Craig Jacobus

President
craig@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: CJ, Jake

Favorite Quote/s: "Control your own destiny or someone else will"

Favorite Book/s: 'Outliers' - Malcom Gladwell, anything by Greg Iles

Favorite Musical Group/s: Led Zepplin

Favorite Movie/s: Caddy Shack, Pulp Fiction, Raising Arizona

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Golf, playing drums, travel, reading and spending time with (ever-growing!) family.

Barbara Bridges

Program Director, Mix 92.9 Radio
Barbara@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: Barb ... Babs, Barbie ... well ... OK ... The Velvet Hammer ...

Favorite Quote/s: "Life is never easy for those who dream." - Robert James Waller

Favorite Book/s: No favorite ... but reading Malcom Gladwell's Outliers right now.

Favorite Musical Group/s: Wow ... are you kidding? I like everything from the Rippingtons to Led Zeppelin and all that lite rock stuff in between!

Favorite Movie/s: Shawshank Redemption

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): What ... .there's life outside of work????? Just kidding ... I have a 10 year old; so, my hobbies tend to revolve around what lesson she is heading to next. When I'm not doing that, I cook a lot; I love to be outside walking at a park or on a trail, riding horses, working in the yard, reading, music etc.

Dennis Gwiazdon

Vice-President & General Manager
dennis@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: DG

Favorite Quote/s: "Luck happens when hard work and opportunity cross paths."

Favorite Book/s: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

Favorite Musical Group/s: Led Zeppelin

Favorite Movie/s: The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Spending time with family, golf, travel, watching sports, music, food, reading

Tina Hamilton

Marketing Director
thamilton@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: Ginger. My full name is Tina Louise... so there is a Gilligan's Island theme happening.

Favorite Quote/s: In honor of how I spend my days... "This sticker is dangerous and inconvenient, but I do love Fig Newtons." — Ricky Bobby "Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do." — Shaquille O'Neal

Favorite Book/s: Little House on the Prairie set (as a kid), love anything by C.S. Lewis, How Win Friends and Influence People, Purpose Driven Life

Favorite Musical Group/s: My inner hipster is coming out - Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Avett Brothers, Mumford & Son... then there is the other side of my musical tastes - Far East Movement, Pitbull, Fergie.

Favorite Movie/s: Hard question... August Rush, Fight Club, The Rookie

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Zumba, softball, I love cooking!!!

Craig Jones

Director of Sales
cjones@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: Craigers (men are not allowed to call me Craigers)

Favorite Quote/s: "Above all, we must realize that no arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women." - Ronald Reagan

Favorite Book/s: The Left Behind Series

Favorite Musical Group/s: The Black Crowes

Favorite Movie/s: Band of Brothers

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Watching/coaching my children in sports, hunting, fishing, camping, going places with my wife and friends.

Mark Turcotte

General Sales Manager
MTurcotte@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: You’ll have to beat it out of me!

Favorite Quote/s: "Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying." --Johannes Tauler

Favorite Book/s: Impossible to narrow; however, The World According to Garp is right up there. The Stand was also one I couldn’t put down, much to the chagrin of the woman I was with at the time.

Favorite Musical Group/s: Martin Sexton, Santana, kd Lang, Antonio Carlos Jobim, 10 Years After, Kajagoogoo (kidding, but Too Shy is pretty cool)

Favorite Movie/s: Airplane, Casablanca, The Godfather, Forest Gump and a few others I’ll keep to myself, thank you.

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Spending time with my daughters and family, golf, music, being on, in or near the water, food and fun!

Mark Boudreaux

General Sales Manager, WIMZ/WNFZ Radio
mboudreaux@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname:

Favorite Quote/s: "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." Winston Churchill

Favorite Book/s: Atlas Shrugged

Favorite Musical Group/s: Pink Floyd

Favorite Movie/s: "12 Angry Men" and "The Shawshank Redemption."

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Reading, learning, Saint's and LSU football and spending time with my wife and family.

Randy Chambers

Program Director, 103.5 WIMZ and 95.7 JACK-fm Radio
rchambers@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: Big R

Favorite Quote/s: "It doesn't matter where you've been as long as it was deep." The Cars

Favorite Book/s: Trigonometry and Women Simplified.

Favorite Musical Group/s: Gotta go with Van Halen, the DLR years.

Favorite Movie/s: I like "high brow" flicks like Tommy Boy (it was a little over my head but I really liked it).

