Bill Caralis puts faith in Guy Ashford

Radioinfo.com.au reports:

Guy Ashford has been appointed Operations and General Sales Manager at 2HD and New FM, Newcastle. Ashford joins the Supernetwork in this senior management role after some 28 years of all round practical hands on experience including 18 years of on-air and programming stints at 2LF Young, 2MC Port Macquarie, 2GO Gosford, 2SM Sydney and 2KO Newcastle. He has spent the past 8 years in sales and has been Sales Manager at 2GO-Sea FM Gosford for the past 3 years.

Ashford, a Newcastle boy (he and his wife and 2 children have lived in Newcastle for the past 15 years) brings a wealth of all round radio experience to 2HD and New FM. He told radioinfo, “I am over the moon with this appointment and I am particularly pleased and proud of the fact that I have been given the opportunity to work again in my home town. I am a Newcastle boy through and though and I greatly appreciate Bill Caralis giving me this     chance of a lifetime particularly as the Supernetwork expands. We are also about to build a brand new ground up station facility here in Newcastle with new studio design digital desks and also featuring an all glass studio fit out equal to anything around the world.”

Commenting on Ashford’s appointment Supernetwork Chairman, Bill Caralis said “I am very pleased to welcome Guy to the Supernetwork, he brings a wealth of experience and integrity and he is just the man to revitalise our Newcastle radio institutions, 2HD and New FM.”

Last month Media Hunter reported that station Sales Manager Kathy Coleman had gone on indefinite stress leave following a falling-out with Caralis over changed commission structures. To our knowledge, Coleman is still employed at 2HD/NEWFM, however it seems that she will no-longer be Sales Manager given that Ashford has been employed in this role.

Comments

[Nose to the ground]

Legal action is pending over Caralis recently sacking ROKFM breakfast presenter Vanessa Wilde. Wilde was sacked some weeks ago by Caralis over the phone. Wilde is now back in Melbourne without a gig.

[Raymond]

Hey Guy,

you are a game man........ make sure you get
it all in writing or expect to join the
"I've shafted by Buffalo Bill" list.

[Cathy]

So if Kathy is on stress leave and her position has been resumed for Guy Ashford - CONSTRUCTIVE DISMISSAL!! Kathy - get some good legal advice, Caralis is nuts and so is the federal government for continuing to hand out employment and radio licenses on a money not merit basis. Where's the CRA? ACMA? Sitting on hands tied by lousy federal radio broadcasting laws.

[Media Hunter]

Hi Everyone

Please keep the comments clean. Many in the media have strong opinions about Bill Caralis, with good reason, but lets keep the comments classier than the person in question. I will remove any swearing or slanderous comments.

Cheers

Media Hunter