Erica Farber, Publisher and President of Radio & Records, climbed the ropes
throughout her career in the radio business, becoming one of the industry's
most respected and influential businesswomen. As head of the industry's
leading trade publication for business information and marketing
innovations, Erica is the driving force behind the delivery of crucial news
reflecting the trends, issues and challenges facing the radio and record
industries.

With offices in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and Nashville, Erica oversees
operations for the company's daily and weekly information sources read
worldwide by decision-makers at all levels of management in the radio and
music industries.

During the early years of her career, she held positions at KRTH-FM,
KABC-FM, KABC-TV, and KIIS-AM in Los Angeles. Her advancement grew quickly
when in January of 1975, she was appointed General Sales Manager of WROR-FM
in Boston and was promoted to General Manager in June of that year. Her
success then led to an appointment as Vice President/General Manager of
WXLO-FM, New York, in 1976.

In January of 1980, she joined McGavren Guild Radio as Director of
Promotional Selling and was soon named Director of Business Development and
Promotion. In 1983, she was appointed Vice President/General Manager of the
Radio Marketing Division for the parent company, INTEREP, one of the radio
industry's leading rep firms. Two years later, Erica was named Vice
President/General Manager of INTEREP Marketing Systems and in 1986 was named
Executive Vice President/Radio Development of INTEREP. She also acted as
INTEREP's Industry Association Specialist, ensuring the active involvement
of the company at various broadcasting conferences.

In 1992, after twelve years, she left the INTEREP companies to join Radio &
Records as Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing. In April of 1994,
she was promoted to Chief Operating Officer, and then assumed full
publishing responsibilities in January 1995. In January of 1996, her title
was formally changed to Publisher and Chief Executive Officer.

Erica has served as a member of the Radio Code Board of the National
Association of Broadcasters, and Chairperson of the New York Market Radio
Broadcasters Association, to name a few. She has been, and continues to be,
a major presenter and speaker at hundreds of broadcast meetings and seminars
around the world. Recipient of the Southern California Chapter of AWRT 1996
Genii Award for Radio, and a 1994 AWRT Industry Award. She is a Past
Chairperson (1992-1993) of the Broadcast Promotion and Marketing Executives,
and member of the RAB Steering Committee for several Managing Sales
Conferences. She is also a past board member and Past President of the
Country Radio Broadcasters, and currently serves on The Radio Hall of Fame
Advisory committee and the Southern California Radio Advisory Group of the
Museum of Television & Radio. She is also the Chairperson of the National
Board of Governors for the March of Dimes Radio AIR Awards, VP of Special
Projects for the Society of Singers, Industry Liaison for the Broadcast
Education Association and is a board member of the Broadcasters' Foundation.
In August of 1999, she was voted by the readers of Radio Ink Magazine as The
Most Influential Woman in Radio and has remained on the list ever since. In
April, 2000 she received an American Broadcast Pioneer Award by the
Broadcasters' Foundation. Erica was on the Board of Directors of Arbitron,
Inc and recently stepped down.