Now We're Cook In:
His replacement at McVay/Cook & Assoc. will be announced soon, but as reported earlier via Breaking News, West Virginia Radio Dir./Programming & Brand Management and M/C&A President Charlie Cook has been named Cumulus/Nashville OM and PD of Country WKDF and WSM-FM, effective today. He succceeds Dan Bowen as OM and PD of WSM-FM, and takes over WKDF PD duties from Marty McFly, who remains in mornings. Bowen has exited. Reach him here. It's a return to Cumulus for Cook, who was VP/Country Programming from 2006 to 2008. "With all of the new and exciting things Cumulus is launching in conjunction with the Nash brand, I am thrilled to rejoin the company," he says. Reach him here.
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