{"id":289184,"date":"2026-02-09T18:50:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/289184\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T18:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:50:50","slug":"bill-stewart-moves-to-tucson-as-iheart-svp-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/289184\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Stewart Moves To Tucson As iHeart SVP\/Programming"},"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\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/billstewart-200x183-jpg.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"Bill Stewart iHeartMedia Spokane Tucson\" width=\"200\" height=\"183\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-339175\"  \/>iHeartMedia Spokane WA SVP\/Programming Bill Stewart is relocating to Tucson AZ.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart will oversee programming for all of iHeart\u2019s eight brands in Tucson reporting to Southwest Area SVP\/Programming Tony Manero.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart has led iHeartMedia Spokane\u2019s programming since July 2023. He previously had a 29 year run with the company in Anchorage AK where he was PD\/morning host at CHR 101.3 KGOT from 1991 to 2015 and then at \u201cKASH Country 107.5\u201d KASH-FM from 2015 until 2020. In between, his stints with iHeart, Stewart also has a brief run as Director of Content for Townsquare Media Billings MT.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart will continue to host mornings at AC \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/magic989fm.iheart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Magic 98.9<\/a>\u201d KYMG Anchorage and afternoons at Classic Rock <a href=\"https:\/\/989kkzx.iheart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">98.9 KKZX<\/a> Spokane and maintain some programming duties in Spokane. He commented, \u201ciHeartMedia\u2019s Tucson stations play a powerful role in people\u2019s daily lives. These stations are trusted voices in Southern Arizona.  My focus is to continue to deliver great music and engaging local content that reflects the spirit of this community and gives listeners something they can rely on every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Southwest Area President Steve Earnhart said, \u201cWe\u2019re excited to have Bill join our team in Tucson. He brings a deep understanding of how to build strong, relevant brands that connect with listeners and communities.  His leadership and programming vision will continue to elevate our stations and deliver compelling content that reflects the energy, culture, and voice of Tucson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stewart succeeds Nick Bruns who exited in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"iHeartMedia Spokane WA SVP\/Programming Bill Stewart is relocating to Tucson AZ. Stewart will oversee programming for all of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-289184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}