Ken Charles has been named program director for CBS Radio’sKNX(AM) in Los Angeles. The appointment is effective July 6.
“You’d be hard-pressed to find a programmer with as much experience and success in the news format as Ken,” said Senior Vice President/Market Manager Dan Kearney, who made the announcement.
Charles most recently served as the vice president of programming for iHeartMedia’s Sacramento cluster, as well as the national brand manager for all of the news, talk and sports stations. He spent nearly 17 years heading up news and talk programming for that media company, in several major markets including Atlanta, Houston and Miami.