Bios

Edward Esposito

Chairman, Radio-Television News Directors Association, 2007-08

Ed Esposito is vice president of information media for Rubber City Radio Group (RCRG). RCRG is the parent company for 1590 WAKR, 97.5 WONE, 94.9 WQMX and www.AkronNewsNow.com, all based in Akron, OH.

Esposito joined RCRG in 1998 as morning news anchor on WQMX-FM and was elevated to the position of news director that year. During his tenure the station has been recognized with numerous awards including Edward R. Murrow Awards (regional) for coverage of the 2003 blackout and the scheduled execution of Richard Cooey. The station has also won praise for coverage of local news and sports from the Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters, SPJ and Cleveland Press Club's Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards.

Esposito's previous broadcast experience includes radio and television stations in Cleveland, Cincinnati, and West Virginia. In addition to his radio and web work for RCRG, he is also a regular panelist for NewsNight Akron, a weekly roundtable discussion program on WNEO-TV/WEAO-TV PBS 45/49. He is a former president of the Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters Association, represents broadcasters on the Ohio Newspaper Association's Ohio Coalition for Open Government, and serves as a member of the Kent State University Journalism and Mass Communications Student Media Board.