The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia

Tobias Poole
WRTI Reunion at Temple University
Saturday, October 6, 2007

The current Operating Director for WRTI-FM in Tobias Q. Poole. He joined WRTI over two decades ago in 1987 as a staffer. In 1996, as Assistant Manager for Operations, Tobias was appointed as the interim General Manager for the station when Broadcast Pioneers member Ted Eldredge moved to Florida.

Before coming to Temple, Poole was the chief radio engineer for WBST-FM in Muncie, Indiana. He has also worked as a radio and television engineer for WOUB-AM/FM and TV in Athens, Ohio, WTLW-TV in Lima, Ohio, and WOUZ-FM in Zanesville, Ohio.

Poole is a member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers, the Society of Professional Audio Recording Services, and the Alpha Epsilon Rho national broadcasting society.

He received a bachelor's degree in Communications-Telecommunications from Ohio University in 1984. He also has an associate's degree in applied science-radio-TV technology from that university.

The e-mail address of the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia is pioneers@broadcastpioneers.com