Nik Rivers Joins WEQX/Manchester-Albany

• Northshire Communications’ Alternative 102.7 WEQX/Manchester, VT-Albany, NY is excited to announce the addition of format veteran Nik Rivers, who will entertain the masses on your radio Saturdays from 11am-5pm, TFN. Rivers spent the past seven years programming Entercom Alternative WLKK/Buffalo, NY — until Entercom’s recent consolidation of its Alternative and Country formats and subsequent staff downsizing.

The move marks a return to a familiar region for Rivers, who programmed Albany Broadcasting Alternative WZMR/Albany from 2007-2008. “I just couldn’t stand the thought of one of the industry’s most talented humans sitting around, or rather squatting around, doing nothing,” said EQX OM/PD/morning delight, Jeff Morad. “When I heard that Nik Rivers was back in ‘EQX-Land,’ squatting in the tool shed of his old house in Halfmoon, NY, I reached out and asked him to A) Get a haircut, and B) come do some fill-in shifts for us. Who knows, we might even be able to get him out on a junket sometime soon!”

Rivers remarked, “After I cleaned out my office at my last job, I realized that I still had the keys to the padlock on the shed at my old house… so I headed back to ‘EQX-Land’… oh, and please don’t blow the whistle on me to the current homeowners. Anyhoooo… when Jeff reached out and asked me to join his team, I couldn’t say no. I’m beyond humbled to join the long list of incredible talent that has graced the halls at the amazing radio station that is WEQX.”