BREAKING: Cumulus Media Appoints Travis Daily As VP Of Country

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Travis Daily

Cumulus Media has appointed Travis Daily as Vice President of Country. Daily will succeed Charlie Cook, who plans to exit the company on May 31.

Daily will provide content counsel for Cumulus Media’s 55 country-formatted radio brands across the United States. He was named Brand & Content Manager for the company’s 103.3 Country/WKDF-FM and 95.5 Nash Icon/WSM-FM last month and officially assumed content responsibilities on May 1.

Daily previously spent two years as Program Director for Cumulus Media’s 93.3 The Bull/KUBL-FM in Salt Lake City, Utah. He also worked as Operations Manager/Program Director for Beasley Media Group’s 99.5 WQYK-FM in Tampa in addition to spending 17 years at Clear Channel Communications/iHeartRadio, where he was Senior Vice President, Programming for the company’s Sarasota and Tampa clusters, and serving as Operations Manager/Program Director/Morning Host at Y96.9/KCCY-FM in Pueblo/Colorado Springs, and launched US 103.5/WFUS-FM in Tampa.

“When Charlie Cook told me he was departing, I was faced with one of the tougher decisions of my career: who could I trust to lead and represent our vast fleet of important country stations with the finesse and character that Charlie did? On every front, Travis rises to the demands,” says Brian Philips, Chief Content Officer, Cumulus Media. “Fresh from a fast, stunning turnaround at KUBL, he has demonstrated the creative and executive skills and style that set him apart from the rest. A new era begins in Nashville.”

“Storytelling is at the heart of every great country song. As VP of Country, you’re not just shaping playlists; you’re weaving narratives that resonate with listeners across Cumulus Media’s entire footprint of country stations. Together with our talented programmers, we’ll harmonize tradition with innovation, ensuring that our stations remain a vibrant part of listeners’ lives,” remarks Daily. “It’s an exciting time to be in country music and, with the advancement of technology, we have almost unlimited ways to deliver content. I am grateful for the opportunity to lead the country stations for Cumulus from my new hometown of Nashville, where I’ll be working intensively with WKDF and WSM-FM.”

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