Clear Channel Radio Names Thea Mitchem Market Manager Washington, D.C./Baltimore

Clear Channel Radio Names Thea Mitchem Market Manager Washington, D.C./Baltimore

Washington, D.C. – May 24, 2011 – Clear Channel Radio announced today that Thea Mitchem has been named Market Manager for Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, effective immediately. Mitchem has been with Clear Channel Radio since 2003 and has served the market as Operations Manager since 2008.

“Thea Mitchem is one of the rare programming professionals to make the move to Market Manager, but her accomplishments and success with the company prove she is the perfect person for the position,” said Hartley Adkins, Clear Channel Radio Senior Vice President of Operations. “Thea’s great management ability will surely continue to benefit Clear Channel Radio and the Washington, D.C./Baltimore market.”

Prior to her latest roles with the Washington, D.C./Baltimore market, Mitchem served as the Operations Manager for Clear Channel Radio Philadelphia. She has been recognized throughout the radio industry and recently won the 2010 Ronnie Johnson Radio Mentor of the Year Award. She also received the 2008 Clear Channel Performance Excellence Award. Mitchem has led nine stations in the Washington, D.C./Baltimore market to ratings success across two top 25 Arbitron markets and has managed HOT 99.5 to record rating highs.

“I am thrilled about my new position as Market Manager for the Washington, D.C./Baltimore cluster,” said Mitchem. “It has been great working with Clear Channel Radio on the programming side and I know the market well. My new role as Market Manager will give me the opportunity to continue to lead this market to success.”

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