Netflix And Cool: Broken Bow's Lainey Wilson celebrates multiple platinum certifications at the Nashville screening of her Netflix documentary, Lainey Wilson: Keepin’ Country Cool. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Peter Strickland, Red Light's Mandelyn Monchick, Wilson and the label's Jon Loba.
Brosé: MCA's Jacob Hackworth with Townsquare's Kurt Johnson (r) and the label's John Trapane (top) and WIL/St. Louis' Tommy Mattern (l) and Marty Brooks.
Westwood Won: Riser House's Meghan Patrick with Westwood One's George King at Stoney’s Rockin’ Country in Las Vegas.
Sleeve Me Too: The Core/Mercury's Josh Ross (c) with WFMS/Indianapolis' Matt Malone and Brooks O’Brian.
Half Of My Heart Like A Truck: Broken Bow's Lainey Wilson talks headlining Stagecoach and advice from Melissa Etheridge with John Mayer for his SiriusXM channel (ch. 14).
Veteran programming executive Christopher "Boomer" Layfield has been named VP/Programming for the iHeartMedia/Louisville eight-station cluster, which includes Country WAMZ. The market was most recently led by Rachel Elliot, who exited her Dir./Country Programming role for the Kentucky/West Virginia division earlier this month (CAT 4/13). Layfield departed his position as Vox AM/FM/Digital Burlington, VT OM, which included PD oversight of Country WCPV, last year (CAT 9/22/25). Prior to Vox, he was Cumulus/Indianapolis SVPP, with programming oversight of WFMS.
“Christopher brings an exceptional track record of leadership, creativity and strategic vision, and will be a tremendous asset to our teams and listeners,” says Area President Kristy Beebee. Adds Layfield, "We have a dynamic collection of brands in Louisville that engage, inform and entertain audiences, while also serving and supporting our advertising partners with unrivaled content and capabilities. I feel fortunate to join such a talented team driving ongoing success."
