joined<\/a>\u00a0Evanov Communications last fall as Senior Brand Manager for the company\u2019s GTA stations\u00a0Z103.5\u00a0and\u00a0Lite 92.1\u00a0(CKPC-FM). Moving forward, he\u2019ll now be part of refreshed morning show, The Z Morning Zoo with Mel and Ronnie, airing weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.<\/p>\nEvanov said in a release that the concept of the new show is to offer listeners the opportunity to \u201cwake up to fun,\u201d with high-energy dance and hit music, listener interactions, contesting and more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m beyond excited to wake up the GTA with the fabulous Mel! Z103.5 has deep roots and a proud history, and we\u2019re going to honour those traditions that our loyal audience loves while bringing fresh energy and new twists to the mix. With dance music, prizes, and a bunch of fun \u2014 The Z Morning Zoo will add more spark to weekday mornings.\u201d said Stanton, in Evanov\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n
Paul Evanov, President & CEO of Evanov Communications Inc., said the evolution of the morning show is an exciting next step for the brand.<\/p>\n
\u201cZ103.5 has always been synonymous with energy, personality, and the biggest dance and hit music. The Z Morning\u00a0 Zoo with Mel and Ronnie represents the next chapter in that story,\u201d said Evanov. \u201cBringing together Ronnie\u2019s creative vision and Melanie\u2019s deep connection with our audience gives us a morning show that feels fresh, contemporary, and distinctly\u00a0 Z103.5. We\u2019re thrilled to offer our listeners a wake-up show that truly reflects the evolution of the station and the\u00a0 dynamic spirit of the GTA.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stanton most recently led Classic Hits\u00a0programming nationally at\u00a0Rogers Sports & Media, in addition to serving as Content Director for\u00a0JACK FM (CJAX-FM) and KiSS Throwbacks (CKKS-FM) in Vancouver. Prior to that, he served as Chief Content Officer for\u00a0Virgin Radio International, also holding roles including\u00a0Vice-President, Audio at Corus Entertainment.<\/p>\n
Martin returned to Z103.5 in September 2024, formerly hosting the morning show alongside Jimmy T.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran programmer Ronnie Stanton returns to his on-air roots, starting Monday, Jan. 12, joining Melanie Martin on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":{"0":"post-222730","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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