Emmis New York chose not to renew Senior VP Deon Levingston's contract

Story by Inside Radio

Deon Levingston (left) has left Emmis Communications’ New York cluster after nearly two year as senior VP/market manager.

An Emmis spokesperson tells Inside Radio the company chose not to renew Levingston’s contract, which expired at the end of December. Emmis has not named a replacement and is working on interim management plans for its top market cluster.

Levingston managed Rhythmic CHR “Hot 97” WQHT, Urban AC WBLS (107.5) and Gospel WLIB (1190) for Emmis since March 2014. Before that he spent nearly a decade running WBLS and WLIB as VP/GM when the stations were owned by YMF Media and, before that, Inner City Broadcasting.

Levingston, who commuted weekly to New York from his home in Indianapolis, earlier held management and sales positions for Radio One in Indiana.