Rob Roberts Re-Ups With Cumulus
• Cumulus Media and Rob Roberts have agreed to a sweet new multi-year contact extension, keeping Roberts with the company as corporate Vice President, Hot AC and PD of Hot AC WRQX (Mix 107.3)/Washington.
In making the announcement, Mike McVay, EVP, Content & Programming, Cumulus Media and Westwood One, said, “Rob Roberts has shown his strength as a programmer who can turn around and maintain a radio station’s ratings. His work at Mix 107.3 is impressive. The station is a leader in D.C. and in the industry, due in large part to Rob and how he manages a great team of great talent.”
Roberts joined Cumulus in 2006 as Operations Manager of Top 40 WWWQ (formerly Q100) and WNNX (99X)/Atlanta. He added PD duties for Q100 in January 2008. Prior to joining Cumulus, Roberts spent over 14 years as OM/PD of Clear Channel/iHeartMedia Top 40 WHYI (Y100)/Miami and RVP of Programming for the company.
Jake McCann, VP/Market Manager, Cumulus Washington, said, “We are excited and lucky to have Rob Roberts continue to lead WRQX in our nation’s capital. Rob has done incredible job bringing Mix back into its position into as one of DC’s most-listened-to and highest-rated stations. Rob is a great coach and programmer and has the right vision for continued growth in the years to come.”
Roberts remarked, “The last two years have been some of the most exciting of my life, working alongside Jake McCann, Operations Manager Bill Hess, my ‘brother from another mother,’ VP of Sales Ken Roberts and SVP Dave Milner. I feel Cumulus DC is ready to own 2019 and beyond. Special thanks to Mike McVay, who has been a touchstone throughout my career going back to the late ’80s. He was key in pulling a kid from Albuquerque and dropping me in Miami to show what I could do. I will be forever grateful.”
