YEA NETWORKS - Key Persons

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• VP of Sales at YEA Networks to Retire at Year End

Radio syndication and podcast company, YEA Networks, announces the impending retirement of Charlotte Allison-Watts. She joined YEA in June of 2019 after spending the previous 9 years in Sales with iHeartMedia Dallas. Allison-Watts was responsible for overseeing all sales for The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show, Tino Cochino Radio, The Greg Beharrell Show, all YEA Podcasts and more. "George Laughlin, Shawn Nunn and the remarkable YEA staff opened their doors and their hearts, completing my circle of an amazing work family! Growing our podcast world has been fun: meeting and getting to know such a diverse group of folks and building relationships that I will carry with me," Allison-Watts said. President of YEA, Shawn Nunn, added, "I've known Charlotte for many years and was more than happy to add her to the YEA family in 2019. Charlotte has done an amazing job helping to grow YEA's revenue… especially with our Podcast network. We will miss her, but wish her all the best as she has worked tirelessly to enjoy her next chapter in life." YEA will be announcing a new VP of Sales in the New Year. Allison-Watts will assist with the transition and will continue to be available for a while at Charlotte@YEANetworks.com

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• Chief Financial Officer
• Its Controller

Claudia joined YEA Networks as its controller in March 2012. Claudia previously worked as an external auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers and as a senior accountant specializing in international accounting and SEC reporting at Fossil, Inc. Claudia received her BBA and MPA degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a certified public accountant in the State of Texas.

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• Director of Engineering / IT

Don began his radio career working in the Engineer and IT departments of the Susquehanna/Cumulus cluster in Dallas, TX for nine years before joining YEA Networks. He has also worked at WideOrbit Automation for Radio for five years, providing configuration and training at hundreds of stations across North America. At the end of 2015 he returned to YEA Networks as the Director of Engineering and IT.

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• Chief Executive Officer

A 1991 graduate of Louisiana State University, George moved to Dallas, Texas to begin a career in radio sales at the legendary 106.1 KISSFM, eventually rising to Vice President of Sales. In 2000, he was named Market Manager of Radio One's stations in Dallas where he worked with personalities like Tom Joyner and recruited Steve Harvey to do morning radio in Dallas on The Beat 97.9. In 2007, George Laughlin raised more than $100 million to launch GAP Broadcasting (named after his children Gracie, Ashley and Preston) with Oaktree Capital and accumulated more than 100 radio stations in small markets throughout the country. Townsquare Media acquired GAP and George stayed on as a Senior Vice President in 2010. At a dinner with former 106.1 KISSFM co-worker, Kidd Kraddick, George was convinced to leave Townsquare and become the CEO of Kraddick's growing syndication company, YEA Networks. Over the next few years, Laughlin was tasked with growing and diversifying the company and made several key investments, acquisitions and content deals. In 2013, Kraddick suddenly passed away and George not only lost a friend and a boss, but had to make several difficult moves to ensure the success of the company. George Laughlin and other investors soon came to an agreement with the Kraddick Estate to purchase YEA in its entirety. Thanks to George's leadership, the company which once consisted entirely of only 1 radio show, grew exponentially with investments and deals involving: The Infinite Agency, Dish Nation, Simple Booth, Radio DJs, Spoke Media, Premier Agency, Podcast Movement, YEA Podcasts and more. Personally, George has a wife of 23 years, Stephanie, three wonderful children, and enough animals to start a zoo. He enjoys traveling, watching LSU Football, collecting sports cards and comics, and playing bocce and shuffleboard. Prior to becoming CEO of YEA Networks in 2011, George raised more than $100 million to launch GAP Broadcasting with Oaktree Capital in 2007. For the next 4 years, he served as president of GAP, which owned 60 radio stations across Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas. George was a radio consultant for two years prior to that and has been a veteran of the radio industry in both small and large markets for more than a quarter century. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Journalism from Louisiana State University in 1991. Read George's Full Bio and be sure to check out George Laughlin on Crunchbase or on LinkedIn.

Job Titles:

• Vice President of Sales

Kelly most recently opened the South Region for Volta Charging's Media Sales team where she developed partnerships with brands for Volta's digital network that doubles as electric vehicle charging stations where consumers live, play and work. Prior to that, Parker lead iHeartMedia's Dallas-Fort Worth sales team as Region SVP. Additionally, Parker brings experience from her time as Southwest Sales Manager at Premiere Networks & Total Traffic and Weather, General Sales Manager and National Sales Manager at iHeartMedia.

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• KISSFM Co - Worker

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• Vice President of Programming & Executive Producer, the Kidd Kraddick Morning Show & the Hollywood 5

Once a part-timer for Kraddick's morning show back in 1996, Robert moved off to host his own morning show from 1997-1999. After a brief stint in Allentown, PA, he headed west and spent 6 years in Los Angeles as Operations Manager for Clear Channel syndicated product Valentine in the Morning. He relocated back to Texas and became the Affiliate Relations Director for Yea Networks in 2008 and 2009. He has held the role of Executive Producer since January 2010.

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• Vice President of Marketing

Russ joined YEA Networks after a 10-year run at Clear Channel Radio. While there, Russ directed the initial launch of online streaming and was one of the pioneers in adopting and embracing social media. He was also an on-air personality and program director for Top 40 station WAEV in Savannah, GA, leading the station to new ratings highs.

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• Director of Affiliate Sales and Content

Scott is a 45 year veteran of Radio, working in all facets of the industry, incuding programming, on-air, and sales. The past eight years, Scott was Vice President of Sales for the Eastern United States for RadioTraffic.com.

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• President

Shawn joined YEA Networks after a nine year stint at Townsquare Media where he was Vice President of National Sales. Townsquare has radio stations in 66 markets throughout the country. Prior to that, Shawn has worked in all aspects of the radio/media industry for nearly 30 years in the Dallas-Ft. Worth, Seattle and Colorado Springs markets. A native of Texas, he earned his Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism from Texas State University in 1985.