Tom Owns, Darren Davis and Jeff Littlejohn all get promotions. Owens is now Executive Vice President of Programming Research and Strategy. Davis becomes Senior Vice President, General Manager of National Programming Platforms and Littlejohn will become Executive Vice President of Engineering and Systems Integration.
?Tom Owens, formerly Executive Vice President of Programming Development, will become Executive Vice President of Programming Research and Strategy. In his new role, Owens will head Clear Channel?s leading and expanding programming resources, leverage Clear Channel?s considerable research capabilities to expand programmers? access to unmatched consumer perspectives and insights, work consultatively with the company?s Executive Vice Presidents for Operations and Senior Vice Presidents of Programming teams on high-profile competitive opportunities for individual stations, and provide unmatched programming partnership services for the entire senior management team. Owens will continue to report to John Hogan.
?Darren Davis will become Senior Vice President, General Manager of National Programming Platforms, reporting to Tom Poleman. Davis will focus on leading Clear Channel?s Programming Operations Center and the company?s highly effective Premium Choice network, which is used to import and export programming innovation and excellence from region to region, market to market and station to station. Additionally, Davis will develop and lead a new team of Format Directors, who represent the best and brightest available to Clear Channel Radio, to focus the collective strength of Clear Channel on specific formats for both our broadcast radio and digital properties. Davis was previously Senior Vice President of National Distribution.
?Jeff Littlejohn will become Executive Vice President of Engineering and Systems Integration, reporting to John Hogan. In his new role, Littlejohn will oversee all engineering functions and terrestrial distribution platforms, as well as overseeing RCS. In his new role, Littlejohn will lead the integration of the expanding array of Clear Channel?s distribution and operations systems that allow Clear Channel Radio to seamlessly deliver content across a national footprint while providing local activation capabilities. He was previously Executive Vice President of Distribution.
