Indy Radio: Bob Richards Named Emmis VP/MM

Bob Richards

Emmis Communications has announced Bob Richards has been named Vice President/Market Manager  in Indianapolis, overseeing Sports WFNI 1070 AM / 107.5 The Fan, Soft Rock WXYB B105.7,  News/Talk WIBC 93.1 FM and Country WLHK 97.1 Hank FM.

Also, Taja Graham, currently Director of Sales for Music, is promoted to VP/Director of Sales for the cluster.

Richards joined Emmis in 2009 as Operations Manager, and was named VP/Programming for local Indianapolis group in March of 2014. He replaces Chuck Williams, who was named VP/Market Manager in August, 2016.

"Bob's leadership has been instrumental in building our dominant position in the Indianapolis market," said Emmis Communications President Patrick Walsh. "His reputation for building great teams and winning content strategies is legendary. We look forward to Bob applying his ample skills to fortify our culture and performance in the coming years."

Richards began his career in radio as Program Director of WFMS/Indianapolis and was promoted to Operations Manager of WFMS, WJJK and WRWM (which had been purchased by Cumulus) in July, 2006.

Graham has been with Emmis-Indianapolis since June of 1996, except for a short stint working in marketing for a CPA firm. She has been with Emmis consistently since June of 2003.

"Working alongside of Taja over the past 8 years I have seen her reach some amazing goals on our music stations," said Richards. "I'm thrilled she'll now have that kind of impact on all of our stations."