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Mission accomplished! For over 50 years, Radio Hofstra University has developed many successful professionals.

Alumni can have their name and accomplishments added to this list. Email John Mullen.

  • 1950's
  • 1960's
  • 1970's
  • 1980's
  • 1990's
  • 2000-2009
  • 2010-Present
  • Today
  • Tomorrow

1950's

Dan Ingram
(THE definitive radio air personality of the 1960's & 1970's on 77 WABC New York City)

Dick Maitland
(Multiple Emmy award winning sound designer - Childrens Television Workshop)

Bob Ring
(Multiple Emmy award winning sound designer - ABC TV  & Childrens Television Workshop)

1960's

Gary Armstrong
(Anchor / Reporter WHDH TV Boston, MA)

 Alan Colmes
(Presently a top rated national TV and radio talk show host)

John DeBella
(Presently Morning Drive Air Personality - WMGK Philadelphia)

Shelly Feuer Domash
(Presently Reporter The New York Times)

Michael Harrison
(Presently editor and publisher of TALKERS magazine, the leading trade publication in the talk radio and television industries)

Sue Ronneburger
(Presently Engineer, WABC Radio, New York City)

Ted Ronneburger
(Presently Chief Engineer Cox Radio Long Island (WBAB FM, WBLI FM, WHFM FM) former Chief Engineer WCNN, Atlanta, WRC, DC, and WMCA NY

Steve Rosenfeld
(Presently a staff editor at the International Herald Tribune)

Marc Wiener
(Former Production Director - WCBS FM. Former Director of Tech Ops - WCBS TV NYC)

1970's

Ken Dickman
Assignment Editor-News12 Long Island

Jim Emmerich
Creative Director, Direct Results Marketing, New York City

Steven Epstein
Grammy award winning Senior Executive Producer-Sony Classical

Steve Graziano
Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer-Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Baton Rouge, LA

Neal Greene
Media Specialist, Yale University New Haven, Connecticut

Lee Harris
Morning Drive On-Air News Anchor-1010 WINS New York City

Jim Helfgott
Broadband Consultant Budapest, Hungary. Formerly VP Marketing HBO Central Europe

Charlie Kadau
Senior Editor-MAD Magazine New York City

Nancy Kaplan, PhD
Chairperson Radio TV Film Department, Hofstra University

Charlie Kaye
Executive Producer, CBS Radio Network New York City

Howard Liberman
On-air news anchor/Reporter, Bloomberg Radio 1130 AM New York City & Air talent, Sirius Satellite Radio

George Musgrave
Technical Director, ABC News, New York City

Todd Schwartz
Sports Copy Editor, Newsday

Philip Selby
Director CND Studio Operations, CBS Television News, New York City

Ralph Tortora
Air talent, WALK FM, Long Island

Rob Wilson
Public Relations Coordinator, Subway Restaurants World HQ, Milford, CT

Sue Zizza
Executive Director Midwest Radio Theater Workshop & National Audio Theatre Festivals

1980's

Todd Ant – On-air Sports Anchor – ABC Radio Network

Joe Barone – Mercury award winner, Clio award winner & Owner of Bar1 Music/Radio Production House, New York City

Marc Ernay – Assistant Sports Director & Morning Drive on-air talent – 1010 WINS New York City

Lisa G. – On-air talent Sirius Satellite Radio. Former air talent: WCBS TV, Power 105, WOR AM, Hot 97 and WNEW FM New York City

Mike Kluger – Director Broadcast Operations WNYE TV & FM New York City

Jeffrey Raspe – Air talent & Music Director – WBJB-FM Lincroft, NJ. Former Air Talent – WHTG-FM Eatontown, New Jersey

Darrin Smith – Vice President Music Operations – Sirius Satellite Radio, New York, NY

Steve Spencer – Executive Director – Brazilian Public Radio, Rio de Janeiro

1990's

Heather Cohen – Vice President – Weiss Agency – Manhattan, NY

John Discepolo – Primary Anchor – WPEC-TV West Palm Beach, FL

Renee DePuy – Program Director – Broadcast Architecture National Radio Consulting Firm

Peter Elia – Air Talent – WGRR FM/WRR FM Cincinnati, Ohio and Senior Project Manager – CinciMedia

Adam Geller – Emmy Award Winning Associate Producer – Member of Director’s Guild of America – NBC Olympics, YES Network, ESPN & several mixed martial arts organizations

Dan Gentile – Producer – Major League Baseball Radio/MLB.com New York City

Michelle Jerson – On Air Host, New Jersey 101.5 FM, Trenton, NJ

Jon Lane – Writier/editor YESNetwork.com, New York City

Marc Laura – Station Manager, WSHR FM Long Island

LJ Lovely – On-Air talent WBLI FM Long Island

Jared Max – Morning Drive on-air sports anchor – ESPN Radio, NYC

Brian McKinley – On-Air Traffic Anchor Metro/Shadow Traffic & Bloomberg Radio 1130 AM New York City

JP – Morning Show Air Talent – WBAB FM Long Island

Jonathan Partridge – Producer – HGTV’s “Destination Design”

