Spotlight Conversations
Spotlight Conversations
Donna Reed
The Phil Zachary interview
26 minutes Posted Mar 3, 2021 at 3:00 am.
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This week, it's all about the business of radio with legendary broadcast executive Phil Zachary, Market President of Saga Communications in Portland, Maine. From his early days as a DJ at college radio station WAAF in Boston (a station he later managed for Entercom), to programming gigs across the country including Voyager Communications' WRDU and Curtis Media's WQDR in Raleigh, Phil not only gives his own personal view of the changing broadcasting business, but we also discuss his career with the Boston Red Sox Radio Network; how the Ed Sullivan Show and The Beatles inspired him to follow his media career; dinner with The Rolling Stones; and the back story about his love of vintage cars. Tune in and enjoy!


About the Spotlight Conversations podcast:

Join me as I invite friends inside my cozy linoleum free recording studio to talk all about media. Could be radio, television, audiobooks, music, film, voiceovers - if they've worked in media, we're talkin'! Unscripted and nearly always entertaining, each guest gets real about their careers in the entertainment biz; from where they started to how it's going. Join us in the studio where drinks are always on ice; music + media are the conversation starters. New episodes every other Tuesday. Thanks so much for listening! - Donna

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A very special thank you to friends who helped bring the Spotlight Conversations podcast together:
Booth Announcer: Joe Szymanski ('Joe The Voice Guy')
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