Costain constructed the station's foundations and cable tunnels ; Sir Robert McAlpine laid the roads in and about the station, as well as building the ancillary buildings ; Mowlem laid the deep foundations ; Alfred McAlpine built the administration and control buildings ; Balfour Beatty undertook general building works and James Scott installed cabling.

Richard Heffner was appointed as the station's first general manager.

In general the station's SNCF services run to the south and east of France.

In the spring of 1967, the mayor of Binghamton, Joseph Esworthy, was interviewed on the " Open Line " show by the station's general manager, David R. Cooper.

The station's surroundings ( popularly known as the paradero ), are the main public transport hub to Toluca and northwestern municipalities in the State of Mexico, such as Naucalpan, Atizapán, Tlalnepantla or Huixquilucan, as well as a major connection point to several destinations within the Mexico City proper and it also serves as the housing of a large street market, which is known largely because of its poor general conditions.

Its first general manager was the well-known Shelby Storck, who also emceed the station's first evening of broadcasting.

When Channel 13 became public two years later, Joan Ganz applied for a position as the station's publicist, but the general manager told her they needed producers.

During the 2005 general election campaign, it was the station's news and editorial director Noelle McCarthy who conducted the interview in which then National Party leader Don Brash admitted that he had forewarning of a controversial leaflet campaign conducted by the Exclusive Brethren sect.

On November 2, 2006, station general manager Matt Martin posted an update on the station's website explaining the problem where he went on to express his appreciation to those who assisted with technical support from fellow public broadcaster KQED-FM.

KXMB is the largest station in the KX group, and the group's president, Tim Reiten, also serves as this station's general manager.

The city's mayor and U. S. Representative filed objections ; however, the station's general manager at the time publicly dismissed the possibility the station may go dark.

Peter R. Martin, Red Martin's oldest son, is the station's current president and general manager.

Bryan Jay Miller, the station's general manager, stated in a written announcement on the station's website that " barring something exceptional happening in the next two weeks, we will silence our broadcasts.

Station general manager Jim Hall asserted that the Jets were the station's " adopted team " for that season ( the Jets traded Favre to the Minnesota Vikings in the 2009 off-season ).

ABC had sold WXYZ ( AM ) a year earlier in 1984 to the radio station's general manager, Chuck Fritz, who changed its call sign to WXYT.

The station's first employee, general manager George Strimel, Jr., was hired in 1965 and given two years to get the station on the air.

In 1949 Todd, along with his father Robert, purchased radio station KOWH in Omaha, Nebraska ; Todd became the station's general manager.

However, it was a major beneficiary of various changes ( including the loss of that station's major-company backing, aging of its news team, and general programming mistakes ) at WKBW in the mid-1990s.

The station's success led him to be promoted as the first black general manager of RKO General.

Another former general manager, Jerry Marcus commented ( upon his retirement ) that he saw them appropriate during the station's formative years as, in his words, it was a " dogged station " ratings-wise.

Conversely, the naming conventions for a station's newscast are sometimes used as a universal on-air branding for the station itself, and may be used for general promotional purposes, even used in promoting syndicated and network programming.

Exiting two mid-sized urban markets that same year, General sold off WEAN to the Providence Journal and KGB to the San Diego station's general manager, Marion Harris .< ref >" Radio Stations 40 or More Years Old in 1962 ," Broadcasting, May 14, 1962 ( available online ); Crane, Marie Brenne, " Radio Station KGB and the Development of Commercial Radio In San Diego ," Journal of San Diego History, vol.

Believing that 1980s ' style new wave and modern rock music was stale and feeling that the budding grunge sound of alternative music was already served by many area stations, KSCR's general manager that same year controversially switched the station's daytime programming to the nation's first electronica / techno format, predating the launch of the area's 103. 1 MARS-FM, which would be the country's first commercial electronica format.

Anecdotal evidence suggest that racism was a key factor — in his book on the history of Australian radio, author and broadcaster Wayne Mac recounts that when a local Melbourne DJ of the 1960s played the new Ike and Tina Turner single " River Deep Mountain High " it was immediately pulled from the playlist by the station's program manager for being " too noisy and too black ".

The station's program director sent the song to manager Phin Daly who in turn showed it to Bill McGathy, his employer at In De Goot Entertainment.

The station's new program director Andy Travis tries to turn around struggling radio station WKRP, despite the well-meaning efforts of the mostly incompetent staff: bumbling station manager Arthur Carlson, oily sales manager Herb Tarlek, and clueless news director Les Nessman.

In 1978, he landed his signature role of Arthur " Big Guy " Carlson on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, portraying a bumbling radio station manager whose main qualification for the job is being the son of the station's owner.

