Tom Di Bacco s
tarted
hanging around WRIE (Bill Lacy was his mentor) running the board in 1977. He began working on air in 1979 part
time and eventually full time.
DiBacco
left in 1984…moved to Naples, FL, and met his wife Kim Styles at WRGI FM (which was owned by the Erie Times News
– Meade family)
Tom then
formed Styles Broadcasting in 1989 and began purchasing radio stations. The first was WRBA FM in Panama City, FL.
From there he went on to own and operate over 30 radio stations around the country.
DiBacco sold all of
his interests in Styles back in 2006, took a year off, and is now helping to build Bookit.com into a worldwide
online travel company.
Tom is currently the Vice President of Finance of Business for Bookit.com.