FREE BEER & HOT WINGS Partners With Compass Media Networks

Announces Additional Affiliate Agreements in Kansas & Texas

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 5 /PRNewswire/ — THE FREE BEER & HOT WINGS SHOW announces the selection of Compass Media Networks as its exclusive representative for national radio syndication.

“Our goal is to super serve our audience, affiliates and advertisers,” said Gregg “Free Beer” Daniels. “We now have the expertise and ability to do just that.”

“I am very excited to work with Chris, Gregg, Eric and Joe,” said Peter Kosann, founder and CEO of Compass Media Networks. “The Show has tremendous momentum. We look forward to launching in many more markets and working with our current and prospective broadcast partners to help them drive ratings and revenue.”

Commenting on the additions of KPUS-FM in Corpus Christi (TX) and KMXN-FM in Lawrence (KS), Chris “Hot Wings” Michels said: “These are two great stations and we look forward to visiting these markets and meeting our new listeners in the coming months.”

Added Eric Zane, “We would like to express our sincere appreciation to Regent Communications. They have been wonderful partners and we look forward to working with our flagship — WGRD in Grand Rapids — as well as our Regent affiliates in Albany, St. Cloud, and Flint for many years to come.”

FREE BEER & HOT WINGS are represented by entertainment attorney Mike Novak.

ABOUT THE FREE BEER & HOT WINGS SHOW:

THE FREE BEER & HOT WINGS SHOW is now heard weekday mornings 5am – 10am across a growing radio platform of 17 affiliates, including the flagship WGRD-FM in Grand Rapids (MI), in the following markets:

    Albany (NY),
    Allentown (PA),
    Concord (NH),
    Corpus Christi (TX),
    Eau Claire (WI),
    Flint (MI),
    Lawrence (KS),
    Lima (OH),
    Monmouth/Ocean (NJ),
    Myrtle Beach (SC),
    Nashville (TN),
    Portland (ME),
    Springfield (IL),
    Wilmington (NC),
    Rutland (VT),
    St. Cloud (MN).

For the past decade, the Show’s creators Gregg “Free Beer” Daniels and Chris “Hot Wings” Michels have continued to refine and perfect this entertainment-based program, adding key members Eric Zane in 2001 and “Producer Joe” in 2007 as well as unique programming elements, benchmarks, and web components.

The Show’s debut into syndication occurred in 2004, when THE FREE BEER & HOT WINGS SHOW moved back home to Michigan becoming the morning show for WGRD-FM in Grand Rapids, while agreeing to continue to their broadcast with their previous outlet, WCHR-FM in Monmouth-Ocean (NJ).

ABOUT COMPASS MEDIA NETWORKS:

Founded by Peter Kosann – former President and CEO of Westwood One and current COO of Connoisseur Media – Compass Media Networks debuted in January 2009 with the mission of providing outstanding representation and marketing services to the best brands and programs in national radio.

SOURCE Compass Media Networks