Beasley Media Group Inc. has promoted Justin Chase to executive vice president of programming. He most recently served as the company’s vice president of programming, a position that will now be filled by Buzz Knight, the company says.
Chase has served as VP of programming since 2013, and prior to that he was operations manager for Beasley Media Group Las Vegas, where he also worked as a program director for the cluster.
Chase represents Beasley Media Group on several industry boards, including: the Media Ratings Council, the Nielsen Advisory Council, and the Council for Research Excellence.
Knight’s appointment is following the completion of, and contingent upon, Beasley Broadcast Group’s acquisition of all of the outstanding stock of Greater Media Inc. He has served as SVP of program development for Greater Media, and he started his career with Greater Media in 2002.
Knight currently serves on industry audience measurement advisory boards, including: The Nielsen Audio Advisory Council, The National Association of Broadcasting Committee on Local Audience Radio Audience Measurement and the Council for Research Excellence where he serves as chairman of the Audio Committee.
Beasley Media Group is a subsidiary of Beasley Broadcast Group Inc. It owns and operates 34 FM and 18 AM radio stations.
