Hubbard Broadcasting Selects Kalman to Launch New Radio Station WIXK.Business Editors & Entertainment Writers MINNEAPOLIS & ST. PAUL St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2001 Hubbard Broadcasting announced today the appointment of Marc Kalman as vice president and general manager of its newly acquired radio properties, WIXK-AM/FM. Kalman will begin work at WIXK on April 24, 2001. Kalman, a 33-year Twin Cities broadcast veteran, presided over unprecedented growth as vice president and general manager of radio stations KDWB, KTCZ and WLOL WLOL With Lots of Love WLOL W Land of Lakes (radio station) . At KDWB, Kalman led the heritage Top 40 station to record high ratings and revenues and industry notoriety by winning three Marconi Awards for Broadcasting Excellence as voted on by members of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). In 1999, Kalman oversaw one of the most successful radio launches in recent history when classic hits formatted WLOL debuted as one of the top three stations in all adult demographic categories. Kalman also serves on the board of the Variety Children's Association, the fundraising arm for the Children's Hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. at the University of Minnesota (body, education) University of Minnesota - The home of Gopher. http://umn.edu/. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. . Kalman's service to the Twin Cities community was recognized twice nationally by the NAB as KDWB was a two-time recipient of the Crystal Award. Kalman's broad experience as a radio market manager for AM/FM AM/FM Amplitude Modulation / Frequency Modulation AM/FM Auto-Mapping/Facilities Management Radio, Inc. (now Clear Channel Communications Not to be confused with clear channel radio stations, which are AM radio stations with certain technical parameters. Clear Channel Communications (NYSE: CCU) is a media conglomerate company based in the United States. ) in the Twin Cities was preceded by management positions at WDGY and WCCO radio, where he was the general sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → . Hubbard Broadcasting, parent company of WIXK -AM and FM plans to launch a new radio station in the Twin Cities this summer, when WIXK-FM's transmitter is moved from New Richmond, WI to cover the Minneapolis and St. Paul metropolitan area. President of Hubbard Broadcasting's radio division, Ginny Morris said, "We are honored that someone of Marc's experience and expertise has decided to spend the next chapter of his career helping us expand our company. We will look to Kalman to lead WIXK-AM/FM to positions of market dominance in the format directions we ultimately determine present the greatest opportunities." Hubbard Broadcasting also owns and operates KSTP-AM and KS95-FM broadcasting in the Twin Cities. As well as the Hubbard Radio Network, which syndicates original and locally produced programming to radio stations throughout the Midwest region. |
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