88Nine/Milwaukee Elevates Lee, Zori & Barney
• Milwaukee non-comm Triple A WYMS (88Nine Radio Milwaukee) announces a trio of programming upgrades — Jordan Lee (left) is upped from Program Director to Station Director, and APD/morning host Dori Zori (center) is elevated to PD — Radio Milwaukee’s first female Program Director. Rounding out the announcements, Music Director Justin Barney (right) has been promoted to APD and afternoon host.
“We are incredibly excited to elevate Jordan, Dori and Justin’s roles within Radio Milwaukee,” said Executive Director Kevin Sucher. “Jordan has been leading our 88Nine programming for over five years and has proven abilities to think creatively and develop new products that fulfill our mission. Dori brings 20-plus years of non-commercial radio experience to her role as Program Director and is already freshening up our Sunday evening offerings.”
In his new role as Station Director, Jordan Lee will be responsible for the development of new products that allow for greater music discovery and follow the station’s mission of serving all of Milwaukee. Lee also serves as Executive Producer of the specialty program Rhythm Lab Radio, which recently went into national syndication. “Radio Milwaukee’s mission of creating a more inclusive and engaged Milwaukee is more critical now than ever before,” said Lee, who joined 88Nine in 2008 as morning host and Events Coordinator. He was tapped as APD in 2009, and upped to PD in July 2015. “I’m excited for this opportunity to think into the future about how we can create new opportunities that provide all of Milwaukee with the resources of public radio.”
Lee and Zori co-hosted the morning show together from 2012-2014 with Zori taking over as solo host in July 2015. She was promoted to APD in July 2019. In her new role as PD, Zori will oversee all aspects of the 88.9FM broadcast, including an overhaul of the station’s Sunday evening programming, “which will now feature six hours of specialty programming focused on music discovery and storytelling,” Zori said. “I’m especially excited about the addition of Carmel Holt‘s program SHEROES, which focuses on female voices in the music industry.”
Barney started at Radio Milwaukee in June 2013 as an intern and was upped to MD two years later. In his newly awarded afternoon drive shift, Barney will focus on bringing even more new releases to the airwaves.