Phathead – Morning Drive on-air talent – My County FM Long Island, NY

Sarah Roche-Cimino – On-Camera Traffic Anchor for News 12 Long Island & Metro Traffic and Weather. Former air talent Island 94.3 FM and WLIR FM Long Island. Former Producer – MSG Networks, New York City

Stu Rushfield – Technical Director of “All Things Considered” at NPR (National Public Radio) Washington, DC

Shawn Novatt – Morning Show Producer WBLI, Long Island

Suzanne Riccio-Wolfe – Webmaster & Public Affairs Director – Cox Radio WBAB FM & WBLI FM Long Island

Kara Reifert – Air talent WALK FM, WBZO FM and WKJY FM Long Island

Joe Rumore – Emmy Award winning sound engineer, WPIX-TV, New York City

Russ Skadl – General Manager – WXBA Radio, Long Island

Scott Smolev – Producer nationally syndicated TV game show “To Tell The Truth” Los Angeles, CA

2000-2009

Ray Alexander
On-Air play by play announcer SUNY Stony Brook Sports

Ramon Alleman
Air talent, WCAA FM New York City

Shirleen Allicock
On-camera news anchor New 12 Long Island

Lauren Alnut
Programming Assistant, Music Choice New York City

Nick Anastos
On-Air Radio Announcer Dayton Dragons Baseball, 1410 ESPN Radio WING AM, Dayton, Ohio

Matt Barry
Promotion Director/on-air talent, PIXY 103 FM Cape Cod, MA

Alicia Battinelli
Public Relations Coordinator, University Relations, Hofstra University

Jenny Beaudny
Vice President Morgan Stanley, NYC

Shannon Bennett
CBS Radio Network Liaison, CBS New York, NY

Nate Bortnick
Producer NASCAR Channel, XM Satellite Radio

Lauren Brookmeyer
Government relations Manager, LIPA Long Island, NY

Lindsay Brandt
Manager Digital Media Mick Management, NYC

Chris Caron
Producer, Major League Baseball Radio /MLB.com New York City

 Brandon Chase
Emmy Award Winning Producer, ABC TV’s Good Morning America

Anthony Cholute
Production Assistant, 1010 WINS AM New York City

Cheryl Cincotta
Commercial Operations Coordinator, Discovery Channel, New York City

Melissa DeFrank
Air talent, News 12 Traffic & Weather

Jasmine De Los Santos
Continuity Director, Fresh 102.7 New York City

Dave Diamond
Air talent, New 12 Traffic & Weather

Alex Dollin
Production Assistant, News 12 Long Island

Andrew Falzon
Writer NBC TV News New York City & On-Camera Reporter, News 12 Connecticut

Nick Ferrell
Air talent, WBAB FM, Long Island

Mike Finkelstein
Promotion assistant Fresh 102.7 FM New York City

Dustin Gervais
New Media Manager, CBS Radio New Network, New York City

Gregg Giannati
Air Personality, CBS Radio 93.7 FM The Fan, Pittsburgh, PA

Brittany Forgione
Publicity Assistant, Live with Regis & Kelly/ABC Television Networks, New York City

Meghan Gilmore
Coordinator Public & Media Relations New York Jets NFL Franchise

Andy Gladding
IT Director, Emmis Communications Hot 97, KISS GM, WRXP New York City

Jared Greenberg
On air talent, NBA TV & sportscaster, News 12 Networks

A.J. Hall
Production Assistant, Fox News Channel New York

Josh Harmon
Engineer/Production Assistant, Fox News Radio Networks New York City

Michael Haviland
Production Secretary, WGBH TV Boston, MA

Ryan Hurley
Producer, ESPN Radio, New York City

Dianna Ingles
Production Assistant, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric

Kevin Ingles
Technical Director, ESPN Radio Bristol, CT

Keith Irizarry
On-Camera reporter, News 12 New Jersey, Broadcaster for MSG, LI Cablevision & Patriot Media

Michael Jannotte
On-line Sales Video Producer, Clear Channel Radio Z100, WKTU FM, Lite FM, Q104.3 FM, Power 105 FM New York City

Joe Kazinski
Video Editor, NY! News, New York City

Sasha Keady
Producer/Engineer, WBLS FM New York City

Amanda Kenney
On-Camera reporter -- KCEN TV, Waco, Texas

Marie Koretsky
Senior Assignment Editor, Time Warner Cable Local News Division Albany, New York

E.J. Kritz
Producer, WPRO AM Radio Providence, Rhode Island

Jeff Kuprycz
Technical Director, WRUC FM Radio New York

Christina Labrador
Master Control Room Operator, Bloomberg TV, New York City

Eric McAndrew
Promotions Assistant, Fresh 102.7 FM New York City

Pete McCarthy
Air talent/host, Major League Baseball Radio/MLB.com New York City

Andrew Macchio
Production Assistant, NBC TV NYC

Priti Malik
Morning show Co-Host, Virgin Radio Dubai

Samantha Manning
On-Camera reporter KFOX-TV, Las Cruces, NM

Carla Merlius
Desk Assistant, CBS Radio News, New York City

Vinny Miccuci
Air talent/host, Major League Baseball Radio/MLB.com New York City

 Scott Miller
Assistant Producer/Studio Engineer, WFAN sports radio 66 New York City

