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Alumni - Local

A partial listing of our alumni working at stations in Chicago and the surrounding areas.

WBEZ, 91.5 FM, "Chicago Public Radio"

Justin Kaufmann, Senior Content Developer '96

Clear Channel Chicago

Laura Erbach, Continuity Director, '03

Andrea Oppan, Traffic '10

David Snoble, Web Content '02

Scott Trunda, Account Executive '97

Premiere Traffic Network

Mary Beth Tabalba, Producer '03

Traffic Pulse Network

Jim Ryan, Traffic Reporter '02

Navteq (Nokia) Network

Carlos Mendez, Traffic Editor '03

Eric Pribramsky, Traffic Editor '11

WBBM, 780 AM, "Newsradio 780"

Josh Liss, Sports Director '95

Nick Swiantek, Sales '05

Lola Vanderpuye, Production Director '95

WZSR, 105.5 FM, Crystal Lake, IL

Matthew Palumbo, On-Air Talent '11

Molly Summy, On-Air Talent '07

WBBM, 96.3 FM

Tony Kelly, Production '97

Nicole Ondracka, Account Executive '08

Josh Ross, Production '01

Andrew Wojtowicz, On-Air Talent '06

WMVP, 1000 AM, "ESPN 1000"

Adam Abdalla, Producer '07

Chris Bleck, Producer '07

Peter Cohen, Producer '11

George Cotsirilos, Producer '12

Carmen DeFalco, Sports Anchor '99

Ray Flores, On-Air Talent '09

Steve Goffman, Producer '07

Joe McArdle, Production Director, '88

Heather O'Deay Verstat, Traffic '98

WUSN, 99.5 FM

DeAndre Alexander, Promotions '10

Preetha Aloor, Promotions Director '02

Craig Asbach, On-Air Talent '89

Nancy Guida, Promotions Assistant '12

Jeff Kapugi, VP of Programming '88

Allison Klein, Technical '08

Brian Lynch, Programming '08

Ray Stevens, Morning Show Host, '88

WSCR, 670 AM, "The Score"

Dennis Gambino, Producer '11

Mark Jollife, Producer '03

Russ Mitera, Production Director '93

Joe Ostrowski, Producer/On-Air Talent '03

Dustin Rhoades, Producer '96 

Rachael Stob, Production '04

WGN, 720 AM, "The Voice of Chicago"

Michael Michalski, Associate Producer '12

WLEY, 107.9 FM

Jeff Delgado, Local Sales Manager '98

WVAZ, 102.7 FM "V103"

Joy Perkins, Promotions Coordinator '07

WXLC, 102.3 FM, Waukegan, IL

Diane Ebert, On-Air Talent, '96

Tim Vander Tuuk, News Anchor '02

WMBI, 90.1 FM

Vanessa Polanco, Producer/Production Asst.'05

Daniel Royle, Producer '06

Total Traffic Network

Virginia Lozano, Technical '02

John Uher, Technical '05

FearlessRadio.com

Sam Garvey, Technical '10

Emmis Communications

James Van Osdol, Affiliate Relations Manager '93

Radio-Info.com, Chicago

Mary Williquette, First Line Editor '10

WLS, 94.7 FM

Laura Borst, Technical Producer '11

Matt Donahue, Technical Producer '11

Caitlin LaCour, Promotions Assistant '11

Colin Lazorka, Producer/Production '12

WXRT, 93.1 FM

Brian Hlavacek, Production Assistant '11

WRXQ, 100.7 FM

Dawn Avello, On-Air Talent '02

WNUA, 95.5 FM

Karina Arceo, Production Director '98

WGCI, 107.5 FM

Demi Lobo, On-Air Talent '12

Harpo Radio, XM 156

Katie Baker, Associate Producer '08

WLS, 890 AM, "Newstalk 890"

Jeff Carlin, Technical Producer '11

Ryan Gage, Producer/Engineer '09

Don Kleppin, Technical Producer '11

WLS-TV "ABC Chicago"

Mike Johnson, Executive Sports Producer '98

WKSC, 103.5 FM, "Chicago's Hit Music"

Brian Caffrey, Production Assistant '11

Scott Corchin, On-Air Talent '06

Kristie Vicencio, Sales '05

WIQI, 101.1 FM (Merlin Media)

Wes Adams, Writer/Producer '10

Shannon Beverly, Writer/Producer '11

Megan Buckley, Writer/Producer '11

Michael Cronin, Writer/Producer '11

John Czahor, Producer '08

Spencer Edwards, Writer/Producer '12

Safa Eshmawy, Writer/Producer '11

Danielle Ezell, Writer/Producer '11

Christine Fiedler, Writer/Producer '11

John Gregory, Writer/Producer '11

Rob Lafrentz, Writer/Producer '00

Chris Mezyk, Writer/Producer '11

Jennifer O'Neil, News Reporter '01

Christine Palomar, Sales Assistant '04

Brad Robinson, Writer/Producer '04

Nick Thompson, Writer/Producer '12

Mike Wilson, News Reporter/Anchor '01

WLIT, 93.9 FM

Robin Misek, Traffic Manager '02

WLUP, 97.9 FM, "The Loop"

Vince Argento, Production Director '92

Brandon Kane, Sales '03

James Moody, Production Assistant '12

K-HiTS, 104.3 FM

Adam Bailey, Technical '01

Dale Fanella, Technical '09

Allyce Karrasch, Promotions Coordinator '10

Floyd McCraney, Producer '05

Gil Sanchez, Production '08

Luis Segura, Producer '99

WFMT, 98.7 FM

Matt DeStefano, Production/Producing '05

Paloma Orozco, Production '05

John Piotrowski, Production '06

Sam Willis, Production '05

WCPT, 820 AM/99.9 FM

Greg Alexander, Producer '98

Heather Frey, Technical '07

Luis Lopez, On-Air Talent '96

Rebel Radio(Syndicated Show)

Mike Jakubow, On-Air Talent '03

Laura Sigwalt, Producer '05

MediaTrax Production

Colleen Flick, Production '02

Innovative Artists-Chicago

Laurie Haverkamp, Talent Scout '02

WRDZ, 1300 AM, "Radio Disney"

Annie DeBartolo, Promotions '05

Steve Owen, Promotions '05

Matrix Media Chicago

Maha Gorgi, Sales Assistant '11

Brian Matos, Programming Coordinator '08

WTMX, 101.9 FM, "The Mix"

Di Di Foley, On-Air Talent '97

Paul Gant, On-Air Talent '93

John "Swany" Swanson, Producer '91

Luke Walker, On-Air Talent '02

The Kevin Trudeau Show (Syndicated)

Brandy Burkhardt, Executive Project Manager '05

Joel Yeast, Production '93

WSSR, Star 96.7 FM

Scott Childers, Program Director/On-Air Talent '88

ChirpRadio.org

Allison Klein, On-Air Talent '08

Caitlin Lavin, On-Air Talent '05

Chicago Special Events Management

John Gaskill, Live Audio Specialist '06