Radio Advisory Council Members

2009 Officers

Lisa DeckerRAC Chairperson

Lisa Decker, Senior Vice Senior Vice President/
Market Manager, Seattle
CBS Radio
(206) 805-1185

lisa.decker@cbsradio.com

Doug AbernethyRAC Vice Chairman

Doug Abernethy, Vice President & General Manager
KBXX-FM/KMJQ-FM/KROI-FM (Radio One)
(713) 300-5806

dabernethy@radio-one.com

Chuck DuCotyRAC Past Chairman

Chuck DuCoty, COO
NRG Media
(319) 862-0300

cducoty@nrgmedia.com

2009 Members

Don Benson

Don Benson, President & CEO
Lincoln Financial
(404) 238-9487

don.benson@lfg.com
Continuous-Service Markets 1-50

Gerry Boehme

Gerry Boehme, Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning & IT Services
Katz Media Group
(212) 424-6784

gerry.boehme@katz-media.com
Researcher—Appointed

Kathleen Bohan

Kathleen Bohan, Vice President, Research & Marketing
Univision Radio
(212) 455-5387

kbohan@univisionradio.com
Researcher—Appointed

Natalie Conner

Natalie Conner, VP/Marketing Manager
WXTU-FM (Beasley Broadcast Group)
(610) 822-1366

nconner@wxtu.com
Youth Format/Top 100 Markets

Rick Cummings

Rick Cummings, President, Radio Division
Emmis Communications
(818) 238-9156

rcummings@emmis.com
Continuous-Service Markets 1–50

Bruce Demps

Bruce Demps, Regional Vice President
Radio One
(404) 765-9750

bdemps@radio-one.com
Black/Urban Format/Top 100 Markets

Judy Ellis

Judy Ellis, COO
Citadel Broadcasting
(212) 613-8901

jellis@citcomm.com
Top 5 Group—Appointed

Roger A. Fessler

Roger A. Fessler, General Manager/Market Manager
KISV-FM (American General Media)
(661) 328-1410

rfessler@americangeneralmedia.com
Continuous-Service Markets 51–100

Mike Haile

Mike Haile, Vice President & General Manager
WDWS-AM, WHMS-FM
(217) 351-5300

mitm@whms.com
Small Market Condensed

Roger Haddon

Jeff Haley, President/CEO
Radio Advertising Bureau
(212) 681-7214

jhaley@rab.com
At Large—Appointed

Jess Hanson

Jess Hanson, Senior Vice President/Research
Clear Channel Radio
(602) 374-6046

jesshanson@clearchannel.com
Group Research—Appointed

Lucy Hughes

Lucy Hughes, Senior Vice President, Research
CBS Radio
(323) 930-5547

lhughes@cbsradio.com
Top 5 Group—Appointed

Buzz Knight

Buzz Knight, Vice President, Programming
Greater Media
(617) 822-6420

bknight@greaterbostonradio.com
Group Programming—Appointed

Lee Larsen

Lee Larsen, Senior Vice President, Rockies
Clear Channel Radio
(303) 713-8400

leelarsen@clearchannel.com
Top 5 Group—Appointed

Thomas Mandel

Thomas Mandel , President & General Manager
WAKR-AM (Rubber City Radio Group)
(330) 869-9800

thom@wakr.net
Continuous Markets 51+

Dale Miller

Dale Miller, President
WVAQ-FM (West Virginia Radio Corporation)
(304) 296-0029

dmiller@wvradio.com
Small Market/Condensed Market

Jay O'Connor

Jay O’Connor, Regional Vice President
Cox Radio Tampa
(727) 579-2002

jay.oconnor@coxradio.com
Top 5 Group—Appointed

Gary Stone

Michael D. Osterhout, Chief Operating Officer
KCLB-FM (MCC Radio LLC)
(706) 823-3331

michael.osterhout@morris.com
Any Market/Two-Time Standard Markets

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Bill Pasha, Vice President of Programming
Entercom
(469) 362-1423

bpasha@entercom.com
Top 5 Group—Appointed

Tony Perlongo

Tony Perlongo, General Manager
KSOL-FM (Univision)
(415) 733-5710

tperlongo@univisionradio.com
Hispanic Format/Top 100 Markets

Tom Skinner

Tom Skinner , Vice President & General Manager
KZST-FM (Redwood Empire Stereocasters)
(707) 284-9112

toms@kzst.com
Any Market/Two-Time Standard Markets

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Last updated: 9.17.09