Kathy “KB” Brown is taking her Charleston programming playbook national for Cumulus Media, leading the company’s Urban Mainstream, Urban AC, Classic Hip-Hop, and Gospel-formatted stations in the VP role recently vacated by Kenny Smoov.
Brown joined Cumulus in 2017, when she left iHeartMedia in St. Louis to become Program Director of Z93 Jamz (WWWZ) and Magic 107.3 (WMGL). Before iHeart, Brown was Assistant Program Director for CBS Radio Atlanta’s V103 (WVEE) in Atlanta. She also served Radio One as VP/Regional Program Director and Operations Manager for its seven-station cluster in Washington, DC, and Baltimore.
With her new duties, she will remain on the air and as Program Director at Jamz and Magic.
Brown said, “I am excited to join the Cumulus senior content leadership team. I am fortunate to support a stellar group of Urban programmers who oversee legendary stations. We will continue our legacy of excellence.”
Cumulus Media Chief Programming Officer Brian Philips said, “By virtue of her veteran major-market leadership skills and perennial high achievement, KB became the clear choice of both our programming leaders and her peers in the Cumulus Urban fleet, Kathy already wears much programming responsibility gracefully and successfully in her Charleston role and in the region. This confirms our trust in her proven steady guidance and her stellar reputation within Cumulus.”
