Cumulus Minneapolis Operations Manager Derek Madden has been promoted by the company to Vice President of Mainstream Rock Formats. In addition to his OM role, Madden will continue as Program Director for Minneapolis’ 93X (KXXR).
Before joining KXXR in March 2015 and signing an extension in 2017, Madden was PD of KLOS at Cumulus Los Angeles. He has also been a Corporate Programmer for Rock and Alternative since 2014.
Cumulus Media and Westwood One Chief Content Officer Brian Philips stated, “Derek has achieved consistent dominance for KXXR because of his unwavering focus on listener needs and wants. This is his ‘sixth sense’. Derek is a futurist with killer instincts. He’ll share these talents as he leads our fleet of Rock stations.”
Commenting on his promotion, Madden expressed, “I’m truly excited to work with our PDs to help them fully realize their visions, and to create unique opportunities to further develop the artists that make it possible to do what we do. Thanks to everyone at Cumulus who has welcomed me to this incredible team.”
