Jon Zellner leaves Sirius XM to join Clear Channel

[Chob]

Jon Zellner, currently senior vice president of music programming at Sirius XM Radio Inc. will be jumping ship to rival Clear Channel Communications Inc. on July 20th, according to Clear Channel.

He will be replaced by Steve Blatter, according to Sirius XM. Blatter will also continue to be responsible for the Sirius XM Talent and Industry Relations Department, as well as the Virus Channel featuring The Opie & Anthony Show.

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/jo...r-channel.html

The guy got a shitty reputation among sat rad fans for shrinking decades channels playlists and otherwise programming like he was on FM. So quite a few subs are glad he's gone.

[DFender]

Originally Posted by Chob Jon Zellner, currently senior vice president of music programming at Sirius XM Radio Inc. will be jumping ship to rival Clear Channel Communications Inc. on July 20th, according to Clear Channel. He will be replaced by Steve Blatter, according to Sirius XM. Blatter will also continue to be responsible for the Sirius XM Talent and Industry Relations Department, as well as the Virus Channel featuring The Opie & Anthony Show. http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/jo...r-channel.html The guy got a shitty reputation among sat rad fans for shrinking decades channels playlists and otherwise programming like he was on FM. So quite a few subs are glad he's gone.

Doesn't seem like such a bad deal to me... let ClearChannel have 'im.

[Chob]

Originally Posted by DFender Doesn't seem like such a bad deal to me... let ClearChannel have 'im.

Exactly what I was thinking.