Rita Wilde

Rita Wilde Rita Wilde’s career • • • • • • • • She co-hosted the 3-day live concert, Woodstock II. For this she served as a commentator during sets and conducted the on-air interviews with many of the musical acts, including Santana, Joe Cocker and Green Day. · Guest hosted Rockline, the nationally syndicated talk show, interviewing such personalities as Melissa Etheridge and Jon Bon Jovi. · Co-hosted the Walden Woods live nationally broadcasted concert spearheaded by Don Henley. During the course of the concert, Rita interviewed the likes of Sting, Elton John and, of course, Don Henley. · Rita became a daily fixture on Australian radio network on American entertainment. During the Academy Awards, she did live updates throughout the evening for the network. · At KLOS, she became a part of the highly successful Mark & Brian Radio Program, which was syndicated in 20 markets. · In 1991, Rita Wilde became the Music Director of KLOS FM and in 1999 she was promoted to Program Director. · Rita is still heard regularly on her daily feature, “The Rock Report” where she does all her own research and writing. This Rock Report runs throughout the day on KLOS and covers news related to the music biz. Rita’s personal interests include supporting the ASPCA, PAWS and local animal adoption programs. She also likes to spend her spare time listening to music and radio, spoiling her 3 Godsons, or hanging out at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, her 3rd home. Her personal heroes are Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Darin Erstad and her Mom, Lilly. Music is Rita’s true vocation and she can’t believe she’s getting paid to do a job that she loves so much. Rita Wilde out – Bob Buchman in • Bob Buchmann is coming in as Program Director at Citadel's Classic Rock KLOS/Los Angeles to succeed Rita Wilde, the station's longtime PD, who is exiting tomorrow. Buchmann most recently spent nearly 10 years as PD of Clear Channel's Classic Rock WAXQ/New York; he left that post in August 2008. Before joining WAXQ, he programmed WBAB/Nassau-Suffolk. • KLOS President/GM John Davison said of Wilde, "On Friday, Rita Wilde will be leaving KLOS, but Rita's contribution will never leave KLOS. She will be leaving an indelible mark on the station. During a distinguished career spanning over two decades, Rita has passionately devoted herself to KLOS, and the results will be a permanent part of our history."