NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA – October 14, 2014 – Eagle Communications, Inc. of North Platte is pleased to announce the hiring of Lewys Carlini as General Manager.

Carlini succeeds Jerome Gilg, who is being promoted to a new position with Eagle, after serving four-and-one-half years as station manager.

Carlini is a lifelong North Platte resident. He knows and understands the media market well after working as General Manager at KNOP-TV since 1998.

“This is a great opportunity with a really good company,” said Carlini. “Eagle is a much more broad-based company than I originally thought. I’m excited to take this next step in my career.”

“We are very pleased to bring Lewys on our team in North Platte,” said Gary Shorman, President/CEO of Eagle Communications.

“As an employee owned company, our success is determined by our people. Lewys brings excellent market knowledge and understands our mission of being connected to each of our communities.” Shorman added. “With Jerome (Gilg) playing a bigger role, Eagle now has the ability to continue to grow and expand our operations throughout west-central Nebraska.”

Carlini is actively involved in the North Platte area. He serves as a board member of the Great Plains Health Foundation. He has also served on various other committees in the North Platte area. He and his spouse, Holly, have four children.

Eagle Communications, Inc. owns the following North Platte, Nebraska radio stations: KELN-FM, KNPQ-FM and KOOQ-AM. Eagle is a comprehensive employee-owned communications company headquartered in Hays, Kansas.

The corporation’s holdings include Radio, Cable TV Systems, Electronic Billboards and Digital news and entertainment platforms, such as North Platte Post.com.