Five iHeartMedia Programmers Boosted. Trading in their titles of senior vice president of programming to become division executive vice president of programming for
iHeartMedia's national programming group are
Tony Coles, Steve Geofferies, Andrew Jeffries, Thea Mitchem, and
Meg Stevens. Along with fellow division executive vice president of programming
Gene Romano, they will report to iHeartMedia national programming group executive vice president and general manager
Brad Hardin. According to national programming group president
Tom Poleman, "Great programming is the foundation of our stations. We are fortunate to have an amazing group of local program directors leading our brands. The collaboration between local programming and the iHeartMedia national programming group unlocks the unparalleled scale and assets of iHeartMedia, providing us with unmatched resources which benefit each and every one of our stations." Formerly organized into "major" and "regional" market groups, iHM is now comprised of four geographic divisions, each led by a division president. Jeffries and Geofferies are working in the "west" division with
Greg Ashlock; Coles is in the "central" with
Matt Martin; Mitchem and Stevens in the "northeast" with
Hartley Adkins; and Romano is teamed with
Tom McConnell in the "midwest-southeast" division.
