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October 25, 2004
TIM SABEAN NAMED VICE PRESIDENT, ACTIVE ROCK PROGRAMMING, INFINITY BROADCASTING
Veteran Infinity Programmer Adds Responsibility For Seven Stations
Steve Rivers,
President of Programming, Infinity Broadcasting, announced today a reorganization
of management over its more than 30 Rock stations.
Tim Sabean has been named Vice President,
Active Rock Programming.
He joins Norm
Winer, Vice President, Adult Rock Programming, and Kevin Weatherly and Oedipus,
who oversee the programming operations of Infinity's Alternative Rock stations.
Sabean will
supervise the programming at Infinity's younger, mainstream Rock stations,
including WYSP, WBCN-FM in Boston, WRKZ-FM in Pittsburgh, KUFO-FM in Portland,
KSRX-FM in San Antonio, WAZU-FM in Columbus, and WBUF-FM in Buffalo.
He will continue to serve as Vice President of Programming for
Infinity's WYSP-FM, WPHT-AM, WIP-AM, KYW-AM and WOGL-FM in Philadelphia, as well as Operations Manager
for WYSP, a position he has held for the past 13 years.
The appointment is effective immediately.
Winer also
serves as Program Director for WXRT-FM in Chicago
and will focus his expert attention on Infinity's 11 AAA and Classic Rock
stations.
"Infinity's Rock programmers are second to none,"
said Rivers.
"Norm, Kevin and Oedipus
are proven leaders in their industry and Tim's resume of programming legendary
stations and winning countless ratings battles speaks volumes about his
strategic ability and creativity.
I look
forward to the exciting opportunities that lie ahead and welcome Tim to our
team of format captains."
Since joining
Infinity in 1991, Sabean has supported operations at Infinity's WJFK-FM,
WXRK-FM, WKRK-FM and WCKG-FM, where he helped guide the station to a leading
position in the Chicago
market.
Prior to that,
he held programming positions at WLS-AM/FM and WLUP-FM in Chicago,
KLOS-FM in Los Angeles,
and WCKG and was instrumental in the stations record ratings performance.
Sabean was born
in Minneapolis, Minn.
and attended the University
of Minnesota.
He currently resides in Valley Forge, Penn.
with his wife and two children.
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Infinity Press Contact:
Karen L. Mateo
212/846-7638
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Vice President, Communications
(212) 649 9639
Allison Mandara
Press Representative
(212) 649 9606
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