Many Bridges To Cross
• Veteran programmer/air talent Robby Bridges has made the decision to resign his position as Operations Manager for Townsquare Media’s Portsmouth, NH cluster. His last day is Sunday, Sept. 15. Bridges joined the company in January and had been overseeing Country duo WOKQ/Portsmouth and WPKQ (103.7 The Peak)/Portland, ME as Brand Manager while also co-hosting afternoons on Classic Hits WSHK/WSAK (102.1 & 105.3 The Shark).
As Bridges explains to RAMP, “I let them know that I was having that U2 ‘still haven’t found what I’m looking for’ feeling. I greatly appreciate the opportunity and I’m looking for what I really want do next.” In a Facebook post, Bridges said, “I’m extremely proud of the success we achieved here with big ratings results for all my station brands in NH/ME + the major talent I brought in to do the job! A win! [Bridge’s wife] Rochelle and I have chosen to wrap things up and see ‘what’s behind door #3.'”
Bridges previously spent 11 years with Cumulus Media and Westwood One, the last two as Director of FM Programming for the company’s Detroit group — Hot AC WDVD, Country WDRQ (NASH FM 93.1) and Classic Country NASH Icon 93.1-HD2. Bridges arrived in Detroit in April 2014 as PD of WDRQ, accepting a major market transfer from the PD post at sister WEBE 108/Bridgeport, CT. Bridges originally joined Cumulus back in 2008 as APD/afternoons on WEBE. He later programmed WFAS-FM/Westchester, NY and was also on the air at WPLJ/New York and on Scott Shannon‘s True Oldies Channel before returning to WEBE in 2013. And speaking of which, Bridges will be doing some fill-in shifts on True Oldies as he ponders what’s next. In the meantime, he can be reached at robbybridges@hotmail.com.
