"We're extremely pleased to have Steve join the advertising and marketing
team at Westwood One," said Hersam. "We've followed Steve's successful career
since he helped Clear Channel's WLTW-FM become the number one billing radio
station in
"After 25 years in the radio business, I'm a firm believer in the power of the medium as a means to innovative, measurable solutions for advertisers," said Mr. Chessare. "That said, I'm thrilled to be joining Westwood One as it embraces what I believe to be the future of our business: Delivering great content over multiple platforms to engage consumers. When well executed, there is no better solution for marketers."
Chessare joins Westwood One from Clear Channel, where as General Manager
of WLTW he drove the station to unprecedented growth, firmly establishing WLTW
as the number one top revenue generating station in
About Westwood One
Westwood One (NYSE: WON) is a platform-agnostic content company providing over 150 news, sports, music, talk, entertainment programs, features and live events to numerous media partners. Through its subsidiaries, Metro Networks/Shadow Broadcast Services, Westwood One provides local content to the radio and TV industries and to the Web. This content includes news, sports, weather, traffic, video news services and other information. SmartRoute Systems manages traffic information centers for state and local departments of transportation, and markets traffic and travel content to wireless, Internet, in-vehicle navigation systems and voice portal customers. Westwood One serves more than 5,000 radio stations. For more information please visit www.westwoodone.com.
SOURCE Westwood One