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John DiLeo Joins Townsquare/Danbury as Market President & CRO


John DiLeo
John DiLeo

Townsquare Media has named John DiLeo as Market President and Chief Revenue Officer for its Danbury, CT local media cluster. DiLeo will lead the local media team and their "Local First" strategy in Danbury, which includes WRKI-FM and WDBY-FM. He will report to Townsquare Regional Vice President Matt Kiger.

"We are thrilled to add John to our leadership team in Danbury. His experience in leadership, sales, digital, and his ties to the local community will help us to achieve our goal of being the number one local media company in our community," said Kiger.

"I am very excited to be joining Townsquare and leading the Danbury team," said Mr. DiLeo. "I look forward to igniting our local market with best in class marketing solutions, while also reaching our community with relevant, local content. The future is bright!"

"John is a great coach, teacher and business leader with deep ties to the region, and we are excited to have him join the Townsquare team," added Townsquare COO - Local Media, Erik Hellum.

Prior to joining Townsquare, Mr. DiLeo spent the past four years as VP, Sales at Hearst Media Group, overseeing their local and retail business in the Connecticut region.

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