Fordham University AAA 90.7 WFUV New York has announced the return of Rich McLaughlin to the station as Program Director.
McLaughlin, who served as Content Director at the station in 2008-2009, succeeds the late Rita Houston as Program Director. The Fordham graduate began his career at the then-startup Sirius Satellite Radio in 2001 as Format Manager where he programmed the Alt Nation and Left of Center channels until his first stint at WFUV. He worked at Clear Channel New York as Digital Program Director from 2009-2011 and then as Director of Digital Programming and SVP/Programming for iHeartRadio from 2012-2015 and Merlin Media as Senior Director of Digital Programming in-between. McLaughlin has been with Amazon Music since 2016 as Seattle based Senior Music Curator and since last September as New York based Global Programming Lead for its music catalog.