Rich DeSistoPD/Afternoon drive
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October 29, 2018
10 Questions with ... Rich DeSistoBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
Rich is a 32-year radio veteran who spent most of his career in the NJ, PA and NY Tri-state area. Prior to his current PD post at WJBR/Wilmington DE, he served as the APD/afternoon-drive personality at Beasley Media Group Philadelphia's BEN-FM and is also currently a weekend personality on WMGK. Previous to that, DeSisto worked on the air at WYSP, Q104.3-FM, WPST, WZXL and WSJO. In addition, DeSisto served as the Dir./Programming of the WMGM/WJSE/WTKU cluster in Atlantic City, NJ, as well as was responsible for launching and programming X106.3 (WAMX) in Huntington, WV.
1) You're coming up on your first-year anniversary in the PD chair at WJBR. What's the biggest thing that you've learned that really surprised you?
Rome wasn't built in a day. Like anything worth doing, it's a process. We continue to learn, grow and evolve as a station. We've made great strides and continue to move forward on the programming front.
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