Rudy’s interest in radio began while a junior at Ithaca High School. He built the areas first “pirate” radio station, WVLR,”the voice of the Little Red” at 95.5 on the FM dial. While attending Ithaca College, he was a DJ at WITJ in 1954 (now WICB) Ithaca, NY. Worked as a part time DJ at WKRT in Cortland, WMBO in Auburn, WHCU in Ithaca and staff announcer for Rural Radio Network in Ithaca.

Upon graduation from Ithaca College, he helped construct two New York State radio stations, WTKO in Ithaca, where he was Assistant General Manager, and WAUB in Auburn where he was General Manager and morning host. At WKBW radio in Buffalo, New York, he was a newscaster and on WKBW-TV hosted a farm program.

His final move in 1961 was back to Ithaca and WHCU/WHCU-FM, where he held various positions including announcer, sales manager, morning host and General Manager. He retired from WHCU/WYXL, in 1988, but his many fans urged him to return to the air waves. So he put together THE RUDY PAOLANGELI PROGRAM, a “Musical Trip Down Memory Lane”.

While working full time at WHCU, he was also a part-time faculty member at the Ithaca College School of Communications from 1963-1983. He taught everything from announcing to station management. He also served as Radio Director for student stations WICB and WVIC, and Faculty Adviser for Alpha Epsilon Rho, the National Broadcasting Honorary Society.

From his home audio production and broadcast studio, RP MEDIA, he produces his music program.

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