Success has followed Sam wherever he’s gone. He’s made a name for himself around the world as the consummate team player – helping radio stations and radio networks improve through the power of teamwork, enabling them to achieve unprecedented levels of success.

At each position Sam has held, he has excelled at putting his many talents to use to uncover exciting new opportunities, cut costs, and create fun working environments – all while managing to streamline procedures, achieve substantial ratings increases and maximize station revenue and profit.

Highlighted Case Studies:

The Lagardere Group, Paris, France
Working together with the entire Lagardere Group team, Sam oversaw programming, helping them produce programs enjoyed by 33.5+ million daily listeners in 7 countries throughout 23 radio networks. As Vice President of Programming, Sam led a high-powered, international team of Program Directors to become the #1 radio broadcaster in Eastern Europe. He also helped this huge multinational conglomerate achieve market domination in numerous countries, despite the many unique cultural sensibilities needed to do so. His team was able to accomplish these remarkable results by putting their heads together, rolling their sleeves up and tirelessly studying listening audiences and their habits, addressing their wants and needs and gaining a complete understanding of their listening preferences.

FUN RADIO, Paris, France
In various Program Director positions at many different radio stations around the world, Sam and his teams have gained high acclaim for garnering unheard of market share gains through their use of innovative strategic content development and planning. After introducing a “Groove & Dance” format and a fresh, brand new morning show style, Sam’s team led the charge that drove French network FUN RADIO market share from 2.5% to 4.5% between 1997 and 2001. Then, because of the aforementioned successful impact on their business, Sam was brought back by FUN RADIO to help his team work their magic once more, taking them from 5.9 to 6.7 cume, and RTL2 from 4.5 to 4.8 cume, in just 2 years between 2005 and 2007.

GALAXY FM, UK
From 2001 to 2003, Sam and his team increased the ratings position for Galaxy 105-106 in the Northeast of the UK from #3 to #1 in only 6 months after implementing a comprehensive market study.

MIX 106.5, Sydney Australia
From 2003 to 2005, Sam and his talented team raised market share for global broadcast radio powerhouse Clear Channel, for its AC MIX 106.5 station in Sydney, Australia taking it from 6% to 9.3% in just 30 months. They were able to accomplish this by revitalizing the station, despite the station previously struggling almost to the point of no return do to extremely low ratings and powerful competition.