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1. 1. Bluegrass Country » Bluegrass Country Staff

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   Published on: 5/10/2008   Last Visited: 5/10/2008

   Dick CassidyExecutive and Technical Director
   
   Dick Cassidy has been a broadcaster since he was a teenager following in the footsteps of his father, who was a classical music host in Los Angeles for 45 years.
   
   Dick started with a neighborhood radio station broadcasting to neighboring houses in Inglewood, Calif., during his teen years.At Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, he took charge of the university station KXLU as manager, chief engineer, and program director.He then joined Metromedia in 1966, where he was chief engineer for stations in San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
   
   In 1971, Dick heard "they're hiring" at this "new public radio network" NPR.He was first chief engineer, then Vice President of Engineering, for NPR until he decided to strike out on his own in 1984.He ran his own broadcast engineering consulting group for the next decade with clients including ABC, Seiko, and Tribune Broadcasting.A call for information technology (IT) help from WAMU's chief engineer brought Dick to WAMU in 1997 to serve as the Director of IT and New Media.He spearheaded the inauguration of WAMU's successful bluegrass Internet radio station, BluegrassCountry.org, in 2001.

2. 2. Richard Cassidy

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   Published on: 5/12/2008   Last Visited: 5/12/2008

   Richard Cassidy
   
   Director of Content Operations
   
   Dick Cassidy has been a broadcaster since he was a teenager following in the footsteps of his father, who was a classical music host in Los Angeles for 45 years.
   
   Richard CassidyDick started with a neighborhood radio station broadcasting to neighboring houses in Inglewood, Calif., during his teen years.At Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, he took charge of the university station KXLU as manager, chief engineer, and program director.He then joined Metromedia in 1966, where he was chief engineer for stations in San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
   
   In 1971, Dick heard "they're hiring" at this "new public radio network" NPR.He was first chief engineer, then Vice President of Engineering, for NPR until he decided to strike out on his own in 1984.He ran his own broadcast engineering consulting group for the next decade with clients including ABC, Seiko, and Tribune Broadcasting.A call for information technology (IT) help from WAMU 88.5's chief engineer brought Dick to WAMU in 1997 to serve as the Director of IT and New Media.He spearheaded the inauguration of WAMU 88.5's successful bluegrass Internet radio station, BluegrassCountry.org, in 2001.

3. 3. www.rwonline.com

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   Published on: 3/21/2008   Last Visited: 3/22/2008

   Also chosen in 2007 were Richard Cassidy, director of IT and New Media for WAMU(FM), Washington, and the late Wayne Hetrich, both among NPR's 30 original employees in 1971.