Holland Cooke – Holland Cooke
began his radio career at WPRO-AM as the evening DJ from 1974 to 1980. Two jobs
later, he returned to Rhode Island radio as Program Director at WSNE. In 1984,
he was promoted to Operations
Manager at WTOP in Washington where he held the position for seven years. In
1991, he and three partners founded a tech
start-up company that became the first-ever live in-flight audio channels – a
system that pioneered the technology that evolved into today’s satellite
radio. For the past 20 years, Holland
has worked as a media consultant specializing in News/Talk/Sports radio. He’s a
familiar face on MSNBC and guest-host of The Jim Bohannon Show, which can be
heard on WHJJ in Providence.
Bob DeCarlo – Bob DeCarlo was
born in New York City, raised in Northeast Pennsylvania and, after graduating
from Penn State in 1962, began his 46-year professional broadcasting career at
WICE 1290 AM in Providence. While there he was named Rhode Island DJ of the
Year in 1967 and he started the Junior Achievement Radio Company – the first of
its kind in the country. Bob was always
at or near the top of the ratings - regardless of his time slot. After seven
years at WICE, the final two as Program Director, Bob moved on to large radio
markets throughout the United States. His warm and friendly voice was heard all
over America in radio and TV commercials.
Bob and his wife Linda live in Panama City Beach, FL and own McDonald's
restaurants.
Bill George
– Bill George is a native Rhode Islander who started in
radio at the Rhode Island College station WXIN, serving as a DJ, Program
Director and General Manager. He began
his professional radio career at Lite 105 (WWLI) in 1988 and later became the
Director of Programming and Operations for Providence’s first newly expanded
radio group of WWLI, WLKW-AM, WPRO-AM and PRO-FM. Bill moved on to
programming positions in Boston (WSSH, WSJZ), Honolulu (KUCD, KKLV) and Long
Island, NY (WKJY, WHLI, WBZO and WMJC).
He returned to Providence in 2004 as PD/News Director at NewsRadio 920
WHJJ, also adding programming responsibilities at B101 (WWBB) where he
currently serves as the afternoon drive DJ.
Mike Gorman – Michael
"Mike" Gorman is a television play-by-play commentator for the Boston
Celtics basketball team, currently broadcasting on Comcast Sportsnet New
England. A veteran of the U.S. Navy,
Mike began his broadcasting career at WNBH in New Bedford,
Massachusetts and WPRO radio in Providence,
Rhode Island where he
delivered sports on the Salty Brine Morning Show. Gorman served as sports
director at WPRI-TV in Providence;
as the voice of the University
of Rhode Island on WPRO; and as
television play-by-play man for the Providence
College Friars. For over thirty
years he and color commentator Tom Heinsohn have formed one of the
longest-tenured broadcast tandems in professional sports – broadcasting Boston
Celtics basketball games.
Bruce Palmer – Bruce Palmer grew
up in suburban Philadelphia and came to Rhode Island radio in the late 1980s
for a tenure which would last nearly 20 years on WWBB (B101) and WPRV (the
since-defunct True Oldies 790). At B101
he hosted afternoons and the iconic “All-Request Saturday Night.” And while he
now hosts weekday mornings with Classic Hits in Worcester, “Cruisin” Bruce
remains active in the Ocean State, hosting car shows & charitable events
each summer all across Little Rhody. In
fact, the northern half of RI can still listen in to the Bruce Palmer Show
every morning on 100 FM “the Pike.” He
can also be heard on the Westwood One Radio network’s “Goodtime Oldies” channel
on nearly 100 stations nationwide.
Debbie Rich – Debbie Rich is an
award-winning broadcast journalist. A
Providence native, Debbie attended the University of Rhode Island where she
anchored WRIU’s first live election night coverage in 1972. Debbie’s
professional radio career began at
WALE in Fall River and continued in the RI and Massachusetts markets over the
next 14 years at WNBH/WMYS, WSAR, WLKW, WHJJ/94HJY, Lite-105, WPRO, 1110-CNN
and WCTK. She covered high profile court
cases and politics including the Democratic and Republican National
Conventions. A love of the political
process led her to a successful career as a press secretary/communications
director at Warwick City Hall, in the US Senate, RI State House and on the 2016
presidential campaign trail.