O’Brien Elevated At Sun Broadcast Group
• Sun Broadcast Group announced the elevation of syndication veteran Rich O’Brien to Chief Development Officer. O’Brien, who has been with the company for two years, most recently served as Vice President of Programming and Affiliate Relations.
The announcement of O’Brien’s upgrade was made by Sun President Warren Friedland, who said, “Rich has been instrumental in building Sun to where it is today. With this appointment, Rich will oversee all our programming and affiliations, working closely with our producers. Rich is highly respected, and has tremendous experience in developing and growing quality, compelling, and impactful programs and services to be used by radio stations in all size markets. Sun Broadcast Group is one of the fastest growing companies in the radio network space, and Rich’s appointment demonstrates Sun’s continued commitment to serve the radio industry and its advertisers.”
O’Brien commented, “I’m excited to help expand Sun’s program offerings and grow our company. We have a terrific affiliate relations team in place, and I look forward to working with the great Sun team to deliver quality programming and exceptional customer service to our affiliates.”
Prior to joining Sun Broadcast Group in October of 2018, O’Brien spent 25 years with Access.1 Communications/Superadio Network, rising to Executive Vice President, Programming and Affiliate Relations. Your congratulatory emails can be sent to robrien@sunbgi.com.
