Orlando Radio: Erika Pulley-Hayes Named Pres/CEO For WMFE-FM

The vice president of radio at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in Washington will be the new president and CEO at non-com WMFE 90.7 FM and sister-station 89.5 WMFV 89.5 FM.

Erika Pulley-Hayes

Erika Pulley-Hayes will assume her new role Jan. 13. The radio stations’ board of trustees announced her appointment Wednesday.

The Orlando Sentinel reports Pulley-Hayes succeeds LaFontaine Oliver, who led the station since 2013 and returned to Baltimore in July to guide public radio station WYPR.

“WMFE|WMFV provides an important service to Central Florida, and this is an incredible opportunity to build upon the quality journalism and programming this organization delivers to the community,” Pulley-Hayes said in a statement. “I am very excited to join this team and continue working to enhance the local service that engages audiences across platforms.”

Since 2005, she has worked at CPB, the nonprofit overseeing the federal government’s investment in public media. CPB supports more than 1,500 locally owned public TV and radio stations.

Pulley-Hayes has developed initiatives to sustain and advance the public radio system across new platforms and through new business opportunities. She has managed daily operations, financial administration and grant programs.

“We are excited to welcome Erika Pulley-Hayes to Central Florida,” WMFE|WMFV Board Chair Anne E. Kelley said in a statement. “She is uniquely positioned to continue her record of driving innovation, now on the local level, and to further our stations’ mission to engage new communities, both on our terrestrial airwaves as well as our growing number of digital platforms.”