SummitMedia has appointed Joe Dobbins as Program Director for Star 102.1 (WWST) and Hot 104.5 (WKHT), Knoxville TN. His responsibilities will include leading imaging, content creation, promotions and branding across both stations including streams, on-demand programming, digital assets and social media presences.

He joins SummitMedia from Alpha Media Lincoln, where he served as Program Director and Air Talent for KFRX and WDJX. Previously, he held positions with Cumulus Media Group and Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia) during his 19+ year career.

Joe Flint

Joe Flint has been in radio since the late 1960s. He began his career in San Francisco but eventually relocated to Salt Lake City and joined KSOP as a part-time DJ, eventually progressing up to morning drive before making his full time debut May of 1997l. For much of his life he's been recognized for his work on air - being inducted into Country Music DJ Hall of Fame 2001 as one of its best known figures.

KNUS--Denver (owned by Salem Media) chose an impressive, though not the most expensive radio machine to program their station. This cutting-edge multi-channel, multi-frequency, multi-band digital music player featured a stunning high resolution display and user interface as well as features like HD Radio, voice recognition, app downloads and the capacity to play music from virtually any device via Bluetooth.

Joe Palca

NPR science correspondent Joe Palca has reported on a range of scientific topics, from NASA's Space Shuttle launches to the Neanderthal genome. Additionally, he created "Joe's Big Idea," an ongoing series that delves into the minds and motivations of scientists and inventors. In 1999, Joe took a year off from NPR to study human clinical trials as a Kaiser Family Foundation Media Fellow. Furthermore, Joe is part of NPR's Science Friday team as well as backup host for Talk of the Nation's Science Friday program.

INSKEEP: NPR science correspondent Joe Palca will share with us about BASIC, the programming language he learned about in high school. Invented by MIT professor David Kurtz five decades ago, BASIC enabled programmers to write code without using punch cards like they used to do back then. These punch cards could be connected to a teletype machine connected to the telephone network which then sent that data off somewhere else and was translated and printed out on paper in front of you.

That is why I find programming languages such an immense blessing. They made many things possible for many people and have really inspired me in my work.

Joe Dobbins

Joe Dobbins ('J-Dub') joins SummitMedia as Program Director for Star 102.1 WWST Sevierville/Knoxville and Hot 104.5 WKHT Knoxville TN. Dobbins will lead the imaging, content, promotions, and branding for these two stations including streams, on-demand content, digital assets and social media. Dobbins comes to SummitMedia from Alpha Media Lincoln where he served as PD and hosted an air shift for Top 40 KFRX. He also spent 15 years as PD for Cumulus CHR "Hot 101" WHOT-FM Youngstown OH.