iHeart Cuts Continue: WNCO/Mansfield, OH PD/afternoon host Matt Appleby exits. He was also Dir./Creative for the cluster. Appleby started working at WNCO in 1980 while still in high school, was hired on full-time in 1981, and worked at the station until 1998, before returning in 2004, for a total of more than 38 years.
WRNX/Springfield, MA midday host Michael Perez exits after 14 years with the company. He was also Dir./Marketing for the cluster. Perez had been in Springfield for more than seven years, following six years at the Hartford cluster. Reach him here.
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