Boston Radio: Phil Redo Sets Retirement

Phil Redo

Following a decade at public media producer WGBH, Phil Redo has announced his plans to retire from his position as General Manager for Radio and Local News next summer (July 2020).

He has presided over the significant growth of WGBH’s radio stations and audiences on WGBH Radio 89.7, 99.5 WCRB Classical Radio Boston, and WCAI, the Cape and Islands NPR Station, and built a news department that has become an essential source of trusted information for the region.

“Phil has expanded our public service mission, effectively responding to the appetite for public radio in our communities, and substantially increasing the options for audiences through appealing programs and opportunities for engagement with civic leaders, and with one another,” says WGBH President Jon Abbott. “WGBH has benefitted enormously from his strategic vision, energy and enthusiasm, and as a result our stations are poised for continued future growth and success.”

Redo will continue with his current responsibilities through next summer while WGBH conducts a search for his successor.

“I am so fortunate to lead this team of extraordinarily talented colleagues and to have had a hand in building our stations and a thriving news service for audiences across the region,” says Redo. “I love this work, but after four decades in the business, I’m looking ahead to undertaking some projects of my own. I want to have time to write, and to be an active participant in community life.”

Redo joined WGBH as a consultant in 2009 and was instrumental in the launch of WGBH 89.7 FM’s all-news and information format. In 2011 he was hired as Managing Director, then in 2014 was promoted to General Manager for Radio and Local News. He spent three decades in both public and commercial radio before joining WGBH. He served as vice president and general manager of Greater Media Boston, a five-station FM radio group, and prior to that, he was with public radio station WNYC in New York where he was Vice President of Operations and Corporate Strategy. He also worked for Premiere Radio Networks in New York, and Viacom Radio in Chicago and New York.