In your face: Energy 107.5 FM takes live radio out to listeners
Aaron Traylor talks live on the air with Jessica Adams on Tuesday during his “Location Invasion” afternoon radio show in Missoula. The DJ for Energy 107.5 FM takes his mobile studio on the road, talking with listeners, playing their requests and handing out prizes.
TOM BAUER/Missoulian

Daniel Wilson Joins GAP Broadcasting Group as Chief Financial Officer
GAP Broadcasting Group, LLC (“GAP Holdings”), the parent company of GAP Broadcasting, LLC (“GAP”) and GAP Broadcasting II, LLC (“GAPWEST”), today announced that Daniel J. Wilson has been named the company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective May 1, 2008.  Mr. Wilson, who will be based in Dallas, will serve as Chief Financial Officer for both GAP and GAPWEST, and will be a member of the Board of GAP Holdings.

Michelle Wolfe Named to FMQB Hall of Fame
FMQB (Friday Morning Quarter Back) celebrated the magazine’s 40 years of serving radio programming and management executives as well as music industry executives with an event recognizing the top players in those industries.  The ceremony took place in Philadelphia on April 10.  Included among those recognized with Hall of Fame status was Bozeman’s own, Michelle Wolfe. 

Erik Hellum Named New GAPWEST Pres
Erik Hellum Joins GAPWEST Broadcasting as the new President.  HELLUM most recently worked for BONNEVILLE INTERNATIONAL as VP/Market Manager in PHOENIX. Before that, he was VP/GM for BONNEVILLE’s WIL and WRTH/ST. LOUIS; he has also held senior sales positions with CLEAR CHANNEL Group Sales and AMFM.

Clooney, Zellweger will come to Duluth
Duluth will practically glow with star wattage Monday when Academy Award-winners Renée Zellweger and George Clooney stop by to promote “Leatherheads,” a film loosely based on the Duluth Eskimos football team.

MERRY WALLIN NAMED VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL MANAGER OF GAPWEST BROADCASTING - DULUTH
GAPWEST Broadcasting announced the appointment of Merry Wallin as Vice President, General Manager of GAPWEST Broadcasting in Duluth. She will head stations WEBC, KKCB, KLDJ and KBMX. Wallin has served as the General Sales Manager for these stations for the past three years.

GAPWEST Broadcasting, LLC and Clear Channel Communications Close Sale
GAPWEST Broadcasting today announced the closing on the purchase of 59 radio stations from Clear Channel Communications.

GAPWEST adds Progressive Talk to Missoula radio mix
One of the Rockies’ most progressive communities now has Progressive Talk radio as GAPWEST Broadcasting changes Adult Standards KLCY to “AM 930, KMPT – Missoula’s Progressive Talk.”  KMPT features the biggest names in Progressive Talk including Ed Schultz, Stephanie Miller and Thom Hartmann.  Market Manager Dave Cowan comments: “The city of Missoula is a blue island in a vast red sea, and there are a significant number of listeners not being well served by commercial radio.”

Griz Country Takes a Bite Out of Missoula
Denver  Gap West Broadcasting today announced the birth OF KXGZ-FM.

Cowan Takes The Bull By The Horns in Montana
Dave Cowan upped from Operations Manager to General Manager