Meet The Team
“As president of South Central Media, I am extremely fortunate to work with such a strong team of talented individuals. Our mission every day is to do outstanding work for our customers while creating an enriching work environment built on trust and respect where creative thinkers can thrive. Take the time to poke around this section to learn more about some of our team members in Nashville, Knoxville and Evansville.”
Craig Jacobus
Presidentcraig@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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 Zeppelin
Favorite Movie/s: "Caddy Shack", "Pulp Fiction" and "Raising Arizona"
Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Golf, playing drums, travel, reading and spending time with (ever-growing!) family.
Ron Allen
Program Director, 96.3 JACK-fm Radiorallen@southcentralmedia.comNickname: Fearless
Favorite Quote/s: "Trust but verify" - Ronald Reagan
Favorite Book/s: Les Miseables
Favorite Musical Group/s: Way too many to pick just one!
Favorite Movie/s: "The Hangover"
Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Family, golf, reading, big football fan, and running
Barbara Bridges
Program Director, Mix 92.9 RadioBarbara@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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 Managerdennis@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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 Directorthamilton@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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 Salescjones@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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 ManagerMTurcotte@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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 Radiomboudreaux@southcentralmedia.comFavorite 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 Power FM-WQJK Radiorchambers@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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) RadioSCox@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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 Managertgillingham@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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 Radiojjarnigan@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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 Directordmauldin@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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 Salesrross@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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 Managerpbrayfield@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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 Radiomelliott@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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 Managerthuelsing@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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 Radiorjames@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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 Managerjlong@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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 Radiojeff@hot96.comFavorite 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!!
Lukus Blackford
Media Services Teamlblackford@southcentralmedia.comNickname: Lukeford
Favorite Quote/s: “Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.” - Malcolm Gladwell, "Outliers: The Story of Success"
Favorite Book/s: "Permission Marketing" – Seth Godin, "Outliers: The Story of Success" – Malcolm Gladwell
Favorite Musical Group/s: Adele, Matisyahu, Birdy, Young the Giant, Mumford and Sons
Favorite Movie/s: "The Fifth Element", "Just Friends", "Duedate", "The Village"
Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Woodworking, Hiking, Camping
Melissa Bracewell
Client Services Teammbracewell@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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 and Patty Griffin
Favorite Movie/s: "Life is Beautiful"
Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Bookbinding, boating, running with my dogs
Michael Guess
General Managermguess@southcentralmedia.comNickname: Guess
Favorite Quote/s: "All of life's riddles are answered in the movies." Steve Martin – Grand Canyon
Favorite Book/s: "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" – Dave Eggers, "Now I Can Die in Peace" – Bill Simons, "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" – Tucker Max
Favorite Musical Group/s: U2, The Cure, Peter Gabriel, Sigur Ros, Coldplay, The Fray
Favorite Movie/s: "The Breakfast Club", "About Last Night", "St. Elmo's Fire", "Sixteen Candles", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Risky Business" (yes, I have a weird fixation with John Hughes and the Brat Pack)
Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Spending time with my wonderful wife and two adorable children, golf, screenwriting, Boston Red Sox baseball and Notre Dame Fighting Irish football.
Alan Laidlaw
Digital Production Teamalaidlaw@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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" and "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.
Mandy Lauman
Media Services Teammlauman@southcentralmedia.comFavorite Quote/s: “There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in” –Leonard Cohen
Favorite Book/s: "The Perks of Being A Wallflower", "The Glass Castle", "The Bell Jar" and "Unwind"
Favorite Musical Group/s: Motion City Soundtrack, Something Corporate, Everclear and Blink-182
Favorite Movie/s: "Up", "Steel Magnolias", "Never Let Me Go" and "Paranormal Activity"
Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Running, yoga, naps, pescetarianism, mixed media art, making others laugh, and spending time with the love of my life- my dog Lexie
Ben Meredith
Business Managerbmeredith@southcentralmedia.comNickname: Powder, Ginger, Albino, Canadian
Favorite Quote/s: “I just saw that Harry Potter film. A bit unrealistic if you ask me. I mean, a ginger kid with two friends?” – Will Ferrell
Favorite Book/s: "4-Hour Workweek" by Timothy Ferriss
Favorite Musical Group/s: Disturbed, 311, Breaking Benjamin, anything on my Skrillex Pandora channel
Favorite Movie/s: The whole Twilight series…
Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Fishing, Cars, Crossfit, Attempting to play the drums, Volleyball, And finding anything exciting that will get me out of Murfreesboro.
Kristin Sartain
Client Services Teamksartain@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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
Digital Production Teamsshaw@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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" and "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" and "Pulp Fiction"
Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Concerts, Friends, Traveling, Food, Drinks, Disc Golf, New Experiences
Marcus Snyder
Media Services Teammsnyder@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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 and "1984" by George Orwell
Favorite Musical Group/s: Maybeshewill, 65daysofstatic, Russian Circles, Silversun Pickups, Jimmy Eat World
Favorite Movie/s: "Donnie Darko", "Billy Madison" and "Clerks"
Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Sipping whiskey, banging on guitars and devouring spicy food
Steve Waterfield
Business Development Teamswaterfield@southcentralmedia.comNickname: SGS (sales guy steve) it’s the only one allowed in print.
Favorite Quote/s: "Stop Selling. Start helping" - Zig Ziglar and "Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else. " - Vince Lombardi
Favorite Book/s: Oldie…. "Call of the Wild" by Jack London
Favorite Musical Group/s: Classic Rock – AC/DC – RUSH – Led Zeppelin
Favorite Movie/s: "Rudy", "Hoosiers", "Caddyshack" and "Remember the Titans"
Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Boating and Camping with Family and Golf
Seth Williams
Digital Production Teamswilliams@southcentralmedia.comNickname: 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" and "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years"
Favorite Musical Group/s: Coldplay, Switchfoot and U2
Favorite Movie/s: "Field of Dreams", "Good Will Hunting" and "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.
Aaron Zawislak
Client Services Teamazawislak@southcentralemedia.comNickname: Zawislak
Favorite Quote/s: “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; none but ourselves can free our minds.” - Bob Marley, Redemption Song
Favorite Book/s: “The Tipping Point” - Malcolm Gladwell, “The Prince” – Machiavelli, “Olympic Weightlifting” – Greg Everett
Favorite Musical Group/s: Grateful Dead, Widespread Panic, Bob Marley, Sex Pistols, Gun ‘N Roses, Pink Martini, David Allen Coe...almost anything really.
Favorite Movie/s: “Silence of the Lambs”, “Layer Cake”, “Green Street Hooligans”, “American History X”, “Reservoir Dogs”
Life Outside of Work (Hobbies): Coaching CrossFit, CrossFit competitions, spending time with family and friends, traveling both domestically and internationally and following the Red Sox.
