{"id":404115,"date":"2026-01-10T12:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T12:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/404115\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T12:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T12:06:10","slug":"michael-martin-steps-down-as-kllc-brand-manager-to-focus-on-national-responsibilties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/404115\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Martin Steps Down As KLLC Brand Manager To Focus On National Responsibilties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-removed-loading=\"lazy\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='jeg_viewport']\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::P]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kllc.png\" alt=\"Alice 97.3 KLLC San Francisco\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-183859\"  \/>Michael Martin stepped down from his role as Brand Manager of Audacy Hot AC \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/radioalice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alice 97.3<\/a>\u201d KLLC San Francisco at the end of 2025 to focus on his national duties as SVP of Programming and Head of Music Initiatives for Audacy.<\/p>\n<p>Martin joined then CBS Radio San Francisco in 2009 to program KLLC and CHR \u201c99.7 Now\u201d KMVQ and during his tenure would also oversee Rhythmic AC \u201cQ102.1\u201d KRBQ and Variety Hits \u201c105.3 Dave-FM\u201d KITS San Francisco and CHR \u201c97.1 Amp Radio\u201d KAMP Los Angeles. Before joining CBS\/Audacy, Martin spent his career at Clear Channel rising from Music Director of 102.7 KIIS-FM Los Angeles to Operations Manager, while also programming KYSR Los Angeles, and KIOI, KMEL, and KYLD San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Audacy San Francisco SVP\/Market Manager Kieran Geffert commented, \u201cWe\u2019re grateful for Michael\u2019s 16 years of leadership and the passion he\u2019s brought to Alice, and all of our brands. His programming vision, artist partnerships, signature events, and steady leadership have been integral to Alice\u2019s trajectory over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chief Programming Officer Jeff Sottolano commented, \u201cMichael has been a valuable contributor to the success of our San Francisco brands for almost two decades \u2013 leading KLLC, KMVQ, KITS and KRBQ at various points throughout his tenure. In his SF role, he has led highly rated shows and award-winning on-air talent and brought artists such as Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and John Mayer to the city by the bay. I want to thank him for all of his contributions to our San Francisco brands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Audacy intends to announce plans for KLLC\u2019s programming leadership in the coming days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Martin stepped down from his role as Brand Manager of Audacy Hot AC \u201cAlice 97.3\u201d KLLC San&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-404115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}