Andrew Jeffries
An internal memo from iHEARTMEDIA President/SW Division KEVIN LEGRETT announced that iHEARTMEDIA/LOS ANGELES EVP/Programming ANDREW JEFFRIES will depart on MAY 28th.
LEGRETT said, “It is with mixed emotions that I announce ANDREW JEFFRIES is departing iHEARTMEDIA-LOS ANGELES. ANDREW and his family have made the decision to return to NEW ZEALAND to spend more time with family and friends.
“Even though he will be leaving LOS ANGELES, ANDREW will continue working with iHEARTMEDIA as we build-out new technology and advance our digital offerings. These responsibilities are still being finalized, but rest assured—he will still be a part of our future.
“ANDREW has had, and continues to have, a profound impact across our iHM-LA 8 radio stations, digital stations/properties, marketing/promotions, podcasting, data and our engineering department over the last 10 years. He has played an integral role in the development the iHM-LA culture, operational structure and brands and he will be difficult to replace. I would personally like to wish him and his family the best of success in all future endeavors.
“Along with that news, I am thrilled to announce that iHEARTMEDIA’s Chief Programming Officer/President of National Programming Group, TOM POLEMAN, will be handling the LOS ANGELES Region with me and have major involvement in all aspects of our brands.
“Since ANDREW informed me of this decision, TOM, BRAD HARDIN, GREG ASHLOCK and I have been working behind the scenes on plan to fill this void. More to come over the next few weeks.”
JEFFRIES told ALL ACCESS, “This is a family decision. My brother passed away last year and made us think long and hard about our boys BLAIR and RYAN getting older now and wanted them all to have a few years of getting to know these wonderful family members in NEW ZEALAND. This was a very tough decision for us from an emotional perspective to leave everyone we know here in L.A., and I’ve been away from NEW ZEALAND for 25 years. I’ve been with iHEARTMEDIA for 13 years and 12 of them here in L.A. and before that 11 years in the UK. We are moving to BLENHEIM in the region called MARLBOROUGH, famous for their SAVIGNON BLANC. We will truly miss everyone at iHEARTMEDIA that we’ve come to know and love and will stay in touch and we will be back from time to time.”
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