Press Release

(March 23, 2010) Bonneville Seattle today announced Ryan Hatch has been named Operations Manager for Bonneville Seattle (News Talk 97.3 KIRO FM, 770 KTTH, 710 ESPN Seattle and MyNorthwest.com). Hatch will direct the overall product strategy for the group and will assume the day-to-day programming responsibilities for News Talk 97.3 KIRO FM and 770 KTTH. Hatch will begin his new duties the week of April 12th, 2010. The announcement was made by Bonneville Seattle Vice President and Market Manager, Carl Gardner.

Hatch is currently a key member of the leadership team which has successfully grown Bonneville’s News Talk 92.3 KTAR-FM, Sports 620 KTAR-AM, and KTAR.com into a market-leading news/talk/sports combination in Phoenix, Arizona. Hatch, as Program Director of Sports 620 KTAR AM, works in tandem with KTAR-FM Program Director Russ Hill and News Director Jon Zimney, to foster a news-centric culture, focused on enterprise reporting and utilizing both radio and digital media channels.

In partnership with 710 ESPN Seattle Program Director, Owen Murphy, 97.3 KIRO FM News Director, Ursula Reutin, and Bonneville Seattle New Media Director James Bottorff, Hatch will bring a similar product strategy to Seattle creating a culture of collaboration and product integration between the newsroom, talk shows and digital media assets.

“Ryan is a dynamo, a forward thinker, and a natural leader,” said Vice President and Market Manager, Carl Gardner. “We’re loaded with talent and powerful programming assets at Bonneville Seattle. We see Ryan as the person who can pull all of it together and help us reach our full potential as a multi-media powerhouse for news, talk, sports and community engagement.”

“This is a tremendous opportunity to work with some of the most talented people in the business, on stations that truly make a difference and a website that is fast becoming influential in the Northwest,” said Hatch. “I couldn’t be more excited to continue working with Bonneville in building great brands and helping create remarkable content for growing audiences both on-air and online.”

During his career, Hatch was Program Director for 1280 The Zone KZNS, the top rated sports talker in Utah, and hosted the number one rated midday sports talk show in the Beehive State. The Salt Lake native has also hosted countless Utah Jazz, University of Utah and BYU pre and post-game shows, and provided television and radio play-by-play for Major League Soccer and Arena Football League broadcasts. Hatch began his radio career at KISN-AM in Salt Lake City in 1995, before helping to launch KFNZ-AM and the Utah Jazz Radio Network.

Bonneville International (www.bonneville.com) is an award-winning, dynamic media company with radio stations in Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Phoenix, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Salt Lake City. Living its three-fold mission of “People, Communities, and Profit” as a way of life, the company has a long-standing reputation and is known industry-wide for its innovative business model, its values-oriented programming, and for its nationally recognized commitment to serving the communities where it broadcasts.

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