Thursday, March 7, 2013

Houston Radio: CBS Taps Ryan McCredden As KILT, KIKK PD

CBS Radio’s new program director for KILT (610 AM) and KIKK (650 AM) said Wednesday he arrives with the same philosophy and same radio playbook as his predecessor.

David Barron at the Houston Chronicle reports Ryan McCredden, who most recently was program director for KQTH-FM and KFFN-AM in Tucson, Ariz., will assume the position vacated by Gavin Spittle, who left CBS Radio’s Houston cluster to become program director for the company’s talk stations in Dallas.

McCredden, a native of Wisconsin, worked for four years with CBS Radio in Dallas, including three years as Spittle’s assistant program director before moving to Tucson in 2010. He also was executive producer of the Texas Rangers Radio Network.

“My goal is to grow the station in ratings and revenue, and I think that can be accomplished,” he said. “I’ve been listening a lot (to KILT) since hearing of the opportunity, and it sounds like great radio to me. It keeps me listening. I’m thrilled to be working with such talented hosts.”

McCredden has worked for stations in Eau Claire, Wisc., and Madison, Wisc., in addition to his duties at CBS Radio’s KRLD-AM-FM in Dallas and the Journal Broadcast Group stations in Tucson.

McCredden inherits a station that languished in the ratings prior to 2009 despite its association with the Texans but has moved into the top 10 among men 25-54 both in and out of Texans season as the team has improved.

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