Mel Phillips (radio programmer)

Mel Phillips, born Melvyn Phillips, March 15, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, publishes the post MelPhillipsNowAndThen.com. He is a regular contributor to Radio Daily News. In the seventies he programmed radio stations WOR-FM, WXLO and WNBC, New York, WRKO AM&FM, Boston and KQV, Pittsburgh. He was general manager of Hooper Radio and worked in various disc jockey positions in Tampa, Nashville, Norfolk and Atlantic City in the sixties.

He worked for such syndicated radio companies as ABC, MJI and United Stations Radio Network. While working at WCBS-FM, New York in the nineties and through 2004, he wrote and produced music specials. His music business work in national and international promotion at CBS Records Inc., helped the careers of The Clash, Gloria Estefan, Loverboy, Judas Priest, George Michael and Julio Iglesias.

Mel became a publisher of websites in 2005.