The Infinite Dial

Name:
Nadine Santos

Current Title/Position/Company:
Music Director: In Charge of all music airing on Power 1051 and our HD Latin station Power Latino. Schedule day to day programming of music as well as on air jocks, phoneops, and board ops. Liason between record companies, management companies and Power 1051. Help with Promotional ideas and events. On-Air Personality: On-air jock from 2a-6a Monday thru Friday and Saturday nights from 10p-2a

Bio:
Born and raised in a Puerto Rican home in New York, Nadine Santos has been engulfed in music from birth. Surrounded as a child by mainly Latin influenced music, her love for the art has always been in her blood. From dancing, to singing, Nadine used this form of expression to help her not only grow mentally and emotionally, but also get through some of the roughest times in her life. Her father passed away when she was just 8 years old so Nadine turned to music as her escape. Always watching MTV and VH1 she was introduced to the genre of Hip Hop, and it was love at first sight. Realizing that Hip Hop took over her heart and R&B was in her soul, it took no thought to acknowledge that this is what she wanted to do in life. Somehow spread this love to others.

Nadine got her degree in Recording Arts after attending Full Sail in Orlando Florida, one of the world’s top schools for this field. Shortly after, she landed a job in Music Publishing. While the experience was eye opening, it wasn’t the right place to conquer her dreams so she took a chance in radio. Starting as a phone operator at the newly founded Power 1051 in New York in 2002, Nadine quickly worked her way through the ranks. Even though Nadine was considerably young, nothing would stop her from doing what she set out to do. In 2004 she was promoted to the Programming Assistant position for then Program Director, Michael Saunders, where she absorbed every possible bit of information she could about radio, and how to take it to the next level. In 2005, she was offered a position as Executive Assistant to the President of Atlantic Records, Julie Greenwald. She went over to the record company side for a few short months before Clear Channel and Power 1051 came back and asked her to return as the Music Director of the station. A position she had admired and long waited to have. Nadine returned and again worked her way through the ranks, eventually landing the on-air position for the overnight show as well as a newly developed co-host slot on the Saturday Night show, The List.

Nadine has received many accolades including being written about in several newspapers, as well as being featured in New York’s Crain’s Magazine for her work. She was honored as Music Director of the Year in 2006 by her peers and S.I.N Network. Nadine hopes to continue on this ladder of success and keep striving for new achievements. Constantly learning from those around her, staying humble and working hard are what she says keeps things moving in the right direction.