{"id":481765,"date":"2026-02-21T10:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T10:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/481765\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T10:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T10:48:13","slug":"mike-danger-rises-to-audacy-rochester-operations-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/481765\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Danger Rises To Audacy Rochester Operations Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-removed-loading=\"lazy\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='jeg_viewport']\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::P]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mikedanger-200x200-jpg.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"Mike Danger Audacy 98 PXY\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-340517\"  \/>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/340485\/wgr-expands-to-rochester\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rebrand<\/a> of Sports \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/thefanrochester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">95.7 The Fan<\/a>\u201d 950 WROC Rochester NY as \u201cWGR Rochester\u201d Audacy CHR Regional Brand Manager Mike Danger will come off-air as co-host of \u201cThe Sports Bar\u201d to focus on his management duties.<\/p>\n<p>Those duties will include a new role as Operations Manager for the Audacy Rochester cluster. Danger has co-hosted \u201cThe Sports Bar\u201d with Gene Battaglia since 2016 after holding additional roles at the cluster since 1997 when he arrived at CHR \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/98pxy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">98 PXY<\/a>\u201d WPXY as evening host. Danger would rise to APD\/MD of WPXY the following year and Program Director in 1999. He would later add programming duties for Alternative \u201c94.1 The Zone\u201d WZNE from 2000-2003 and Variety Hits \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/rochesterbuzz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">98.9 The Buzz<\/a>\u201d WBZA from 2011-16. Danger has served as Regional Brand Manager since 2021 also overseeing programming for WEZB New Orleans, WRVQ Richmond, and WNVZ Norfolk in addition to WPXY.<\/p>\n<p>As part of a longer post, Danger shared, \u201cThe time has come for me to hang up the headphones. This is not a decision I made lightly, but it is one that creates growth for my family and for the people and radio stations I care deeply about.<br \/>For nearly ten years on The Sports Bar, and almost twenty before that on The Buzz and 98 PXY, I have had the privilege of being one of the voices you hear in this community. If you have ever listened, called in, agreed, disagreed, or argued with me, thank you. It has meant more than you know. I have been given the opportunity to become the Operations Manager for Audacy\u2019s five Rochester radio stations: 92.5 WBEE, 96.5 WCMF, 98.9 The Buzz, 98PXY, and The Fan Rochester. Talking sports every afternoon with Gene Battaglia and with all of you has been a lot of fun. But the part of this business I have always loved most is building something bigger than myself. Developing talent. Strengthening brands. Creating momentum. Making a difference in the community we serve. This new role allows me to do that on a larger scale across all of our stations.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the rebrand of Sports \u201c95.7 The Fan\u201d 950 WROC Rochester NY as \u201cWGR Rochester\u201d Audacy CHR Regional&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-481765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}