At this stage, both the Directors, the station's manager, Vernon Margetts and the studio manager, Ray Benn, held conservative Christian beliefs that were reflected in 3AK's program schedule.

James Wesley, Cox's manager at WIOD in Miami and that station's Operations Manager, Elliott " Biggie " Nevins, were dispatched to Los Angeles to manage the station.

However, a station manager can often log into the station's main computer system from home ( or other remote location ) in certain instances, such as if a song track is not working properly.

Under the directorship of Martin Mumford, Rugby FM launched on 31 August 2002 — former Silk FM controller Trevor Thomas was the first voice on-air, also working as the station's programme manager, before leaving to join Warwickshire neighbour The Bear 102.

The station's first broadcast was on 26 May 1998 with guest Sammy McIlroy, then manager of the Macclesfield Town football club.

While some of the on-air talent changes on a regular basis the station's personnel has remained fairly constant, including programming director Randy Wynne, news director Rob Lorei and business manager Mercedes Skelton.

Facenda left WHAT after the station's manager refused to reimburse Facenda $ 5 ( equal to $ today ) for a pair of pigskin gloves he wore while knocking ice off the station's antenna ( one of his duties ).

) In 1999 she and Pacifica's Executive Director Lynn Chadwick fired the station's manager and issued a gag order, threatening to fire anyone else who worked at the station who spoke of their actions.

The radio station's programmers Max Tolkoff and Mark Sovel had been invited to Prince's home to hear the new rock oriented music.

In 2005, the station's Managing Director Mark Flanagan left Chrysalis to set up a political consultancy company and was replaced by David Lloyd.

While initially, ratings were steadily rising, the station's financial position took a turn for the worse in early 2005, with several employees, including Dermott Brereton, Mark Doran, and Robert Shaw not being paid.

The balance of the station's weekday lineup includes nationally syndicated programs hosted by Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin, as well as Coast to Coast AM.

Radio West formally closed at just after midnight on Monday 9 September 1985 with a special final programme hosted by Trevor Fry and the final closedown announcement from Mark Seaman ( the station's programme organiser ).

Marisa de Andrade stayed at the station on the ' Drive Time ' slot, with Diamond being replaced by Mark Donaldson, the station's sport editor.

In 2006, the program director, Mark Raney, locked himself in the station's control room for 10 days to protest the management's decision to abandon KZEL's classic rock format and replace it with country music.

The original DJ lineup on 105 KITS consisted of program director Jeff Hunter 6 – 9am, followed by Doug Ritter 9am – 12pm, Gary Robbins 12 – 3pm, Todd Parker 3 – 7pm, Richard Sands 7 – midnight, and Rick Neal ( George Fryer ) midnight – 6am, Mark Van Gelder was 105 KITS first Production Director, Annette Parks ( daughter of pioneer broadcaster and Miss America Pageant Host Bert Parks ) was the station's news director, and Michele Meisner ( formerly of San Francisco's Fantasy Studios ) was music director.

In late-1985, Mark MacLeod was hired after working at CHMA FM in Sackville, New Brunswick to become the station's program director.

Mark & Brian were so impressed with Hilton's performance that they gave him a spot at the station's Christmas concert.

Until the sale of the Macquarie Radio Network by Warwick Fairfax and the station's affiliation with 2UE, Macquarie National News-2GB, 3AW, 4BH, 5DN and 6PR-was provided by Colin Tyrus ( News Director ), Murray Olds ( News Director and later breakfast personality ), Mark Smith ( News Director ), Kevin Donnellan, Verity Webb, Simon Francis, Graham Warburton, Neil Wiese, Tim Sauer, Jim Snedden, Eric Wisgard, Craig Middleton, Shaun Fewings, Shane Sody, Graham Cairns, Anne Fulwood, Amanda Bachmann, Michelle Weidenhofer, Alan Murrell, Heidi Koch and Narelle Hill.

Mark Thompson moved from the station's 10pm newscast to report weather ; Dagny Hultgreen was the entertainment anchor ; and Suzanne Dunn was the traffic reporter on Sky 11 ( now SkyFox ), the station's helicopter.

The station's first managing director was Martin Drake, who left the company after just eight months, and after a period under interim CEO Mark Kellett, the channel's top job was taken by Managing Director Michael Murphy, who later left the channel when it was fully transferred over to TV3 and integrated into the TV3 Group.

A more " gritty " approach to the drama was also part of the revamp, with the introduction of the station's CID and Mark Womack, formerly of Liverpool 1 as DI Hammond.

The march to the station began at 11am and upon reaching the station's entrance, participants heard speeches from several speakers including Australian Greens Eastern Victorian upper house candidate Samantha Dunn and Beyond Zero Emissions ' Mark Ogge.

The station's primary programming came from Air America Radio, with hosts including Al Franken, Stephanie Miller and Mark Riley.