sheehan had been in charge of the CBS stations here since 2007, after having worked in radio sales for 14 years in the Kansas City area. He is married to St. Louis television reporter Rebecca Roberts, who has worked at KTVI (Channel 2) and KSDK (Channel 5).

Becky Domyan

In February 2017, Entercom bought three CBS stations in St. Louis: legendary talk-radio KMOX 1120 AM, and two adult contemporary stations, KYKY 98.1 FM and KEZK 102.5 FM.

Then last month, Entercom purchased two stations from Emmis: conservative talk KFTK 97.1 FM and adult contemporary KNOU 96.3 FM.

The Indianapolis-based Emmis sold its two other local stations to Hubbard Radio: classic rock KSHE 94.7 FM and alternative-rock KPNT 105.7 FM.

Hubbard, based in St. Paul, Minn., already had a presence in the area: country music WIL 92.3 FM, sports talk WXOS 101.1 FM and adult contemporary WARH 106.5 FM.

With Emmis leaving the St. Louis market, local radio will be dominated by Hubbard, Entercom and iHeart, which owns eight local stations.

As part of its previously announced agreements in principle to sell its St. Louis stations, Emmis Communications announced today that it has entered into definitive agreements to sell its St. Louis stations KSHE-FM and KPNT-FM to Hubbard Radio for $45 million, and KFTK-FM KNOU-FM to Entercom for $15 million. The transactions are subject to FCC approval.