Company Principal
Bob Snyder brings more than 20 years of sports sales-related experience to his consultancy, Beason Broadcast Partners, Ltd which he opened in 2004. Bob was a radio station general manager in two Top 10 US markets, including four years at ESPN Radio 1000 (WMVP) in Chicago. At WMVP, Bob was the principal radio representative for the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox along with the responsibility of overall management of the station’s annual multi- million dollar operating budget. For six years while in Washington, D.C., Bob was the principal radio representative of the Washington Bullets, The Washington Capitals, The Washington Redskins and the Washington Redskins Radio Network while serving first as a sales manager and later as the VP/GM of WTEM Radio, Washington’s all-sports radio station. During portions of that time, Bob also hosted a weekly sports talk show and broadcast American University and University of Maryland Basketball games on ABC’s WMAL Radio.In the late 90’s Bob founded and was the managing partner of the Miami Matadors professional hockey team in the 32 team East Coast Hockey League. A ‘Double A’ Florida Panthers minor league affiliate, the team played in Miami Arena in the late 90’s and was eventually sold to a venture capital firm and soon after became the Cincinnati Cyclones.
Bob’s current consultancy, Beason Broadcast Partners, Ltd (BBP), advises professional sports teams, broadcasters and sports marketers on the sports radio format, radio play-by- play rights and ensuing revenue growth strategies. For the past three years, Bob and his company have played host to the Annual Radio Play-by-Play Industry and Sales Conference where senior executives from sports and broadcast have assessed the current and evolving state of audio broadcast rights. Bob currently consults for Arbitron Custom Sports Research; Emmis Communications (Indianapolis-ESPN 1070); Bonneville Broadcasting (Washington, DC -3WT and Phoenix-KTAR); Beasley Broadcasting (Miami-WQAM) and the Miami Dolphins Radio Network; Big League Broadcasting (Atlanta-790 The Zone and St. Louis-KFNS); Greater Media (Philadelphia-WPEN); CBS (Baltimore-ESPN 1300 and Chicago-WSCR) and the 2006 AFL World Champion Chicago Rush. BBP also purchases sports radio related inventory for Grub Hub.com and League Safe.com
