Andy Bloom

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Andy Bloom is an American radio programmer, consultant and researcher who introduced the "Howard Stern Show" simulcasts in Philadelphia in 1986 and Los Angeles in 1991. Bloom was also a conservative political communications strategist working for a Congressman in Washington DC for 4 years. He has now returned to radio as the Program Director of WIP (AM) in Philadelphia.

[edit] Radio Career

Bloom first gained nationwide notariaty in 1986 when he began the first simulcast of the NY, based Howard Stern show as the featured morning show on his radio station WYSP in Philadelphia. Ratings at Blooms station went from 19th in the mornings to 5th in the mornings the first full ratings period after Bloom made the change.

Blooms ratings success proved to make note among radio professionals as he was hired by Jacobs Media as a nationwide radio programming consultant in 1987. During this time, he is credited with mentoring many new and up and coming radio people including Rick Rydell who credits Bloom as being his most important of his radio influences[1].

In 1991 Bloom gave up consulting to run KLSX in Los Angeles. He brought the Howard Stern show along with him to the west coast and with that decision, Bloom made Stern nationwide and within one year the top rated morning show in LA. Bloom remained at KLSX until 1993. During this time, Bloom would help out a down and out friend ,Ross Katz,who later went on to be an Academy Award nominated film producer, eventually producing movies like 2001's In the Bedroom, starring Sissy Spacek and Marisa Tomei and 2003's Lost in Translation starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson.Katz was quoted as saying "He (Bloom)is largely responsible for where I am today," [[2]]

After a few corporate VP Positions, worldwide, in 1997, Bloom returned to his roots as an Operations Manager in Minneapolis at radio station WRQC. He also pulled out his ace in the hole and began simulcasting the Howard Stern show.[3]

Always a political junkie, Bloom went to work on Capitol Hill in D.C. in 2003 working as a press secretary for a U.S. Congressman. The job was fulfilling but radio finally called him back when he accepted the Job as Program Director at Philadelphias WIP (AM) in October, 2007.[4]