Univision Names WADO Studio After Engineer

4-15-13

Univision Radio has named its WADO studio in New York City the Richard Ross Studio in honor of Chief Engineer Richard Ross. Ross spent a great portion of his career overseeing the engineering of New York?s WADO, Radio Mami and X96.3 FM and celebrates his 50th anniversary this year with the Company.

GM Felix Perez said, ?The dedication of the Richard Ross Studio is in honor of someone who has industriously worked his half century career at Univision Radio. We truly appreciate his hard work in delivering on our commitment to inform, empower, and entertain the New York metro area Hispanic community. We are proud and grateful to count him as a Univision Radio colleague.?    

Ross said, ?I am truly honored and humbled by this studio dedication. Working for a Company that exemplifies professionalism and executes such compassion towards the Hispanic community, has been an incredible experience and I look forward to many years to come.?

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Lets Help A Friend. Emmis Engineer Loses Everything in Texas Fire

Texas is a state in desperate need of rain. In yet another Mother Nature twist of irony, the recent tropical storm that dropped buckets of rain on the gulf coast could be the culprit of the fires in Texas. The back end of the storm was empty of precipitation, however the heavy winds knocked power lines onto the wickedly dry Texas terrain causing fires to flare up in many areas. Communities around Austin were losing homes the fire raged so fiercely. Well over 1,000 houses were taken down by blaze. In the radio family, Emmis broadcast engineer Duncan Black lost his home and a car in the community of Bastrop.

Radio Ink and the Radio Industry can help Duncan as he works through a nightmare none of us would ever want to go through. Radio Ink has set up a secure PayPal account to make donations to Duncan and his family. 100% of what you donate will be given to Duncan. We hope you can help by clicking on the link at the end of this story. No donation is too small. A lot of small donations will add up to a lot of help.

If you have any trouble with the PayPal link below please e-mail me and I can send you a direct link. edryan@radioink.com. And thank you for helping.

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SRN Chief Engineer Dave Terry Gets New Hood Ornament

In Petersburg, VA Salem Radio News Network Chief Engineer Dave Terry chief engineer opened his front door to find his truck under a tree courtesy of Hurricane Irene. The SRN News staff will hold a "Good Night Irene" bake sale to help pay for repairs according to V.P. of News and Talk Programming Tom Tradup.

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