Robert Sanchez

Rob comes to Nashville Public Radio from Boston, where he was Vice President of News at the legendary WBZ NewsRadio as well as Regional News Director for iHeartRadio’s News/Talk stations in the Northeast. Prior to that, Rob spent nearly two decades at CBS Radio in a variety of leadership roles including Managing Editor and Assistant News Director at WCBS New York and later Program Director and Executive Editor for CBS Radio’s English language all-news and Spanish language music and sports stations in Washington, DC.

Rob’s first media experience was with the local NPR station in his hometown of Miami, FL. A portion of WLRN’s broadcast day was programmed by the students in the Radio Broadcasting program at Miami Lakes Technical College, from where he graduated in 1991. Rob was recruited for his first management role at age 26 at KBLA in Los Angeles, where he helped launch a Spanish language news and information station.

In his personal time, Rob loves to travel. He says, “Some people collect things as a hobby; my thing is collecting experiences.” Those experiences have ranged from safari in Africa to hiking a volcano in Costa Rica to attending the Burning Man festival. He’s also a self-described aviation nerd (don’t get him started talking about airplanes and airports.)

Rob lives in Germantown. When not traveling, he and his fiancé Julian enjoy exploring Nashville’s many green spaces as well as the amazing food and music scene.