NJ Radio: Knight, Bryan, O’Brien Promoted at WJRZ-FM

TJ Bryan

Greater Media New Jersey has announced Matt Knight has been promoted to the position of program director of Classic Hits WJRZ 100.1 FM, licensed to Manakawkin, NJ.   In addition, T. J. Bryan has been upped to assistant program Director and Bob O’Brien has been moved to the full-time PM drive slot on the station.

Knight has been serving as the Assistant Program Director of the Station since 2011. In addition to serving as program director of the station, he will continue in his current role hosting AM drive’s “Matt Knight in the Morning” program. The radio veteran is the former program director of Hit 106 in Monmouth-Ocean, New Jersey.

Matt Knight

T. J. Bryan, a long-time radio veteran and former music director of WDHA-FM and program director of WHTG-FM, will continue with his midday show on 100.1 FM.

Bob O’Brien, who is moving into the full-time PM drive slot, has serving in a part-time capacity in addition to his regular weekend shifts at WJRZ-FM. In addition, he is a long-time radio veteran and author of eight music related books.

They replace radio veteran Glenn Kalina, who decided to step down at the end of 2014 as Program Director and PM drive personality of WJRZ-FM to pursue a new venture. Glenn has been in the radio business for the past 45 years and will continue to be involved at WJRZ-FM every Sunday as the co-host of the Beatles show, “From Us to You”.

WJRZ 100.1 FM (1.7 Kw) Red=60dBu Coverage Area

Bob O'Brien

“On behalf of Greater Media New Jersey, I would like to thank Glenn for giving us such a great product,” said Senior Vice President and Regional Market Manager Dan Finn. “He will always be a part of the “Jersey’s Greatest Hits” family. We wish him the very best.”

WJRZ-FM is owned by Greater Boston Radio, Inc., a subsidiary of Greater Media, Inc., the parent company of 21 AM and FM radio stations in the Boston, Charlotte, Detroit, New Jersey and Philadelphia markets.

Greater Media also owns a group of weekly newspapers in central New Jersey and several telecommunications towers located throughout the United States.