New broadcast manager appointed for Empire State Building.The Empire State Building, the world's most famous office building and the center of New York's telecommunications industry, announced that it appointed Joseph J. Maguire, formerly Chief Engineer of WLTW-FM at Clear Channel Communications Not to be confused with clear channel radio stations, which are AM radio stations with certain technical parameters. Clear Channel Communications (NYSE: CCU) is a media conglomerate company based in the United States. , Broadcast Manager. In this capacity, Maguire will direct all business, management, operations and tenant relation functions of the ESB (Enterprise Services Bus) A message broker that supports Web services. See message broker, messaging middleware and Web services. broadcasting and external telecommunications business. As a key member of the ESB management team, he will provide vital input to strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , budgeting and decision-making. Maguire will report to Empire State Building general manager, James T. Connors, on business matters, and Director of Operations Hani J. Salama for all operations and tenant relations areas. "Joseph J. Maguire has extensive experience in telecommunications, having directed broadcast and physical plant operations for one of New York's most respected radio stations," said Connors. "Furthermore, he is a terrific team builder and leader. We look forward to his many valuable contributions to the Empire State Building organization." "It is a thrill to be the Broadcast Manager for the Empire State Building, home to the New York metro For the region, see . Metro New York is a free daily newspaper in New York City started in 2004. Its main competition is AM New York, with which it practices many of the same distribution and marketing strategies. area's broadcasting and telecommunications operations and to all New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. television and FM radio stations," Maguire said. "I look forward to this exciting new stage in my career." As Chief Engineer of WLTW-FM from 2002 through the present, Maguire's responsibilities included maintenance, budgeting, operation and capital planning for all on air systems, as well as for all aspects of the physical plant. Previously, Maguire was a Senior Engineer from 1998 through 2002 at WKTU-FM, overseeing all broadcast operations of the radio stations. Before that, he was Operations Manager See datacenter manager. of WGHT-AM, where he implemented a complete reconstruction of the radio station including the technical and physical plant, business and traffic systems, and training personnel. From 1991 to 1992, he was a Senior Associate at Northeastern Communications Concepts. From 1985-1991 he was Vice President, Engineering at Unistar/United Stations Radio Networks. From 1979-1985 he was Vice President, Engineering at RKO Radio Networks The RKO Radio Network, a subsidiary of RKO General, was the first radio network to begin its operations entirely on satellite in the 1970s. It fed newscasts at :50 and :00, and offered sportscasts, music, and public affairs programming. . He began his career as an Engineering Supervisor at WOR-AM. |
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