Corporate

JOSEPH M. BILOTTA

Joe Bilotta is the President & Chief Operating Officer of Buckley Radio.

In a career that has spanned over 40 years, Joe has served with Buckley Broadcasting in a variety of capacities.

Joining Buckley in Philadelphia at the legendary top 40 station, WIBG, Joe moved to New York and worked for Buckley Radio Sales, a national representative firm as local sales manager and eventually General Manager.  When Buckley merged the rep company with the McGavren Guild group of companies Joe went to the station side of the company as Executive Vice President of Sales.

In 2001, Joe was appointed to the post of Chief Operating Officer where he served until the passing of Rick Buckley in July of 2011.

He has chaired the RAB Marketing Leadership Conference in 1998 and the NAB Radio Show in Philadelphia in 2003

He is a former Chair of the Radio Advertising Bureau and serves on their Executive Committee.  In addition he served a six year term on the NAB Board of Directors.

Joe also serves as a board member of the New Jersey Broadcasters Association.

Living in Westport, Connecticut with his wife Barbara, they have two sons: Gregory, the general sales manager at WOR in New York City and Nicholas, a West Point graduate and Major in the United States Army.  Joe and Barbara enjoy five grandchildren.

KATHY BAKER

Kathy Baker is the Executive Vice President of Buckley Radio—West Coast.  She oversees the operations of 11 radio stations: KSEQ & KIOO in Fresno/Visalia; KHTN & KUBB in Merced/Modesto; KKBB, KLLY, KNZR, and KSMJ in Bakersfield; and KWAV, KIDD & KYZZ in Monterey for which she also serves as General Manager.  Kathy began her radio career in sales and on air and was the local sales manager for KWAV for 8 years.  She has held the position as the General Manager of KWAV for the past 16 years and KIDD for 9 years and was previously the General Manager of KOCN in Pacific Grove, California.  Kathy started her career in radio in 1980.

Kathy has served as the Chairman on the California State Broadcasters Association in 2003 and currently sits on the executive board.  Previous and current local memberships and boards include the Salinas Chamber of Commerce, the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Santa Cruz and Capitola Chamber, Pacific Grove and Carmel Valley Chamber and the Salinas Rotary as well as many local committees.  She is currently on the Salinas Community Pool Foundation board.

Kathy Baker was born and raised on the Monterey Peninsula and lives in Carmel Valley, California.