Colorado Media Newsroom
September 25th, 2023, 10:50 AM
From Radio Insight:
https://radioinsight.com/wp-content/images/2023/09/rickodell-200x200.jpgVeteran Chicago programmer and on-air personality Rick O’Dell will retire from his role as Program Director of Weigel Broadcasting’s “MeTVFM (https://www.metv.fm)” network on Wednesday, October 4.
O’Dell has programmed 87.7 WRME-LP Chicago and its network of affiliates since October 2015 (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/94852/rick-odell-named-metv-fm-program-director/). As Creative Services Director at 101.9 WCLR, O’Dell launched the first Smooth Jazz show in the market in 1987. That would lead him to joining 95.5 WNUA as Music Director and midday host in 1989 and he would remain with the station until it dropped Smooth Jazz in May 2009. He would rise to Program Director for the station in 2007. O’Dell would be involved in multiple streaming projects and programmed Smooth Jazz on 87.7 WLFM-LP from later in 2009 until 2012. He also served as an adjunct professor in the School of Media Arts at Columbia College Chicago and programs AccuRadio’s Smooth Jazz channels.
more (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/259185/metvfm-program-director-rick-odell-to-retire/)
https://radioinsight.com/wp-content/images/2023/09/rickodell-200x200.jpgVeteran Chicago programmer and on-air personality Rick O’Dell will retire from his role as Program Director of Weigel Broadcasting’s “MeTVFM (https://www.metv.fm)” network on Wednesday, October 4.
O’Dell has programmed 87.7 WRME-LP Chicago and its network of affiliates since October 2015 (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/94852/rick-odell-named-metv-fm-program-director/). As Creative Services Director at 101.9 WCLR, O’Dell launched the first Smooth Jazz show in the market in 1987. That would lead him to joining 95.5 WNUA as Music Director and midday host in 1989 and he would remain with the station until it dropped Smooth Jazz in May 2009. He would rise to Program Director for the station in 2007. O’Dell would be involved in multiple streaming projects and programmed Smooth Jazz on 87.7 WLFM-LP from later in 2009 until 2012. He also served as an adjunct professor in the School of Media Arts at Columbia College Chicago and programs AccuRadio’s Smooth Jazz channels.
more (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/259185/metvfm-program-director-rick-odell-to-retire/)