Gary Spurgeon

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About Gary Spurgeon

A proven leader with over 35 years of growing people, culture, revenues, ratings and profitability in the Radio Broadcast Industry. I drive for long-term results, by hiring talented people, developing a collaborative working environment and creating a vision for success. My career spans 42 years. In that time, I have worked at every level in radio: On-Air Personality, Promotions, Traffic, Sales, Sales Management, and for the past 30 years as Regional V/P and Vice-President and General Manager of Small, Medium, Large and Major Market Radio stations across the county. My success has been grounded in being strategic, focused, a visionary, training, high expectations and achieving results through people. Collaboration is one of my motivating forces to success.(See more comments in Recommendation section below) Extensive training and job experience with communication skills including: Leadership, Team Building, Business acumen, Business collaboration, sales presentations, negotiation skills, and working with clients and executives at all levels. I appreciate a high paced environment that rewards servitude leadership and team collaboration, high talent levels and a positive work environment. HIRE THE BEST PEOPLE AND GET OUT OF THEIR WAY "He (Gary) seeks sustainability through influencing culture (verses structure) he favors a matrix environment (verses silos) that moves beyond traditional departmental walls, tapping talent to meet task. He’s a genuine manager that looks to build personal relationships and engage healthy debate, varied perspectives, and diverse experiences. Enthusiastically, he champions and empowers people toward thought-leadership and actionable progress. For him, the general manager’s office serves as a hub for shared vision, communication, and collaboration. In addition, Gary rewards and celebrates qualities rooted at the core of our station’s culture: honesty, positivity, passion, capability, and collaboration" – Tami Honesty