Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) announced that it has promoted three longtime Cumulus Syracuse radio-programming professionals to expanded roles within the company’s four-station group. Cumulus elevated RICK ROBERTS to program director and digital-content producer for heritage Top 40 station 93Q/WNTQ-FM. Roberts has been with 93Q for more than 25 years and began his career with the […]

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Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) announced that it has promoted three longtime Cumulus Syracuse radio-programming professionals to expanded roles within the company’s four-station group. Cumulus elevated RICK ROBERTS to program director and digital-content producer for heritage Top 40 station 93Q/WNTQ-FM. Roberts has been with 93Q for more than 25 years and began his career with the station while still in high school. He has been music director and afternoon personality for 93Q since 2006 and assistant program director since 2018. Roberts will continue to host afternoons on 93Q and can be heard weekdays from 3-7 p.m.

Cumulus Syracuse also promoted JOE DETOMASO, who is program director, content production manager, and midday host for alternative-rock station 95X/WAQX-FM. Now, DeTomaso expands his purview as the new program director for sports/talk station, The Score 1260/WSKO-AM. DeTomaso joined 95X in 2003 and was named program director for the station in 2011.

​Cumulus Media also promoted SCOTT DIXON, who is assistant program director and afternoon host for 95X, to content production captain for the company’s all-new streaming station, The SGNL (The Signal). He will bring the AAA format to Syracuse music fans at www.sgnlsyracuse.com. Dixon, who has been with Cumulus Syracuse for 11 years, will continue in his current 95X roles as he takes on his new responsibilities at The Signal. 

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