[South Florida DX Association] WRO News: Chip Margelli, K7JA, Named CQ Communications Director of Advertising Sales and Marketing

[Bill]

 From the WorldRadio Online Newsroom:

Chip Margelli, K7JA, Named CQ Communications Director of Advertising 
Sales and Marketing

(Hicksville, NY -- November 17, 2010) ? Charles H. "Chip" Margelli, 
K7JA, has been appointed Director of Advertising Sales and Marketing for 
CQ Communications, Inc., it was announced today by company President and 
Publisher Richard Ross, K2MGA. Chip will join the CQ staff on December 
1, 2010, and will be responsible for advertising sales for /CQ Amateur 
Radio, CQ VHF /and /Popular Communications /magazines, as well as 
marketing efforts for all CQ Communications products. Chip succeeds Don 
Allen, W9CW, /CQ /and /CQ VHF /Advertising Manager; and Arnie Sposato, 
N2IQO, /Popular Communications /Advertising Manager, both of whom are 
retiring at the end of 2010. Advertising sales for /WorldRadio Online 
/will continue to be coordinated by Jon Kummer, WA2OJK.

Chip brings to CQ more than three decades of experience in the amateur 
radio industry, including nearly thirty years with Yaesu (now Vertex 
Standard) and, more recently, four years with Heil Sound. He is fluent 
in Japanese, German and Spanish (as well as English).

An active ham for more than 45 years, Chip is known worldwide as a 
champion contester, DXer and DXpeditioner. He is currently active on all 
amateur bands from 1.8 through 1300 MHz, and is a 2008 inductee into the 
CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. Chip and his wife, Janet, KL7MF, live in 
Garden Grove, California. Outside of amateur radio, Chip enjoys 
photography and astronomy, and is a marathon runner.

"I am absolutely thrilled to be joining the CQ Communications 
organization," Chip says. "The CQ family of action-packed magazines is 
widely respected throughout the world of amateur radio and shortwave 
listening, and to be a part of this dynamic communications group is the 
opportunity of a lifetime!"

"Chip will be able to relate to our advertisers and prospective 
advertisers in a unique way," notes CQ Publisher Dick Ross, K2MGA, 
"having been in their shoes, working for both a major and a mid-sized 
manufacturer. Plus, he already knows and is well-known throughout the 
amateur radio industry, so he will be able to hit the ground running."

"As we welcome Chip," Ross continued, "we sadly say farewell and thank 
you to both Don Allen and Arnie Sposato. Don and Arnie each have 
represented all three of our print publications over the course of their 
many years at CQ. Their combined knowledge of the industry and of the 
people behind the nameplates is unparalleled and we will miss them 
greatly. We wish them both only the best in retirement."

CQ Communications, Inc., based in Hicksville, New York, publishes /CQ 
Amateur Radio, CQ VHF, Popular Communications /and /WorldRadio Online 
/magazines, in addition to CQ books, videos and related products. It 
also sponsors a comprehensive series of operating awards and contests. 
Its flagship magazine, /CQ Amateur Radio/, has been in continuous 
monthly publication for more than 65 years.