CBS RADIO West Palm Beach Announces New Marketing Director, Karyn Barone

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(Free-Press-Release.com) June 20, 2011 --
CONTACT: BENJAMIN HILL
Senior Vice President/Market Manager
561-616-4700
Benjamin.Hill@cbsradio.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CBS RADIO West Palm Beach Announces New Marketing Director

West Palm Beach, FL; June 6, 2011: CBS RADIO West Palm Beach is pleased to announce that Karyn Barone has joined the team as Marketing Director, overseeing all marketing and promotion activities for the company’s five stations in the market. The appointment is effective immediately.

Barone is a seasoned marketing veteran with more than 15 years of experience. Her expertise also consists of diverse experience in public relations, copywriting, publishing, event promotion, and online marketing.

"As CBS RADIO West Palm Beach, continues to grow in dominance in the south Florida region, it became critical to add a top marketing and public relations professional to provide service and support for our key advertisers and marketing partners,” said Benjamin Hill, Senior Vice President/Market Manager, CBS RADIO West Palm Beach. “She has always taken an active role in implementing improvements in marketing for the organizations she has worked with and has built strong ties with local media. Her familiarity of the marketplace will be an asset for CBS RADIO and its partners. We are confident this addition will allow us to continue elevating the positions of our stations.”

Barone added, "I am excited for the opportunity to join a success driven team. It is thrilling to see the positive direction of the stations. I'm looking forward to contributing to the growth and visibility of CBS RADIO in West Palm Beach."

Most recently, Barone worked as an independent marketing and public relations director for businesses in the West Palm area. She has called south Florida home for more than 10 years, and previously worked with CBS RADIO and many local media outlets on behalf of the businesses she represented.

CBS RADIO owns and operates five, top-rated radio stations in West Palm Beach; WEAT-FM Sunny 104.3, WIRK-FM 107.9, WNEW-FM B106.3, WMBX-FM X102.3 and WPBZ-FM Buzz 103.1. The station mix reaches over 650,000 listeners per week (ARB WI11). CBS RADIO, one of the largest major-market radio operators in the United States is a division of CBS Corporation. CBS RADIO operates 130 radio stations, the majority of which are in the nation’s top 50 markets.

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