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Cumulus Media Adds Will Gilbert & Heather Gersten to 102.3 & 106.3 The Wolf

Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) announces that Classic Rock stations 102.3 The Wolf in New London, CT, and 106.3 The Wolf in Providence, RI, have added veteran Rhode Island media personalities Will Gilbert and Heather Gersten to the stations’ weekday programming lineup.

Heather Gersten

Will Gilbert joins 102.3 The Wolf and 106.3 The Wolf as On-Air Host, Afternoon Drive, Monday through Friday from 3:00pm-7:00pm. Heather Gersten signs on to 102.3 The Wolf and 106.3 The Wolf as On-Air Host, Middays, from 10:00am-3:00pm. Gilbert and Gersten join popular Morning Host Mike English, who is heard on 102.3 The Wolf and106.3 The Wolf weekday mornings from 6:00am-10:00am.

Will Gilbert was born in Rhode Island, where he has been a lifelong resident. He started in radio at the age of 16 at a small radio station and has worked in local media ever since, including at The Wolf’s sister station, 92 PRO-FM. Gilbert will continue as host of WPRI-TV’s lifestyle program “The Rhode Show” weekdays at 9:00am.

Heather Gersten (Perry) has been on the air since 1988, having spent time at stations in New York City, Boston, and Providence. Gersten has hosted mornings for 21 years on 106.3 and 102.3 The Wolf’s sister station, Lite 105, where she also acts as Assistant Program Director and Imaging Director. She often interviews major celebrities for Cumulus Media, and has notably interviewed Rock royalty Billy Joel, Lenny Kravitz, and Steve Perry. 

Doug MacGunnigle, Program Director, 102.3 The Wolf and 106.3 The Wolf, said: “We’re beyond thrilled to add Will and Heather to our lineup on The Wolf. They are friendly and familiar voices to listeners in Southern New England. Their decades of experience in the media and cultural landscape and their knowledge of all things Southern New England will be a huge asset to The Wolf.”

Will Gilbert said: “I am incredibly grateful to have been asked to join 102.3 The Wolf and 106.3 The Wolf. I am excited for this new on-air adventure each afternoon in Rhode Island and Connecticut, while still being on TV daily on ‘The Rhode Show.’ Thank you to Holly Paras, Doug MacGunnigle, and Mary Ellen Kachinske at Cumulus Media and to Pat Wholey at WPRI for making this opportunity a reality.”

Heather Gersten said: “I’m so thrilled to have true Classic Rock here in Southern New England and I can’t wait to share my love of the format with listeners in Providence and New London. Thanks to Cumulus Media for giving me the chance to truly rock!”

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