Randy Michaels is filling out his Louisville leadership team with someone from his Jacor days. Former iHeartMedia programming executive Tony Tilford has been named Operations Manager of classic hits WAKY, overseeing day-to-day programming.
Tilford began his career in 1985 doing weekends at WKQQ in Lexington. He later programmed WKQQ, WMMS in Cleveland, WTUE in Dayton, and WFBQ (Q95) Indianapolis, and was named Director of Rock Programming for iHeartMedia’s Kentucky-Indiana region in 2016 after serving as the company’s Regional Senior Vice President of Programming for its Southwest Ohio-Indiana region.
Wakyana LLC, led by Michaels, acquired the WAKY stations from W&B Broadcasting in 2025…