David Wohlman

David (Dave) Wohlman (born January 20, 1956 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a radio manager, producer, host, disc jockey, writer and musicologist. He has been involved in radio, marketing, advertising and music since 1974.

Radio career

As a staff member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology community-service station WTBS/WMBR-Cambridge, he was an original member of the early punk rock radio show The Late Risers Club (LRC) from 1977 to 1979. The LRC is still currently on the air and was the subject of a 2004 documentary by filmmaker Marissa Acosta.[1] He later became the host of the station's Friday Night Live program until exiting in 1980.[2][3][4]

His first foray into commercial radio was on the FM station WBCN-Boston, from 1978 to 1983, where he also served as production director.[5][6]

A 1983 move to the west coast led to a 15-year tenure at KOME-San Jose/San Francisco voted Rolling Stone Radio Station Of The Year in 1988 and 1990.[6][7][8]

Subsequent stops included KLLC/Alice Radio-San Francisco and the San Jose stations KCNL/Channel 104.9, KUFX/KFOX and KSJO, where he served as the final program director before the station was switched to a Spanish music format by Clear Channel Communications in 2004.[9]

In 2006, Dave opened RFW Media, a voice-over/advertising/business consulting firm specializing in radio and electronic media.

A 2016 return to CBS saw a full circle as Dave took the PM Drive spot on Free Form WBCN- the HD/streaming resurrection of the legendary Boston station led by Sam Kopper.

Radio Free Wohlman

Radio Free Wohlman (RFW) is a non-commercial internet based music blog and podcast located at www.radiofreewohlman.blogspot.com which is produced and hosted by Dave Wohlman. It started podcasting in 2006.[10] The show was featured on the now defunct CBS San Francisco radio station KYOU-Radio from 2006 to 2011.[6] The inaugural show Hal 1 - I'm Afraid Dave, named after the nickname for the RFW computer brain, debuted on Saturday, September 30, 2006.[11] In its 14th year, RFW has attracted over 600,000 unique listeners in 194 countries!

References
  1. "Interviews with Filmmakers Tommy Wh ite of "You'll Pay For This" and Marissa Acosta of "The Late Risers Club," 4/05 - NewEnglandFilm.com". Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  2. "Boston Groupie News - Boston primier Punk Rock Magazine". www.bostongroupienews.com. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  3. "History - The Late Risers' Club". www.laterisersclub.org. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  5. "WBCN explained". Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  6. "CBS RADIO - Contact Us". Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  7. President, Christopher Buttner. "PRThatRocks.com". www.prthatrocks.com. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  8. "David Wohlman Gets Very Cool Title". Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  9. "iHeartMedia, Inc". www.clearchannel.com. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  10. "RADIO FREE WOHLMAN". radiofreewohlman.blogspot.com. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  11. Wohlman, Radio Free. "RADIO FREE WOHLMAN". Retrieved 4 December 2018.
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