Mike Rich joins the Company as Market President & Chief Revenue Officer in Danbury, Connecticut
Danbury, CT – January 14, 2019 Townsquare Media, Inc. announced today that Mike Rich has joined the Company as Market President and Chief Revenue Officer of its Danbury operations. Mr. Rich will oversee the Company’s local media properties, including market leading, cross platform media brands WRKI-FM (Classic Rock i-95) and WDBY-FM (Kicks Country 105.5). He will report to Senior Vice President, Local Media, Rob Williams.
“Mike Rich has long been someone we have wanted on our team; and, fortunately for us, the Danbury opportunity was the perfect match. Mike’s extensive experience and success as a media executive in the music, radio, and digital industries will serve him well as he takes on this important local market for Townsquare,” said Mr. Williams.
Prior to joining Townsquare, Mr. Rich was the CEO of Irish Studio, a digital media company that owned and operated a portfolio of leading brands. His past experience includes executive leadership positions at Time Inc., Radio One, and AOL.
“I am honored and excited to be joining the Townsquare team,” commented Mr. Rich. “I look forward to working with the team to continue to deliver world class consumer experiences and marketing solutions for our local audiences and partners, not only with our strong radio brands across multiple platforms, but also with Townsquare Interactive and Ignite.”
Townsquare COO – Local Media, Erik Hellum added, “Our mission at Townsquare is ‘local first’, and to achieve that mission we need best of class leadership in our markets, which is why we are so excited to have Mike join our team”.
Mr. Rich is a graduate of Temple University where he earned his B. A. in Radio-Television-Film.
About Townsquare Media Inc.
Townsquare is a radio, digital media, entertainment and digital marketing solutions company principally focused on being the premier local advertising and marketing solutions platform in small and mid-sized markets across the U.S. Our assets include 321 radio stations and more than 330 local websites in 67 U.S. markets, a digital marketing solutions company (Townsquare Interactive) serving approximately 14,500 small to medium sized businesses, a proprietary digital programmatic advertising platform (Townsquare Ignite) and approximately 200 live events with over one million attendees each year. Our brands include local media assets such as WYRK, KLAQ, K2 and NJ101.5; iconic regional and national events such as the Taste of Country Music Festival, WE Fest, Country Jam, the Boise Music Festival, the Red Dirt BBQ & Music Festival and Taste of Fort Collins; and leading tastemaker music and entertainment websites such as XXLmag.com, TasteofCountry.com and Loudwire.com. For more information, please visit www.townsquaremedia.com, www.townsquareinteractive.com and www.townsquareignite.com.