Bob Richards has been named VP/Market Manager of Emmis Indianapolis, which includes 1070 The Fan, B105.7, 93 WIBC, and 97.1 Hank FM. Richards joined Emmis in 2009 as Operations Manager, and was named VP/Programming for Emmis-Indianapolis in March of 2014. He began his career in radio as programming director of Indianapolis’ WFMS (Susquehanna). He replaces Chuck Williams.
Meanwhile, Taja Graham, currently DOS for Music for the Emmis Indianapolis cluster, has been promoted to VP/Director of Sales for the cluster. Graham has been with Emmis Indianapolis since June of 1996, save a short stint working in marketing for a CPA firm. She has been with Emmis consistently since June of 2003. 
“Bob’s leadership has been instrumental in building our dominant position in the Indianapolis market,” said Patrick Walsh, President of Emmis Communications. “His reputation for building great teams and winning content strategies is legendary. We look forward to Bob applying his ample skills to fortify our culture and performance in the coming years.”
“Working alongside of Taja over the past eight years I have seen her reach some amazing goals on our music stations,” Richards said. “I’m thrilled she’ll now have that kind of impact on all of our stations.”
