WDEV Staff Page

9 Stowe Street P.O. Box 550
Waterbury, Vermont 05676
Telephone: (802) 244-7321
Fax: (802) 244-1771
Email: wdev@radiovermont.com

Awards & Accolades

VT Association of Broadcasters
Hall of Fame Members - Current Ken Squier (Charter Member) & Eric Michaels (2002) & Joel Najman (2004) & Brian Harwood (2005)

VT Association of Broadcasters
WDEV Recipients (Deceased) Hall of Fame Rusty Parker (Charter Member) & Lloyd Squier (Charter Member)

2007
VT Chamber of Commerce - Citizen of the Year
Ken Squier, President - The Radio Vermont Group

2007
VT Association of Broadcasters
Promo of the Year - 1st Place

1997
VT AP Broadcasters Association
Distinguished Service Award - Eric Michaels

2001
VT Association of Broadcasters
Promo of the Year - Discovery of Winter Croquet (2nd Place)

2005
Lost Nation Theater
Appreciation Award to WDEV for ongoing support of local theater

2006
Richard A. Snelling Economic Development Award
Associated General Contractor of VT - to WDEV and The Radio VT Group

2004
Kathy O'Dell Community Service Award
Presented to WDEV by Revitalizing Waterbury, Inc.

2001
Central VT Economic Development Corporation
Community Service Award to WDEV

2000
Commercial of the Year
Commercial of the Year - 1st Place

2001
AP Radio - to Radio Vermont News
and WDEV - for 70 years of radio news excellence

2006
VT Association of Broadcasters
Commercial of the Year - 2nd Place

2004
VT Association of Broadcasters
Public Service Announcement of the Year

Meet Our WDEV Staff Members

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	Allen, Frankie - Broadcast Producer Frankie has spent over 24 years in broadcasting and 10 years with the Radio Vermont Group. Currently he is the Operations Director for our sister station WCVT 101.7 and 102.5 in Montpelier, Classic Vermont but also acts as board operator, talk show producer and production coordinator for WDEV. A versatile broadcaster, he occasionally brings his box of Records and fills in for Jack on WDEV in the afternoon or wears his cowboy hat and plays some country music in the morning on our sister station WLVB. Frankie came to Vermont in 1989 after programming music formats for stations across the East Coast mainly Scranton, Pennsylvania (yes his Dad did work for a paper Company in PA, but not Dunder Mifflin) and the Albany, NY market. He now resides in Wolcott with his 2 cats Bucca and Acorn.


	Beardsley, Tom - WDEV Sales Manager Known by many simply as "Beards" - Tom's professional broadcasting career began in 1969 at WIRD in Lake Placid, NY. His development took him to WPTZ-TV in Plattsburgh, NY and on to radio jobs in Newport and Rutland. Outside of broadcasting, Beardsley served as a Senior Staffer for former US Congressman Peter Smith and also worked for the American Dairy Association. He returned to the Radio Vermont Group and has helped to develop WCVT, Classic Vermont. Beards is very active in St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Waterbury. His vounteerism includes work for Rotary, Central Vermont Economic Development, VT Chamber of Commerce and the VT Association of Broadcasters. Tom lives in Duxbury with his wife Mary - they have a son and daughter.


	Commo, George For over a decade George Commo has been the voice of the Norwich University "Cadet" hockey team. From the closing days of the old Taylor Arena to the excitement of winning the Division III championships, George has provided fans around the globe with exciting play-by-play coverage. For the 2008-09 season, George and Jon Noyes will provide coverage home and away. George also announces Norwich Football games and other Vermont sports.


	Commo, George - Sports Announcer Burlington native George Commo has been a sportscaster since the early 1970's - for radio, television and cable. Since 1998, George has been the voice of the Norwich University "Cadet" hockey team and has broadcast all their games home and away for a decade. In the summer months, George has covered local motor sports with broadcasts from Thunder Road and for the American Canadian Tour (ACT). In prior years, George did play-by-play for the VT Expos (now Lake Monsters) minor league baseball team and for UVM hockey. Commo has been named Vermont Sportscaster of Year six times - most recently in 2005. He lives in Burlington with his wife, Dot and three sons: Kevin, Anthony and Jack. George hosts his own website: www.vtbroadcastsports.com