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Name Anthony McSpadden
About Hi, and thanks for looking at my profile! I'm currently the Program Director for Maestro, the 24/7 classical music channel on WorldSpace Satellite Radio, which serves audiences in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. I also manage a staff of seasoned announcers, and serve as the lead host on our daily broadcasts. I started at WorldSpace in January of 2001, when Maestro had a tiny, tiny library. Since then, Maestro has become a beautifully balanced, well-oiled machine of broadcast precision (at least that's what my superiors and listeners tell me!). I enjoy the work I do, and...can you believe this? I actually can't wait for Monday to roll around..it's that cool at my job.

My love for music goes back to my childhood. I can't think of a time when music wasn't in my life. I managed a classical music record and CD shop when I was a teenager. You actually had to take a test to work there, and when I took it, the manager hired me on the spot after telling me that nobody had ever had a perfect score...until me. I later became assistant buyer of recorded music and head of classical at a chain of CD stores, but that company was sold out from under us. Next, I landed at Dallas' legendary WRR, Classical 101.1 FM, in April of 1991. Before long, I was made music director, and became responsible for programming the daily music.

Over time, I hosted morning drive, mid-days....pretty much all of it, and the station's ratings were the best they'd ever had, as far as I know. After nearly 10 years there, I was approached by Washington, DC based WorldSpace, the world's first satellite radio broadcaster, about coming to work for them, to build out a classical music channel. I couldn't turn that down, so off I went to DC. What a ride it's been! When I started, Maestro was poorly stocked with music, and repetitions were killing the audience. I've managed to build the channel into one of the 5 most listened to offerings we have, right up there with BBC and CNN, and have been favorably compared by many listeners to a quality often better than that of BBC3. I have executed a lean, mean playlist, built on variety between accessible, lesser-known works, to the familiar warhorses. I have a very clear understanding of what it takes to successfully program on the radio, and have assembled a really great team of air talent to compliment our broadcasts.

I'm proud of the work I've done at Maestro and WorldSpace. I can make you proud too. I'm a great manager, love people, I have a great sense of humor, which I inject into the daily work routine at the drop of a hat, I am an excellent writer, not just for copy, but all around. My knowledge of music is astounding to some people. Not just classical, either. Classical just happens to be my strongest suit.

If you'd like to know more, please get in touch, and thanks for reading my profile!
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Positions Interested In? Program Director/APD, music director, full time
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