Grateful Fed: Federated Media has elevated South Bend, IN GM Brad Williams and Ft. Wayne, IN GM Mark DePrez to COO of its Talking Stick and Pathfinder Communications units, respectively. Williams and DePrez will jointly succeed longtime COO Tony Richards, who has left to form Kensington Digital Media, but will continue to advise the properties. Williams adds the Goshen and Warsaw, IN clusters, which include Country WLEG (Froggy) and WAWC (Willie), respectively; DePrez adds oversight of Auburn, IN, which includes Country WFGA (Froggy). Williams joined Federated as an AE in 1987; De Prez came aboard GSM of News/Talk WOWO/Ft. Wayne in 1994. Reach DePrez here and Williams here.