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October 27, 2006
John Mainelli Named Program Director Of New York's 92.3 FREE FM
John Mainelli has been named Program Director of FREE FM (WFNY
92.3) in New York. This appointment was announced today by Tom
Chiusano, Vice President and General Manager of the station.
"After completing an exhaustive search, John was the
obvious choice for this very important job," said
Chiusano. "He is an innovative programmer, and the
station's diverse lineup of personalities will all benefit
from John's experience and guidance. I'm confident
that under his leadership the station will continue to grow from
its already strong foundation."
FREE FM's wide range of entertaining programming
includes the successful radio duo Opie & Anthony, as well as
JV and Elvis, Leslie Gold (The Radio Chick) and Penn Jillette,
among others. In their timeperiod, "The Opie & Anthony
Show" currently ranks as the No. 1 English-language program
for male listeners 18-49 in the New York market.
With more than three decades of experience in the radio
industry, Mainelli has served in various programming positions at
stations across the country, including seven years at WABC-AM
(1988-95). During his tenure at the New York station, WABC
gained a strong following ranking among the Top 3 stations with
the 12+ demographic on numerous occasions. He also was Program
Director at KCMO-AM in Kansas City (1986 - 88), and KSDO-AM in
San Diego (1980 - 85), as well as served as News Editor at
KCBS-AM in San Francisco (1974 - 75).
Additionally, Mainelli held key programming and consulting
positions at WNEW-FM in New York, KFWB-AM and KABC-AM in Los
Angeles.
Mainelli's experience also extended into roles of critic
and consultant. He wrote a radio column for the New York
Post from 1998 - 2006 and the trade magazine Talkers
from 2001 - 06. Mainelli provided consulting to a number of
media outlets during his career, including ABC, ARS, Beasley,
Bonneville, Combined Communications, Dow Jones, Fairbanks,
Greater Media, Hubbard, and NewsMax.
FREE FM is a new talk format created by CBS RADIO that
features an eclectic mix of personalities with distinct
creativity, perspective, sense of humor, intellect and
unpredictability. An entertaining hybrid of provocative,
political, pop culture, news, music and lifestyle formats, CBS
RADIO's next generation of FM stations are personified by their
conviction, passion, originality, fearlessness and innovation,
which are not heard anywhere else on the radio.
One of the largest major-market operators in the United
States, CBS RADIO operates 179 radio stations across the country.
Audio streams of more than 90 CBS RADIO stations and custom
channels are currently available online, and in excess of 100
regularly scheduled podcasts are offered through the Company's
news and news/talk stations.
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