Hubbard Radio Pres./COO Drew Horowitz Retiring

• RAMP has learned that Hubbard Radio President & Chief Operating Officer Drew Horowitz will be retiring at the end of the year, closing the book on a four-decade radio career.

Hubbard Chair & CEO Ginny Morris broke the news to the employees in an email that read, in part, “Drew came to Hubbard Radio as a part of our transformational acquisition of four Bonneville markets in 2011. Since that time, Drew has been instrumental in helping us further grow the company as we added clusters in Phoenix and Seattle, bolstered our cluster in St. Louis and most recently, acquired our operations in West Palm Beach.” She added, “Like me, I know that each of you has appreciated working with and getting to know Drew both professionally and personally.  And… I absolutely know that each of us has learned a great deal from Drew and not just about radio, business and leadership. I know that Drew has touched and helped many of us personally as well as professionally.”

Horowitz notably spent 19 years with Bonneville International, rising to EVP/COO. Horowitz and Bonneville President Bruce Reese joined Hubbard Radio in January 2011 at the same time that Hubbard acquired Bonneville’s 17 radio stations in Washington, Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati. He was upped to his current post in April 2014.

Horowitz’s earlier career experience includes leadership positions with Lakeshore Communications, WUSN and the former WFYR/Chicago. In closing, Morris said, “Drew is a wise and generous leader and it has been an honor to be able to work alongside him for the last eight years… We will be celebrating Drew in the coming months and we will be in ‘business as usual’ mode until further notice.”