LINCROFT, NJ —  Brookdale Public Radio, 90.5 The NIGHT (WBJB) is proud to announce the addition of Rich Robinson to its management team. Robinson will take over the Program Director/Assistant Manager position at the station on July 01, 2004. Tom Brennan, Station Manager says, "I'm looking forward to working with Rich. I'm glad he's back with the station."

Back in the mid 70’s, a group of college students who shared the common ground of a love of radio and music came together to put newly licensed radio station WBJB on the air. Under the guidance of Rick Hansen and Lou Pullano, this collection of broadcast novices helped lay the foundation of an award winning community radio station, which nearly 30 years later is still working with, and for, the residents of Monmouth County. Among those students who first sat behind the microphone in the original on-air studio was Rich Robinson who completed his degree in Communications from Brookdale.

Years after graduating from Brookdale Community College, Robinson returned as a member of the Community Advisory Board, helping the next generation of Brookdale students learn and experience radio broadcasting.

Now, after a successful commercial radio career, which started as the original program director at legendary alternative rock station FM1063 (WHTG-FM), and also included several record company positions and radio jobs, Rich has once again come back home to WBJB, this time as Program Director.

“This is the only job that could ever get me back into radio.” Rich said. “It’s a chance to come back home, and give back to the station and the school that helped launch my career. I can’t think of a better way to repay Rick Hansen, Lou Pullano, and the rest of the faculty and staff who helped me all those years ago, than to come back to WBJB, and help the students of Brookdale learn more about radio, while at the same time, continuing WBJB’s longstanding commitment to the community. While commercial radio faces competition from other media for listeners, Non-commercial radio is in a great position to capture an even larger audience. To me, this is a wonderful opportunity and challenge. Plus, it’s going to be great leading this station towards its 30th Anniversary, and beyond.”

Brookdale Public Radio, 90.5 The NIGHT is a member station of NPR, and features the widest array of music, news and information found in the Monmouth-Ocean area. Our format of music is AAA, a format which relies on core artists such as Ani DiFranco, Dave Matthews, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Van Morrison, U2 and other well known artists to anchor a presentation that also includes world music, blues, folk, soul, jazz and rock and roll music. 90.5 The NIGHT also features local news and community information, and showcases the art of local artisans and musicians on a regular basis during the course of a normal programming week. More information on the station is available at http://90.5TheNIGHT.org