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One of the very first on-air hosts to feature an album rock program on FM radio in Boston in 1968 over WTBS (now WMBR) the radio station of The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Joined WMMS Cleveland in 1971 and remained until 1986. Hired some of the long running air personalities and helped to originate many of the station’s key programming and marketing concepts. Produced and directed the station's long running "Coffee Break Concert" series.

Came to WMJI Cleveland in 1988. Became head of Programming and Operations in 1996. During this period, the station was #1 12+ and #1 25-54 in both the Cleveland and Akron surveys, achieved the highest billing of any Cleveland station in the 1990s and won the NAB Marconi Large Market Station of the Year award in 1997.

Joined Telos Systems, a leading international broadcast equipment design and manufacture organization in 2001 as Managing Director, a position which I held until the Company merged with several others to become The Telos Alliance, whereby I headed the Omnia Division and, eventually, became Senior Marketing and Sales Strategist for the entire Company.

After leaving Telos in 2018, I took some time off to figure out what I wanted to do next. Doug Wilber, owner of suburban Cleveland WDLW radio, offered me the afternoon drive show (2 to 6 PM EST) as well as being the station's Programming Consultant. Doug had a small station, it had no big debt and was privately owned. On top of that, it was streamed on the internet, which sealed the deal to me. He and Program Director Brian Engle had given me all kinds of freedom on my show. After a short time, my program became the most popular show on the station. Doug sold WDLW in early 2021 and on October 20, 2022 due to the financial challenges of the current owners, I departed the station and retired.

dennysanders.com

Official website of Cleveland media personality Denny Sanders

A LITTLE HISTORY

Art by Frank Sinatra: Abstract in Green, Orange, Purple, Blue-Red (1990)