iHeart Cuts: Kaplan
iHeart Cuts Continue: iHeartMedia VPP/Fort Myers Louis Kaplan, whose oversight included Country WCKT, has exited amid the company's ongoing cuts (CAT 8/9). Kaplan is a 21-year iHeart vet with previous stops at CBS Radio and Great Trails Broadcasting; reach him at 239-340-8579 and here.
SVP/Programming Panama City/Tallahasee, FL John Lund, whose oversight included WPAP and WTNT, is out after 20 years with the company. He moved to his most recent post 10 years ago (CAT 1/17/14), and spent a decade before that as Reg. Programming Mgr. for the company's south Georgia markets. Lund's prior stops include Montgomery, AL; Columbia, SC and Bangor, ME. Reach him here.
WZDA/Dayton PD/midday host Gina Ferraro is out after two years with the station (CAT 5/16/22). It was a return to the cluster for Ferraro, who spent nine years at sister AC WMMX and Top 40 WCHD before spending a year in Cincinnati at AC WRRM. Reach her here.
KTGX/Tulsa MD/Digital Lead/afternoon host “Natalie Cash” Lefler departs after three years with the station. She joined from crosstown KWEN (CAT 8/2/21), where she spent 10 years in morning drive. Lefler's prior stops include Las Vegas and Dallas. Reach her here.
Greensboro Dir./Marketing "Sarah Quinn" Peters, whose oversight included WTQR, exits after three years (CAT 11/24/21). She also handled middays on Top 40 WMKS. Prior to Greensboro, Peters spent seven years at Alpha/Canton, OH. Reach her here.