Originally posted July 2009
Tom Severino, 57, general manager of Emmis radio stations in Indianapolis, died Sun., July 5, after a five-month battle with lung cancer. Severino spent three decades in radio, including 15 years with Emmis in Cincinnati and Indianapolis. In 2003 and 2004, he was named No. 1 in Radio Ink magazine's list of top 50 general managers in America in the medium-market category.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Obituary: Norman Pellegrini
Originally posted July 2009
Norman Pellegrini, 79, program director of Chicago classical station WFMT 98.7, died Thurs., July 2, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chicago. Pellegrini first joined WFMT in 1951, the year it signed on, when it was on 105.9 with call letters WOAK. He had worked at the station for 43 years, much of that time with general manager Ray Nordstrand, who predeceased him in 2005. Together they did the well-known Saturday-night program The Midnight Special.
Norman Pellegrini, 79, program director of Chicago classical station WFMT 98.7, died Thurs., July 2, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chicago. Pellegrini first joined WFMT in 1951, the year it signed on, when it was on 105.9 with call letters WOAK. He had worked at the station for 43 years, much of that time with general manager Ray Nordstrand, who predeceased him in 2005. Together they did the well-known Saturday-night program The Midnight Special.
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