About
Last modified: November 11, 2009I generally don’t like to talk about myself, but I don’t mind giving a brief synopsis of Robby Radio.
I’m born and bred in Northern New Jersey. I grew up in the good ole town of Kearny with a good family and terrific friends. After high school I attended Montclair State University, majoring in the field of broadcasting. During my time at MSU, I enjoyed the opportunities I had to be on the air at the university’s radio station WMSC. I was the Sports Director and went on the air performing play-by-play for baseball, football and even basketball.
Before my time at Montclair was up, I interned at 77WABC radio. I met some great people there including the late George Weber. He didn’t know me all that well, but treated me as a part of the team during the summer of 2001. He even talked to a friend of his that dealt with the radio broadcasts for the Yankees and got me into the booth with John Sterling and Michael Kay. I’ll never forget that night. It was a wonderful experience and I thanked George for giving me the chance to spend a night at the stadium and see how a real remote radio broadcast operates.
In the fall of 2001, I interned for MLB Productions. And my very first day was 9/11/01. It was an eventful day for all the wrong reasons. Now while the start of my internship was inauspicious at best, the remainder of it could be looked upon as invaluable as I would make my mark with those I worked with and under by helping to organize videos, and help create an excel database that would hold all of Production’s contacts as well as logging and just learning how to work as part of a unit.
After the internship at MLB, I graduated from Montclair State with my B.A. in broadcasting and headed over to Westwood One Radio Networks for my first job in the field. I was a DA/PA or Desk Assistant/Production Assistant during my two years there. I also found time to studio produce some NCAA basketball and football games as well as do updates during the Winter Olympics and the Masters.
Following my employment at WW1, I found my way back to MLB, but this time on the web side of things working for MLB Radio at MLB.com. I started out here as an audio board operator while also doing a highlight show in the morning. My second year, I advanced to producer/engineer status handling a show called Under the Lights hosted by Casey Stern. It was an instant hit and had a great following that kept us VERY busy for three hours a night from Monday through Friday.
Casey would leave the show the following season and I would also move from the nights to the daytime strictly producing for a show called Baseball Today. This was short-lived as I was offered a role in our Traffic department by a great man no longer with the company. (He’s still alive, just not here. ) I was grateful for the offer and the change was welcomed. For the next few months, I dealt with the audio and video schedule for the website en route to a trip to Pittsburgh for the All-Star game. That was a fun time indeed and I gained experience not only through watching, but also through creating the audio and video cables for MLB.TV’s production. I really felt as if I make a significant contribution to the success of the program during my time in the Steel City.
After returning from Pittsburgh, I was offered a position in the newly formed Engineering department. With this being a tremendous challenge, I jumped at the chance to gain knowledge and join a group of men working towards the same goal…making things at MLB.com bigger and better.
From the end of 2006 until May of 2009, I was a member of the Engineering department handling all video and audio acquisitions entering our operations facility…including just about every baseball game on planet earth. In May, I joined the Studio Operations team lending a hand while utilizing the knowledge I gathered as a member of the NOC squad (Network Operations Control). I deal with daily recordings as well as work audio for a Fantasy Football show produced by CBS sports.com.
Outside of my career, I have a wonderful wife and the greatest son a father could ever ask for as well as dog named Teddy and a cat named Willow. I am truly grateful for what I have. I have a mother that loves sports like me and three older sisters…that’s right, I’m the baby in the family. My wife and I own a home 5 minutes from Giants Stadium, which is pretty sweet when we actually get to go to games and there isn’t much I want for…other than a little more time in a day/week/month/year…life in general. I have also begun to find more interest in politics as I get older. And with the mess we have on our hands with the economy, health care and the war…I think I’ve gotten myself involved just in time to help save the world…or at least give it a try.
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Sincerely,
Robby Radio
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