On-Air Hosts

Sean Juan

Sean Juan has hosted the jazz program Straight, No Chaser since February 2010. He is an undying jazz enthusiast as well as a jazz soprano saxophonist. He loves the idea of presenting jazz to an international audience because there are so few outlets to hear the music. Sean hopes that the program will introduce jazz to a newer generation of listeners who may have little to no knowledge of the music and its legacy. In February 2010, he hosted and performed in Reflections of Monk, a concert paying tribute to the legendary jazz pianist/composer Thelonious Monk, in the York College Performing Arts Center.

John Scarinci

John Scarinci serves as the Sports Information Director at York College.  Scarinci came to York in the fall of 2007 after spending two years as a graduate assistant in the Sports Information and Marketing Office at Bloomsburg University (PA).   While at Bloomsburg, Scarinci took on all the key aspects of a sports information office, including the design of media guides and game programs, game-day management, promotions, and the writing of post-game releases.   He earned his master’s degree in business administration from Bloomsburg in 2007.  Scarinci has also been employed by several other major sports organizations, including MLB.Com and CBS Sports.  He also spent time as a writer for Newsday’s Impulse! Review Crew in 2005.  Scarinci earned his bachelor’s degree in communication arts in 2004 from Molloy College (NY), where he was a four-year member of the baseball team.  He ranks second on the school's all-time list in career wins and was a member of the school's first and only New York Collegeiate Athletic Conference Championship (now known as the East Coast Conference) in 2001.  Scarinci resides on Long Island with his wife Jessica.

Jonathan Quash

Jonathan Quash is a York College Alumnus.  He is currently the Director of the Men’s Center and a Music Professor in the Performing and Fine Arts Department at York College.  Through the Men’s Center, Quash is also the Director of the CUNY-wide program, The Male Initiative, which is designed to help males who either might never go to college, or who might leave before they graduate.  In addition to his involvement at York College, Quash is a member and director of various gospel choirs, and guest preacher at various churches, around the city.

Rookie 

Cleveland Walters, also known as DJ Rookie, was born on May 20, 1985. DJ Rookie was always around music. Cleveland had seen his father DJing at a young age and decided to learn how the craft he had always seen as a child in 2004.  In his early days of being a DJ, Cleveland's mentor called him and greeted him on the phone as Rookie; that was when the name DJ Rookie was born.  As an upstart DJ, Rookie became a member of the established Stainless Sound System.  During the year 2005, he polished up his skills under the wing of Mention Kid and Kevin Evil.  In February 2006, Cleveland made a life changing decision to serve his country in the United States Marine Corps.  As a Marine, Cleveland stayed in tune with his music and honed his DJ skills while going through rigorous training and deployments overseas.  In order to stay relevant, Rookie created the "Rookie 2 Di World" mix-tape series.  The series consists of 5 cds and has had over 5,000 downloads.  At the end of his second deployment to Japan in November 2009, Rookie had intentions to return home and continue his mission to gain recognition as a DJ, both locally and hopefully one day internationally.  In the past, Rookie has worked with the likes of well known sound systems and DJ's such as Massive B, Stone Love, Fire Links, Platinum Kidz, DJ Magic, DJ Jazzy Joyce, and more.  Rookie is enrolled at York College.  Cleveland describes his style as very versatile, but his strongest area as a DJ is in reggae/dancehall music.  He currently is the co-founder of Franchise Sound.  In addition to his show Heat Wave on YCRadio, Rookie also does weekly radio shows in the Bronx; every Monday from 9 – 10 pm, he does "Boss Up Radio" with his fellow RFB Inc DJs, and every Friday from 3 – 6 pm, he does "TGIF", on Real Deal FM (94.1 FM or www.realdealfm.com).

Want to contact Rookie? Here's how:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Rookie2DiWorld
Twitter: www.twitter.com/Rookie2DiWorld
E-mail: FlyKdRookie@gmail.com

Brandon Nix

Brandon is a student at York College.  He co-hosts Cardinals Spotlight with John Scarinci.

YCRadio Staff

Joe Salzone

Joe is the Lead Operator for YCRadio.org. Prior to joining YCRadio in March 2012, Joe spent more than ten years working as a radio news anchor, producer, talk show host and news director.

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Nicola Maragh

Nicola, a York College Alumni, is an Operator and Marketing & Promotions specialist.  Before joining YCRadio.org  Nicola served as a Marketing Consultant, working with clients such as Grey Goose Vodka, N.Y. Giants, and the New Jersey Nets.