Jamie Morris (Julie Moore)
Morning on-air traffic reporter “Z Morning Zoo” Z100 Radio New York City

Jenna Mucha
Producer, ABC TV’s Good Morning America

Greg Overhuls
Imaging Director, Kidd Kruddick Show, YEA Networks, Dallas, Texas

Dave Plotkin
Production Director, 1010 WINS AM New York City

Jeff Preval
On-Camera Reporter WHVL, TV News State College, PA

Nick Rafter
Producer/Production Assistant Public Affairs, WLIW Channel 21 Long Island

Greg Rice
Assistant Operations Morning Air Talent, Clear Channel Radio Total Traffic Network New York City

Kim Saltmarsh
On-air talent, Producer and communication specialist at WGBH TV, Boston, MA

Chris Scimone
Air talent (a.k.a. “Chris Simmons”, B103 WBZO-DM Long Island

Geoffrey Sorenson
Public Affairs Coordinator WCBS , TV CH-2 New York City

Paul Spagna
Producer, Dr. Joy Browne Show WOR Radio New York City

Olivia Stanchina
Production Assistant, CNBC TV, New York City

Andrew Sykora
Music Director/Air Personality WBLI, Long Island NY

Travis Tefft
Producer “Opie & Anthony Show” XM Satellite Radio

Valerie Tovar
Media Relations Coordinator, New York Mets Major League Baseball Franchise

Whitey Vose
Commercial Operations Specialist , MTV Networks, New York City

Evan Wilner
Producer XM Satellite Radio, Washington, DC

John Winthrop
Producer , ESPN Radio, New York City

Brett Zoeller
Production Assistant , CNN New York City

2010-Present

Alicia Alford – Desk Assistant – CBS News – New York City

Anthony Barra – Play by Play Announcer MSG Varsity, Long Island NY

Maria Betzios – Publicity Assistant, Rubenstein Public Relations – New York City

Brian Bohl – Assistant Director of Athletic Communication, Hofstra University Hempstead, NY

Nicole Brajer– Promotions Assistant, CBS Radio KNX 1070 News Radio & KFWB Newstalk 980, Los Angeles CA

Jenn Cefalu – Promotions Assistant – Fresh 102.7 & WCBS FM Radio New York City

Jen Chory – Production Assistant Oxygen Networks, NYC

Veronica de Souza – Community Manager – BestVendor, New York City

Jackie DeTore – Anchor/Reporter WABI TV – Bangor, ME

Kevin Dexter – Production Assistant, News 12 Sports Long Island, NY

Stephen Florival – On-air Talent MSG Varsity – Long Island, NY

Dennis Foley – Morning Drive News Anchor KEEI Shreveport La

Matt Greenstien – Production Assistant MSG Varsity – Long Island, NY

Brianna Gays – Associate Producer, ABC Television Network, NYC

Jason Goldstein – Air Talent WBLI, Long Island

Jenn Joas – Reporter – KFYR-TV NBC Channel 5 – Bismarck, North Dakota

John Hanford – Production Assistant, MLB Networks Secaucus, NJ

Jeff Herman – Production Assistant NHL Productions, New York City

Christian Hiemall – Sports Information Director and On-Air play by play announcer Manhattan College, New York

Veronica Kennedy – Producer ABC News, New York City

Andrea Klerides – Sales Operation Assistant, TLC Discovery Networks, NYC

Jonathan Lauder – Voice Over Talent – MLB.com New York City

Bryan Lavetan – Master Control Tech MusicChoice TV, New York City

Nate Lee – Account Executive MTS Broadcasting: 107.1 The Duck, 106.3 The Heat, ESPN Radio 1240 & WAAI Pure Country, Eastern Shores, MD

Mike Leslie – On-air sports anchor WGGBTV – Springfield, MA

Scott Levine – Production Assistant – NeuLion Internet Television Technology Innovators, Long Island NY

Mike Manzoni – General Assignment Reporter WFXL-TV FOX 31 Albany, GA

Lauren Maturo – Digital Media Assistant Fox News Channel, NYC

Mitch Merman – Sportscaster, Merlin Medin – Philadelphia, PA

Christina Myers – On-air anchor WPRO Radio, Providence, RI

Matt Napolitano – Associate Producer TMZ, NYC

Pat O’Brien – News Producer KHQ-TV Spokane, Washington

Crystal Overstreet – Production Assistant CNN New York City

Melissa Raff – Desk Assistant New York 1 News, NYC

Victoria Rossi – Producer 101.9 WEMP FM New York City

Alexandra Santiago – Engineer Sirius Satellite Radio, NYC

John Santucci – Segment Producer – ABC News “Good Morning America, Washington DC

Today

Hofstra student air talent develop their skills on WRHU FM, WRHU.org, GoHofstra.com, and the Hofstra Alternative Web Channel (HAWC).

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Tomorrow

They become broadcasters you will hear on commercial radio, see on TV, and be informed / entertained by on the Internet.