From RCR to O&R
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- March
- 26
Sophia Salis Kelter, the long time co-host of WRCR Radio’s “The Steve and Sophia Morning Show,” will soon head off to Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., where she has been hired as a public affairs manager.
Kelter, who goes by Sophia Salis on the show, announced her departure on-air this morning, which brought a number of calls from listeners who wished her well, but were clearly saddened by her exit.
Kelter has served as the station’s program director for the past eight years, according to a news release issued today by O&R’s spokesman, Mike Donovan. She starts April 1, he said.
In her new job, Kelter, who turned 30 Sunday, will help promote “awareness and understanding of Company policies, programs and procedures, both within the Company and its subsidiaries, and among the general public. She also will help to manage the liaison activities between the Company and the community’s public officials,” the news release states.
Kelter attended St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, graduating magna cum laude in 2001 with a B.A. degree in communication arts. She has often participated in charity events and sits on the board of directors of the Mental Health Association of Rockland County.
She and her husband, Jason Kelter, live in Suffern and are expecting their first child.
Her show partner, Steve Possell, said on-air this morning that a new co-host will be announced tomorrow. WRCR, which is based at the Nanuet Mall, is at 1300 on the AM dial.
Salis arrived on the scene shortly after WRKL Radio was sold and began broadcasting in Polish, a situation that left a void for local radio fans who had grown to depend on RKL for everything from news interviews with the county’s wheelers and dealers to top advice from gardening experts.
Over the years, WRCR began to fill that local radio void, with Salis’ morning show serving as a place to catch elected officials offering updates on their efforts and to hear taxpayer and voter concerns, among other topics.
Above, Salis participated in the Stony Point Seals’ annual Polar Plunge on Super Bowl Sunday in 2006, jumping into the freezing Hudson River to help raise funds for charity. Here, she is seen with Mike Lydon of Stony Point. The photo was taken by staffer Kathy Gardner.
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on Thursday, March 26th, 2009 at 2:39 pm by Laura Incalcaterra. 
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