Clear Channel is currently aligning itself (even more than it already was) to program all of their stations centrally.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Each Genre has one or two people responsible for the “National Platform” for that type of radio<\/p>\n
Darryl Parks is the new “Brand Manager” for Clear Channel “Talk”.\u00a0\u00a0 Since Clear Channel is the 600 pound gorilla in Radio, he will have a major say over the future of Clear Channel’s talk shows – currently Bob & Tom, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Andy Dean and George Noory.\u00a0 There are probably legal reasons to keep Premiere a separate entity, but for all practical purposes it is the same thing – just offering the Clear Channel Talk Platform in markets where CC doesn’t have a news\/talk station.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.clearchannel.com\/Radio\/PressRelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=2810<\/p>\n
Darryl Parks has been running the show at WLW in Cincinatti since 1999.\u00a0\u00a0 WLW had been developed into the very successulf station it is by Randy Michaels and became part of Jacor – Jacor under Michaels had purchased Premiere, and then Jacor was gobbled up by Clear Channel which is how Rush wound up working for Clear Channel instead of ABC.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Michaels left Cincinnati to run the entire company, leaving Darrly Parks as his replacement.\u00a0\u00a0 Darryl considers Randy Michaels to be one of his two primary mentors in radio.<\/p>\n
Here is a more detailed description of his education and background in radio<\/p>\n
http:\/\/ftp.media.radcity.net\/ZMST\/insideradio\/Interviews\/ParksArticle09-29.pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Clear Channel is currently aligning itself (even more than it already was) to program all of their stations centrally.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Each Genre has one or two people responsible for the “National Platform” for that type of radio Darryl Parks is the … Continue reading