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EXPERIENCE

Darius A. Radzius

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**** **** ** **.* FM & 1010 AM & WCBS 880 September 2014 – Present New York, New York (CBS Radio until 2017/Entercom Communications Corp. until 2021/Audacy, Inc.) ANCHOR

Researches stories, writes & edits scripts, delivers the news live in a dynamic environment adjusting to breaking news during the newscast.

Operates the audio board ensuring sounders are played at appropriate times, timing newscasts to ensure benchmarks are hit at the right time (for example traffic, weather and business reports) and making sure commercials and public service announcements are played.

GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTER

Enterprises/researches stories, interviews sources, writes scripts, edits wraps, and presents stories live

Covers stories throughout New York City, Long Island, Hudson Valley, Connecticut, and New Jersey

Updates Twitter and Facebook throughout the day on developing stories Significant Stories

- Fatal cargo ship fire at Port Newark

- New York City migrant crisis as Texas buses them up

- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis comes to Staten Island sparking speculation he’s preparing to run for President.

- Two commercial passenger planes nearly collide at JFK airport

- First legal recreational marijuana store becomes the first to open in New York State. WBNY / NEWS 12 NETWORKS (LONG ISLAND/WESTCHESTER/HUDSON VALLEY/BROOKLYN)

December 2014 – May 2023 Bethpage, New York (Cablevision Systems Corp. until 2017/Altice USA, Inc.) GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTER

Enterprises and researches stories, interviews sources on-camera, writes scripts (VOs, VOSOTs, & packages), edits, and presents stories live Covers stories on Long Island, Westchester County and New York’s Hudson Valley Updates Twitter and Facebook throughout the day on developing stories Significant Stories

- City of Yonkers prepares to receive migrants from New York City

- Music mogul Clive Davis honored for his contributions to saving a theater in Bedford, NY

- Numerous stories covering the COVID-19 pandemic

- New York City’s first woman police commissioner is picked from Nassau County Long Island

- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo under fire for several scandals, threatening his run for a fourth term NJTV NEWS July 2013 – January 2014 Newark, New Jersey (New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority) REPORTER

Interviewed sources on-camera, wrote scripts, and edited VOs and packages Covered stories throughout New Jersey

Updated Twitter and Facebook throughout the day on developing stories Significant Stories

- George Washington Bridge Lane Closure scandal

- Superstorm Sandy recovery progress

- U.S. Senate race between Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Steve Lonegan WRNN / FIOS 1 NEWS August 2009 – June 2012 New Rochelle, New York (WRNN-TV Assoc.)

GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTER

Enterprised and researched stories, interviewed sources on-camera, wrote scripts (VOs, VOSOTs, & packages), edited, and presented stories live Covered stories throughout Long Island, New York City, and northern New Jersey Updated Twitter and Facebook throughout the day on developing stories Significant Stories

- Murder of Yale graduate student Annie Le who was missing at the time, days before her Long Island wedding

- Taconic wrong-way driver accident that killed seven people including children of the alleged drunk driver

- A series of bias crimes in Patchogue, New York

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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

WJHL / CBS 11 August 2006-March 2009 Johnson City, Tennessee (Media General, Inc.)

GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTER

KZTV / CBS 10 June 2005-August 2006 Corpus Christi, Texas (Eagle Creek Broadcasting)

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR (JANUARY-JULY 2006)

CITY/COUNTY REPORTER & TROUBLESHOOTER REPORTER (JUNE 2005-JULY 2006) KFDX / NBC 3 October 2004-May 2005 Wichita Falls, Texas (Nexstar Media Group, Inc.)

GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTER

WJLA / ABC 7 June – August 2003 Washington, D.C. (Allbritton Communications Co.)

INTERN

UNITED STATES NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION November 1999 – October 2004 Washington, D.C.

DIRECTOR OF DONOR SERVICES/PUBLIC & MEDIA RELATIONS NICHOLS ADVANCED MARINE August 1998 – November 1999 Arlington, Virginia

ANALYST, CVNX AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROGRAM

SECURITY CLEARANCE

TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION (TS/SCI) Department of the Defense Central Adjudication Facility (DoD CAF) – June 24, 2021 MILITARY

NAVY RESERVE

COMMISSIONED OFFICER (PUBLIC AFFAIRS) November 2011 – Present NON- COMMISSIONED OFFICER September 1998 – November 2011 ASSIGNMENTS

U.S. Naval Forces Europe & Africa/U.S. 6

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Fleet, Naples, Italy April 2024 – Present U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. Navy Space Command/U.S. 10 th

Fleet, Ft. George G. Meade, Md.

July 2021 – March 2024 U.S. Seventh Fleet, Yokosuka, Japan October 2019 – June 2021 U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. Fifth Fleet, Bahrain November 1017 – October 2019 U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Norfolk, Va. November 2015 – October 2017 U.S. Navy Chief of Information, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. January 2012 – October 2015 Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping September 2006 – December 2011 U.S. Naval Forces Korea, Busan, South Korea November 2004 – August 2006 Naval Media Center, Washington, D.C. September 1999 – October 2004 Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Logistics, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

August 1998 – August 1999 DEPLOYMENTS

Combined Joint Task Force—Horn of Africa, Djibouti, Africa -- October 2010 – October 2011 ACTIVE DUTY

CHIEF OF NAVAL PERSONNEL/

DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL PERSONNEL November 1994 – August 1998 Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, D.C.

EDUCATION / TRAINING

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY B.A. earned January 2004 Fairfax, Virginia

B.A. in Communication w/Journalism concentration (Minor: Electronic Journalism) OTHER TRAINING

DEFENSE INFORMATION SCHOOL 2 Certificates earned June 2001 & May 2014

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