NextMedia Appoints John Leathers as General Manager of Newly Acquired San Jose, California Radio Stations

NextMedia Appoints John Leathers as General Manager of Newly Acquired San Jose, California Radio Stations

DENVER, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- NextMedia Group, Inc. announced today that John Leathers has been appointed General Manager for the Company's radio stations, KEZR-FM and KBAY-FM, serving the San Jose, California market. In this role, Mr. Leathers will oversee all programming and promotional operations for NextMedia's newly acquired radio stations.

Steven Dinetz, President and Chief Executive Officer of NextMedia commented, "John Leathers is a veteran radio sales professional with a proven track record of effectively building and managing sales organizations at radio stations in the San Francisco and San Jose markets. His years of experience in large and medium markets will be instrumental as we seek to further build on the popularity of these well-established media assets. We would like to welcome John to the NextMedia team and look forward to working with him."

John Leathers commented, "I am honored to join NextMedia and lead the company's expansion into San Jose. KEZR and KBAY are two well-established FM stations with strong local franchises in a rapidly growing top ten market. Leveraging my sales and marketing experience in the Bay Area, I feel we can increase the footprints of these stations and maximize their revenue and profit potential. I thank Carl, Steven and the rest of the NextMedia team for the opportunity, and look forward to contributing to the long-term growth of the company."

John Leathers brings 10 years of radio sales management experience to NextMedia. For the past three years, Mr. Leathers has served as a Senior General Sales Manager at Bonneville Radio, where he was successful in increasing national/local sales in San Francisco and creating a more cluster-focused sales organization. Previously, he served as Director of Sales for Clear Channel Radio serving San Francisco/San Jose, CA, were he managed the complete sales effort of five top Bay Area radio properties. Earlier in his career, Mr. Leathers served in various sales roles at radio stations in San Francisco, San Jose and Portland, Oregon. He received a Bachelors of Art in Communications Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1989.

About NextMedia

NextMedia Group, Inc. is a diversified out-of-home media company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. After giving effect to pending acquisitions and divestitures, NextMedia, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, owns and operates 59 stations in 15 markets throughout the United States, and more than 5,600 bulletin and poster displays. Additionally, NextMedia owns advertising displays in more than 5,300 retail locations across the United States. Investors in NextMedia's ultimate parent company include Thomas Weisel Capital Partners, Alta Communications, Weston Presidio Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, as well as senior management. NextMedia was founded by veteran media executives Carl E. Hirsch, Executive Chairman, and Steven Dinetz, President and CEO.

Source: NextMedia Group, Inc.

CONTACT: Todd St. Onge, +1-212-986-6667, stonge@braincomm.com, or Kim Holt, +1-212-986-6667, holt@braincomm.com; both of Brainerd Communicators, Inc. for NextMedia Group, Inc.

Web site: http://www.nextmediaradio.com/

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