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): I like to ride my motorcycle, and on the weekend I play handyman around the house doing what my wife wants in order to keep the peace.

Shane Cox

Program Director & Midday Personality, WNFZ (94.3 the X) Radio
SCox@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: Dude

Favorite Quote/s: "Never discount the importance of comfortable footwear!"

Favorite Book/s: The one with pictures only.

Favorite Musical Group/s: Impossible to answer; how can there be only one?

Favorite Movie/s: The Big Lebowski

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Riding dirt bikes in the mountains/ spending time on the boat with my wife/ traveling.

Terry Gillingham

Vice President & General Manager
tgillingham@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: The Fist

Favorite Quote/s: "As a man thinketh in his heart, so he is." Proverbs 32:7a

Favorite Book/s: Knitting Circles Around Socks (it has to be, my wife is the author)

Favorite Musical Group/s: Three Days Grace

Favorite Movie/s: Ghost (don't laugh - it's a great balance of comedy, action, romance, and paranormal)

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): If there was any life outside work, I would enjoy photography, computers, music (playing and listening), and pajama days.

Jeff Jarnigan

Program Director & PM Drive, B97.5 Radio
jjarnigan@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: I'd really rather not say as it will take too much explaining...

Favorite Quote/s: "Even if you're on the right track, standing still will get you run over."

Favorite Book/s: Tuesday's with Morrie

Favorite Musical Group/s: Eagles

Favorite Movie/s: Tombstone

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Golf, Poker, Fishing, hanging with my kids, Facebook, exploring red wines, movies.

Deborah Mauldin

Promotions & Marketing Director
dmauldin@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: Deb; The Cox that Rocks; Promo Princess

Favorite Quote/s: "Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."

Favorite Book/s: Goldie Hawn's biography and Payne Stewart's

Favorite Musical Group/s: Three Doors Down, Nickelback, Loverboy

Favorite Movie/s: The Breakfast Club, About Last Night, Old School, Caddyshack

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): I have one amazing 9 year old daughter. I love to spend time with her - dancing, going to her soccer games, playing games, you name it... I love spending time with all of my family, my super cool boyfriend of 2 years and friends. I also enjoy golf, writing, shopping, the theatre, college football pools and music, music, music!

Randy Ross

Director of Sales
rross@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: Double R or Revenue Randy

Favorite Quote/s: "Ask for the business, you just might get it!"

Favorite Book/s: (the verdict is still out on this one...)

Favorite Musical Group/s: Lynyrd Skynyrd

Favorite Movie/s: Rudy - Vision Quest is a close second!

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Golf, Racquetball, and playing with Chipper (Randy's dog)

Paul Brayfield

General Sales Manager
pbrayfield@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: PB

Favorite Quote/s: "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." Thomas Edison

Favorite Book/s: "The Catcher in the Rye" or "Lord of the Rings"

Favorite Musical Group/s: Radio Head

Favorite Movie/s: Glory and Brave Heart

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Running, hiking and golf

Mark Elliott

Program Director, WIKY Radio
melliott@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: Twinkletoes

Favorite Quote/s: "No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change." -Barbara DeAngelis, Author

Favorite Book/s: Tie - "It" by Stephen King and "The Power of Life" by Matthew Kelly

Favorite Musical Group/s: Three way tie - Beatles, Dave Grusin and Jay-Z

Favorite Movie/s: "Flirting with Disaster" or anything from the Coen Brothers

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Family, outdoor fun (walking, camping), golf , travel (especially someplace WARM)

Tim Huelsing

Vice President & General Manager
thuelsing@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: According to a certain NY Yankee fan it would be

Favorite Quote/s: I have 2: #1 "You can pretend you care…you cannot pretend you are there." #2 "Smooth seas don’t make strong sailors."

Favorite Book/s: Sun Tzu, "The Art of War" – I know it is a cliché to many but I find my self reading it over and over.

Favorite Musical Group/s: Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band

Favorite Movie/s: The Mission

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Hobbies? I have three kids, I have hobby-envy.

Rusty James

Program Director, WLFW/WABX Radio
rjames@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: RJ

Favorite Quote/s: "As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot." John Lennon

Favorite Book/s: The Bible

Favorite Musical Group/s: The Beatles

Favorite Movie/s: "Zombieland"

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Acting In Movies, Community Theatre; Musician

Jaleigh Long

General Sales Manager
jlong@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: J-Lo

Favorite Quote/s: "How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone." Coco Chanel

Favorite Book/s: Purpose Driven Life

Favorite Musical Group/s: Hands down… Dave Matthews Band. I’ve seen them over 20 times!

