Redo Retiring From Radio In 2020
• Following a decade of leadership at public media producer WGBH/Boston, Phil Redo this week announced his plans to retire as General Manager for Radio and Local News. If you are concerned that you won’t have enough time to wish him well, relax — his retirement won’t take effect until July 2020. Until then, Redo will continue with his current responsibilities while WGBH conducts a search for his successor.
WGBH President Jon Abbott said, “Phil has expanded our public service mission, effectively responding to the appetite for public radio in our communities, and substantially increasing the options for audiences through appealing programs and opportunities for engagement with civic leaders, and with one another. WGBH has benefitted enormously from his strategic vision, energy and enthusiasm, and as a result our stations are poised for continued future growth and success.”
During his tenure at WGBH, Redo has presided over the significant growth of WGBH’s radio stations and audiences on WGBH Radio 89.7, 99.5 WCRB Classical Radio Boston, and WCAI, the Cape and Islands NPR Station, and built a news department that has become an essential source of trusted information for the region. Redo spent three decades in both public and commercial radio before joining WGBH as a consultant in 2009. In 2011 he was hired as Managing Director, and in 2014 was promoted to GM for Radio and Local News. Prior to joining WGBH, Redo was VP/GM of Greater Media’s former five-FM Boston group. Earlier career stops include VP of Operations and Corporate Strategy with WNYC/New York, VP of Programming for Premiere Networks in New York and Viacom Radio in Chicago and New York.
Redo remarked, “I am so fortunate to lead this team of extraordinarily talented colleagues and to have had a hand in building our stations and a thriving news service for audiences across the region. I love this work, but after four decades in the business, I’m looking ahead to undertaking some projects of my own. I want to have time to write, and to be an active participant in community life.”
