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1971

Lew Goodman (FCRH ‘71)

Lew Goodman attended Fordham solely due to WFUV. He became program director at age 19. He had a singular mission to bring rock music to WFUV on a daily basis and was the first to enable students to host shows. He began the movement to convert WFUV from mono to stereo (which happened in 1973). Goodman hosed a show from 1968 (at age 17) to 1973, incorporating his obsessive knowledge of rock with storytelling and irreverent, intelligent humor. At the time, there was no other show in New York City radio that did this.

1972

1973

Tom Sabella (FCRH '73)

As FUV's sports director, Tom Sabella built the foundation for the FUV sports department. He spent 45 years as a newswriter, editor, reporter, and producer for ABC News, WINS Radio, and CBS News where he produced and wrote for anchors Walter Cronkite, Mike Wallace, Charles Osgood and Brent Musburger. He also produced MLB and NBA games for ESPN Radio. Tom received multiple Writers Guild of America Awards and Edward R. Murrow Awards for his work with the CBS Radio team.

1974

1975

Laura DiDio (FCRH ’75)

Laura Didio is a former WFUV News Reporter and host of the one-hour talk show “Dimension,” interviewing politicians, musicians, actors, cops, firemen and everyday people. While still at Fordham, she began working for WNEW-TV Channel 5's "Ten O’Clock News" as a writer, producer, investigative reporter and independent documentary producer. She also worked at The Village Voice, Channel 11 in Minneapolis, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and CNN covering crime, political and corporate corruption, and the vice industry, eventually transitioning to the high technology beat as a reporter and analyst for outlets including Computerworld.

Len Klatt (FCRH '75)

Len Klatt's broadcasting career began at WFUV, evolving into two paths. He was a leader in media analytics across radio networks for more than 30 years. He created his first radio sitcom, “Diploma City,” at WFUV.  Klatt developed TV sitcom concepts for Nickelodeon and ABC, apprenticed on the CBS comedy "Murphy Brown," and was mentored by Madelyn Pugh Davis and Bob Carroll Jr.  Klatt co-created and produced “Here To There,” an '80s-style sitcom filmed entirely on Zoom during Covid. It won ten web series awards and continues to reach new viewers.

Larry Marotta (FCRH '75)

As program director, Larry Marotta doubled WFUV’s weekday schedule, broadening the depth and breadth of the station’s programming for audiences and expanding opportunities for students. Later he joined ABC Radio Network and then ABC Corporate Quality Control. At American Forces Network he transformed the single-channel service with delayed programming into eight fresh 24/7 channels delivering top U.S. television content to troops worldwide. He received the Office of Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service upon his retirement.

Malcolm Moran (FCRH '75)

As WFUV's sports director, Malcolm Moran launched "One on One," New York’s longest-running sports call-in show. He is now professor of practice at Indiana University in Indianapolis, directing its Sports Capital Journalism program. Moran has written for Newsday, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune and USA Today, covering many Olympics, Super Bowls, NCAA Final Fours, and World Series. He is executive director of the United States Basketball Writers Association and has received numerous awards, including the 2007 Curt Gowdy Award.

Tola Murphy-Baran (FCRH '75)

Tola Murphy-Baran was the NFL's first female senior executive and founder of "NFL Sunday Ticket." At SiriusXM Radio, she leveraged sports and talk assets to grow subscribers 60-fold in seven years. She co-founded Viacom Satellite Networks/Showtime, pioneering satellite-direct TV, and gave emerging tech companies entry to entertainment and sports during streaming's early days. Her career began at RKO Radio and ABC, after four years at WFUV as an evening concert host, assistant program director, Folio editor and pitching in as news contributor and hosting crack-of-dawn mellow rock shifts.

1976

Steven Petrone (FCRH '76)

Steven Petrone spent four years working in sports, news, engineering and programming at WFUV, including one year as the WFUV's program director. His journey continued with 47 years in commercial radio working for three companies in New York’s Hudson Valley including two 50,000 watt FM stations in various capacities: on-air stints, business manager, station manager, general manager and vice president of programming and operations. (photos tk)

1977

Mary Maguire (FCRH '77)

Mary Maguire started New York’s most popular Irish music program, "Ceol na nGael," in January 1974, along with her co-host, Gerry Murphy, during WFUV‘s annual fundraising marathon. That program has aired every Sunday for more than 50 years. She also worked in the news department and as editor of Folio. Mary went on to an award-winning career as a senior public relations executive with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, global PR firms Porter Novelli and Fleishman Hillard, and international development companies.

1978

1979

Jim Carney (FCRH '79)

Jim Carney, Associate Professor of Journalism & Media Studies at Lehman College/CUNY, served as a DJ, host, assistant news and production directior at WFUV from 1976-79. He is a multiple New York Emmy and seven-time National CableAce Award recipient. He served as founding Academic Director of CUNY’s Online Baccalaureate Communications Program and Executive Director/CEO of BronxNet Community Media Corporation. He also served as Corporate Communications & Local Programming Director, Paragon Cable Manhattan and Producer/Director, Group W Cable.

Thom Duffy (FCRH '79)

Thom Duffy hosted the "Night Road Show" at WFUV and is a senior editor at Billboard where he has covered four decades of major music events. He was Billboard’s first American editor based in London and reported during the 1990s from Europe, Asia and Australia. He has specialized in reporting on the intersection of activism and music. Off hours, he is an Adirondack “46er,” having climbed the 46 highest 4,000-foot peaks in New York’s Adirondack Mountains.

Helen Jonsen (née Johnson FC '79)

An award-winning journalist, Helen Jonsen worked on-air and behind-the scenes at Fox 5 NY, WPIX-TV, NBC, FIOS1 News and on Australian TV. At Fordham, she hosted "Ceol na nGael," was editor-in-chief of the paper, and won a Scripps-Howard Journalism Scholarship. She held senior editorial roles at Forbes and Working Mother, and led communications for the Westchester District Attorney and NYC Economic Development Corporation. She hosts the "This Kaleidoscope Career" podcast and has authored This Kaleidoscope Career and Redefine Success (Fall 2026).

1980

1981

Debra Caruso Marrone (FCRH '81)

Debra Caruso Marrone is owner of DJC Communications, a New York City-based media relations firm, and she serves on the Board of Governors of the New York Press Club. Debra was WFUV’s first female news director. She worked at WHN radio while a student at WFUV and continued to work at WHN post-Fordham graduation as a news assistant and public affairs director, eventually becoming an on-air reporter. Debra moved on to public relations in 1984, rising to vice president of Steadman, Sheehan, Meara & Fisher and founded her own firm in 1991. She is President of the Fordham College Alumni Association.  Debra is the author of Fordham University & the United States: a History.

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

Joe Favorito (FCRH '85)

Joe Favorito has over 35 years of strategic communications/marketing, and business development success in sports, brand building, media training, media, and athletic administration, most notably running communications for the Knicks, 76ers, USTA and WTA before embarking on consulting, and teaching career since 2009. Over his career, he has run or helped to lead programs for media properties, brands, and organizations that have garnered everything from the Tony Awards and Sports Emmys to the Sports Business Journal.

1986

Jack F. Curry (FC3RH '86)

Jack F. Curry has been a studio analyst and baseball reporter for the YES Network since 2010, winning nine New York Emmy awards. Before YES, Jack was a sports reporter for The New York Times for more than 20 years. He’s written four books that have been New York Times best sellers, including collaborations with Derek Jeter, David Cone and Paul O’Neill. At WFUV,  Curry was the assistant sports director. He was also the co-sports editor of The RAM.