Favorite Movie/s: "Old School" and "Step Brothers" - I heart Will Ferrell.

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Spending time with family and friends, traveling, and watching the Colts!

Jeff Murray

Program Director-WSTO Radio
jeff@hot96.com

Nickname:

Favorite Quote/s: "Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit." - Napoleon Hill

Favorite Book/s: "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu and "What It Takes To Be #1" by Vince Lombardi Jr…both are always in my office.

Favorite Musical Group/s: Beastie Boys…they do the music inside their soul and not at all worried about being judged for it.

Favorite Movie/s: Risky Business with Tom Cruise, learned some life lessons in that movie.

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): My wife and 2 kids! My daughter Alexa and my son Rocco keep me busy! I love hanging with them because I get to do all kinds of fun kid stuff all over again. I also enjoy writing, going to shows, listening to music, running and I really want to skydive in 2011!!

Gwen Adams

Business Manager
gadams@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: Gwenny the Pooh

Favorite Quote/s: "Live life like there’s no tomorrow."

Favorite Book/s: Anything fantasy related

Favorite Musical Group/s: Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts

Favorite Movie/s: "The Notebook", "Grease", "Under the Tuscan Sun"

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Anything to do with my kids' activities

Melissa Bracewell

Project Manager
mbracewell@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: ZenMelissa

Favorite Quote/s: "A room without books is like a body without soul." - Cicero

Favorite Book/s: "The Shipping News" by E. Annie Proulx

Favorite Musical Group/s: Alison Kraus, The Samples, Patty Griffin

Favorite Movie/s: "Life is Beautiful"

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Bookbinding, boating, running with my dogs

Julie Chadbourne

Director of Digital Operations
jchadbourne@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname:

Favorite Quote/s: "Well-behaved women seldom make history." Author Unknown

Favorite Book/s: "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card

Favorite Musical Group/s: I love George Michael!!, Travis + Julie, Stars, Travis, JagStar, Coldplay, Harry Connick, Jr., YaYaYa’s, Frou Frou

Favorite Movie/s: "The Matrix," "Goonies," "Serendipity" and any movie in which my brother Bryan Massey stars

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): All things music (in a duo), scuba diving, sky diving, working out (running!!)

Daniel Hadaway

Digital Marketing Manager
dhadaway@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: Holiday

Favorite Quote/s: "Music is not a matter of life or death... It's much more important than that."

Favorite Book/s: Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell

Favorite Musical Group/s: U2

Favorite Movie/s: Currently, it's a tie between "Once" and "Away We Go"

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): I've produced albums for a couple of local artists, and also have spent some time touring as a professional drummer in the past. I still enjoy anything related to music!

Frank Janas

Senior PHP Developer


Nickname: Computa Buddha

Favorite Quote/s: "This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time."

Favorite Book/s: Dune

Favorite Musical Group/s: U2

Favorite Movie/s: "V for Vendetta" OR "Matrix"

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Working out & hiking

Alan Laidlaw

Web Developer
alaidlaw@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: LAIDLAW

Favorite Quote/s: "Green is not a creative color" (via: http://vimeo.com/27003856)

Favorite Book/s: Art of the Personal Essay, Culture Code, Emergence, Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine

Favorite Musical Group/s: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Favorite Movie/s: "The Lady Eve" by Preston Sturges

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Racquetball, scotch, bicycling, blank wonderment at the popularity of Facebook.

Mr Frisko

Human Resources
msnyder@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: Frisky-pants, Biscuits

Favorite Quote/s: "The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." Andy Rooney

Favorite Book/s: Everyone Poops

Favorite Musical Group/s: Domingo, Carreras and Pavarotti (RIP)

Favorite Movie/s: Pulp Fiction, on repeat

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Long walks and longer naps. Couch surfing.

Karla Peppas

Director of Digital Sales
karla@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: Peppy

Favorite Quote/s: "I want to know God's thoughts... the rest are details.” --- Albert Einstein

Favorite Book/s: Chronicles of Narnia

Favorite Musical Group/s: NeedToBreathe

Favorite Movie/s: Dead Poet’s Society, Lord of the Rings, Steel Magnolias, Stand by Me

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Anything outdoors, playing games, world exploration, dancing, --- all things adventurous that bring an extra zest to life!

