On Air Staff
Laurie Cantillo
77 WABC has announced that Laurie Cantillo has been named Program Director of America’s most listened to News/Talk radio station, effective Monday, February 2nd, 2009.
Steve Borneman, President and General Manager of WABC said “Laurie is an outstanding addition to 77WABC as it expands its programming, including Imus and Scarborough. We are absolutely thrilled to have her join our team. Laurie’s extensive expertise in the News/Talk business will be a tremendous asset to WABC.”
Ms. Cantillo had been the Program Director for the Chicago-based XM/Sirius “Oprah & Friends” channel, overseeing all aspects of its programming and operations since the channel’s September, 2006 launch. Cantillo regularly worked with hosts Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Maya Angelou. Additionally, she was the producer and sidekick for the “Rabbi Shmuley Show” on parenting and family issues.
Graduating first in her class with a degree in Radio and TV News from the University of Colorado, Ms. Cantillo has significant roots in journalism and has worked as a reporter/anchor at a number of radio stations across the country.
Ms. Cantillo continued her successful career as a programmer, executive producer, reporter and on-air host in Phoenix and in 1995 she was a finalist for Radio & Records Magazine’s "News/Talk Program Director of the Year” award. During her tenure at KFYI in Phoenix, the station won its first Edward R. Murrow awards from the Radio-Television News Directors Association.
Ms. Cantillo is an accomplished author, having written the best-selling "Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World" (Simon & Schuster, 1997). The book was re-released in 2007 and has been published in several foreign countries.
Ms. Cantillo and her two sons will be relocating to the New York metropolitan area.
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