It was fully official today. Both AllAccess and R&R reported my hire at Rock105. Read below...
From AllAccess:
"Styles Heads To WXQR"
NEXTMEDIA Active Rocker WXQR(ROCK105)/GREENVILLE, NC taps WES STYLES as new PD, replacing the exited DAVE TRIPP. STYLES was previously PD and afternoon guy at CUMULUS Active Rocker WWIZ/YOUNGSTOWN, OH.
From Radio & Records.com:
"Styles Takes WXQR PD Seat"
NextMedia active rock WXQR (Rock 105)/Greenville, N.C., has chosen Wes Styles to take over possession of the PD's office. Inbound after five years at Cumulus active rock WWIZ/Youngstown, Ohio, where he was PD/afternoon host, Styles is replacing Dave Tripp, who exited in May.
Styles' arrival means NextMedia Myrtle Beach, S.C., OM Mark McKinney, who had been overseeing WXQR since Tripp’s departure, will discontinue his weekly three-hour drive up scenic U.S. 17. McKinney says, ”I’ll miss the BBQ at Moore’s but I know we found the right guy in Wes to move forward at Rock 105.”
“I‘m very excited about this opportunity and look forward to helping this legendary rocker grow,” Styles says
