With over 500 affiliates and countless friendships along the way, Mike leaves the air hosting the longest continuously running syndicated music show in radio history.
Mike’s accolades include management experience in San Francisco and Pittsburgh, and he is the only three-time Billboard Magazine “Major Market Program Director of The Year” award winner. After leaving day-to-day station management, he revolutionized the broadcast industry with the launch of the Transtar Radio Networks in the early 1980s. Mike launched “Super Gold” across the network in 1983, which segued to his current show.
“This has always been a challenge, but never a job for me,” Harvey said. “It has been a labor of love.”
Harvey is the only three-time winner of Billboard Magazine’s “Major Market Program Director of the Year” Award and his stations have won the Billboard “Station of the Year” an unprecedented four times!
Years of experience “behind the desk” have made him keenly aware of what it takes to develop the “bottom line.” Not content with merely performing and programming, Harvey became a “turnaround” specialist for ailing stations in medium and major markets, and, as General Manager, created top-rated performers in a variety of formats like 3WS – Pittsburgh, KSOL – San Francisco, WHAM – Rochester, and WFTL – Ft. Lauderdale.
In the 80’s, he joined legendary research specialist Bill Moyes in creating the Transtar Radio Networks … the FIRST satellite-delivered programming service in the world! As Vice President of Programming and Operations, Mike designed, built and managed the network’s formats which still operate today under the banner of the Dial-Global Radio Networks. While running Transtar in Los Angeles, Mike launched “SuperGold Saturday Night”, which quickly became America’s favorite syndicated weekend show. Over the past 20+ years, Mike has evolved the presentation and music format and extended the winning concept to 6 nights a week as “The Mike Harvey Shows.”
As Mike Harvey steps away from the microphone day to day, Mike announces a new consulting and partnership role “Throwback Nation Radio,” effective January 1, 2020.
Throwback Nation Radio, hosted by Tony Lorino on Monday-Saturday and Danny Hustle on Sunday, launched in October 2018 and is the fastest-growing syndicated classic hits show today. Focused on high-energy listener interaction with high-quality hits of the 80s and 90s, Throwback Nation Radio will welcome the vast majority of Mike’s current affiliates with open arms to kick off the new year. The program is syndicated by Sun Broadcast Group (SBG).
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