Vic Thomas
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Vic Thomas is the Operations Manager at KPMZ-FM
KPMZ
KPMZ could refer to:*WBAP-FM, a radio station licensed to Flower Mound, Texas, United States known as KPMZ from 2008 to 2010*ICAO code for Plymouth Municipal Airport in Plymouth, North Carolina, United States...

, Platinum 96.7, in Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. He is also the midday show host, on the air weekdays from 9am to 3pm. Thomas is one of the original KPMZ announcers, along with Larry Dixon, Gail Lightfoot, Wendi Westbrook and Angie Michaels. The station's format is Memories (soft rock oldies), specializing in many songs from the 50s through the 80s that traditional "oldies" stations no longer play. The station can also be heard via its Website at www.Platinum967.com as an Internet stream.

Prior to KPMZ, Thomas worked for the ABC Radio Networks in Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

 as a show host for the nationwide satellite format called Timeless
Timeless (radio network)
Timeless was a 24-hour satellite music service of Citadel Media . It has distributed a mix of soft oldies and adult standards to radio stations around the USA...

. Thomas also served as the network's afternoon sports report and business report host.

Thomas hails from New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

, where he began his broadcasting career in 1972 at WTLB in Utica. He also held various positions from morning show host to music director at WDOS
WDOS
WDOS is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Oneonta, New York, USA. The station is currently owned by Double O Central New York Corporation and features programing from ABC Radio ....

 in Oneonta, WOLF
WOLF-FM
WMVN is a Rhythmic Adult Contemporary radio station serving the Syracuse market. WMVN operates at 100.3 MHz on the FM dial. A separate translator, W243AB, serves the city of Syracuse, New York on the 96.5 frequency...

 in Syracuse and WTRY
WPYX
WPYX is a Classic Rock radio station licensed to Albany, New York and primarily serving New York's Capital Region, the Adirondacks, and surrounding areas...

 in Albany.

Thomas' first programming position was as Operations Director for WCHS
WCHS (AM)
WCHS is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, serving the Kanawha Valley. WCHS is owned and operated by West Virginia Radio Corporation.-Programming:...

/WBES in Charleston, West Virginia
Charleston, West Virginia
Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 51,400, and its metropolitan area 304,214. It is the county seat of Kanawha County.Early...

. He returned to New York in 1996 as morning show host at 102.5 KISS-FM, WSKS.
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