Kimberley Richardson

Web Designer
krichardson@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: Kimmy Kimmy Cocoa Puff, Kimmy

Favorite Quote/s: “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.”

Favorite Book/s: The one book I'm continuously learning about is the Bible. Every time I read it I gather different things from it. A very interesting, thought provoking book is, "What in the World is Going on?", by Dr. David Jeremiah

Favorite Musical Group/s: I love most kinds of music, but my faves are Feist, Jack Johnson, Bon Jovi, Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney

Favorite Movie/s: "Back to the Future", "It's a wonderful Life"

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Singing, painting, photography, traveling, hiking, working out

Kristin Schmitt

Senior Project Manager/Team Leader
kschmitt@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: schmitty, kaskas

Favorite Quote/s: "Make it work" a la Tim Gunn of "Project Runway" fame

Favorite Book/s: "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" by Dr. Seuss

Favorite Musical Group/s: Anything I can dance to or see live!

Favorite Movie/s: "The Princess Bride"

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Traveling, Painting, Watching mindless reality television, Spending time with friends, family, and my two kitties- Tygra and Bengali

Sean Shaw

Theme Developer
sshaw@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: ShonShaw

Favorite Quote/s: "The opposite of faith is not doubt, it's certainty" - Anne Lamott

Favorite Book/s: "Alice in Wonderland", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Harry Potter"

Favorite Musical Group/s: The Beatles, Jack White, Patty Griffin, Ryan Adams, Sigur Ros, Arcade Fire

Favorite Movie/s: "Memento", "Good Will Hunting", "Pulp Fiction"

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Concerts, Friends, Traveling, Food, Drinks, Disc Golf, New Experiences

Prasad Shirgaonkar

Sr. Drupal Developer


Nickname:

Favorite Quote/s: "Life is not what you get, life is what you create!" (by my wife)

Favorite Book/s: The Alchemist (Paulo Coehlo) , God Delusions (Richard Dawkins)

Favorite Musical Group/s: A R Rehman (The Oscar winner for Slumdog Millionaire) – he doesn’t have a group as such, I love & follow his Bollywood music.

Favorite Movie/s: Sixth Sense, Matrix

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Writing, reciting, enjoying poetry & theatre, watching & discussing films, reading (mainly non-fiction), going on long drive with wife & kid.

Marcus Snyder

Campaign Manager
msnyder@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: Daddy

Favorite Quote/s: "Your imagination is the hood ornament on the car of creativity" - Gary Busey

Favorite Book/s: "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, "1984" by George Orwell

Favorite Musical Group/s: Maybeshewill, 65daysofstatic, Russian Circles, Silversun Pickups, Jimmy Eat World

Favorite Movie/s: Donnie Darko, Billy Madison, Clerks

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Sipping whiskey, banging on guitars and devouring spicy food

Seth Williams

Web Designer
swilliams@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: Sethers

Favorite Quote/s: "The Lord is my strength and my song." (Psalm 118:14)

Favorite Book/s: The Bible, The Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, East of Eden, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

Favorite Musical Group/s: Coldplay, Switchfoot, U2

Favorite Movie/s: Field of Dreams, Good Will Hunting, In America

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): I love Jesus, hanging out at coffee shops, reading, working out, following sports (baseball, basketball, football, & formula 1), and spending time with my beautiful wife.

Lauren Worden

Project Manager
lworden@southcentralmedia.com

Nickname: Droopy

Favorite Quote/s: "A day without laughter is a wasted day."

Favorite Book/s: The Bible, "To Kill a Mockingbird"

Favorite Musical Group/s: Stevie Wonder

Favorite Movie/s: "Return to Me"

Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): I am: a wife to Jeremy, who is my best friend in the world...a mother to the absolute most beautiful little boy in the world, Connor...a great friend who can be trusted...a bread lover...an outgoing person who will always make you feel welcome...a nail biter...a Kansas Jayhawker...a mom who loves to hear my son laugh...a deep and passionate person who lives life as if it were going to be my last...a spades player...an premier jewelry consultant...the best daughter a mom could ask for...a supporter of the Special Olympics...a speeder...a hot tamale lover...a sister and sister in law...a spirit filled Christian who loves God...an ocean lover...a supportive wife who loves watching Jeremy do what he does best...a swimmer...a Kansas City Chiefs fan...a pasta lover...and, overall, a straight up kind of person...