History about Fred Holland
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Broadcasting Magazine September 6, 1980
WAAY Is looking for an experienced morning personality for our 50,000 watt contemporary station. Must be willing to make a commitment and get involved with the community. Number one ratings but morning numbers need to improve. Rush tape & resume to Fred Holland, Box 2041, Huntsville, AL 35804. EOE.
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FRED HOLLAND, PD WAHR/Huntsville looking for air position/assistant PD/MD. CHR or A/C. Medium to large market. 205-883-9381
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Fred Holland is the new Program Director at
KAAY/Little Rock, leaving behind the PM drive slot at WTAK/Huntsville
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Fred Holland is now PD at KAAY/Little Rock. Most recently he was at WTAK/Huntsville, but you probably remember Fred best from his association with WAAY/Huntsville. That makes Fred one of the few programmers we know of that has programmed both call letter combinations … WAAY and KAAY
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Former KLAZ/Little Rock PD Dave Taylor has been named PD at KAAY across town, replacing Fred Holland,
who steps down.
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Holland Moves Crosstown To
WAPI PD Post
After a year as Production Director at WMJJ/Birmingham, Fred Holland has
resigned in order to become PD at cross- town WAPI. Holland replaces exiting PD Jim Cassidy, who left for an undisclosed programming position in another market. Commenting on Holland’s appointment, WAPI-AM & FM GM Bernie Barker told R&R, “We are delighted to have someone with Fred’s background joining our station as PD. Even more exciting is that Fred already has a good feel for the market. The station has shown significant progress since changing to Drake-Chenault’s `HitParade’ format last August, and under Fred’s leadership, we anticipate a terrific year.” Barker added that widely -circulating rumors regarding a possible format change on AOR-formatted WAPI-FM were “completely false.” Prior to WMJJ, Holland worked as PD at KAAY/Little Rock and Huntsville stations WAHR and WAAY, as well as holding air – shifts at KNOW/Austin and WSGA/Savannah. Holland said, “(WMJJ owner) Capitol Broadcasting is a fine company, and I’ve really enjoyed handling production here. But I’ve always enjoyed full service radio, and I’m looking forward to programming in that area again. I’ve heard a lot of good things about Bernie, and I’ve worked with GSM Walter Berry before. I’m excited about joining their team.” Following Holland’s departure, WMJJ announced that former KOFM/Oklahoma City PD John Jenkins has been named Assistant PD, while midday man Scott Michaels has assumed the Production Director’s duties. I’m eternally grateful to (KKBQ PD) John Lander and (VP/GM) Pete Schulte for their faith and confidence.” As part of the format change, Allison has temporarily taken over the morning show, as WSGN’s former morning team Tommy Charles & John Ed Willoughby moved crosstown to handle the simulcast morning show at WVOK & WRKK. At the same time, WRKK announced it has switched call letters to WQUS “US99”.
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Fred Holland to PD post at
Drake-Chenault “HitParade” client WAPI/Birmingham, Alabama
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Fred Holland is doing AM drive at WAHR /Huntsville, Alabama
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Radio Business Report 1997
WTKI -AM News -Talk -Sports
1450 kHz 1 kw -U, ND
City of license: Huntsville AL
GM: Fred Holland
PD: Trey Shearer CE: Don Roden
Net: ABC, CBS, Major, TalkAmerica
McDaniel Media Inc.
acq from Jennings Ent., $250K, RBR 1 -16 -95
2305 Holmes Ave., Huntsville AL 35816
(205) 533 -1450 Fax: (205) 536-4349
