Townsquare Media Hot ACs “94.3 The Point” WJLK-FM Asbury Park/1160 WJLK/104.1 W281CK Lakewood Township NJ and “SoJo 104.9” WSJO Egg Harbor City/Atlantic City has added Michele Pilenza as morning co-host alongside Lou Russo.
Pilenza has been the primary fill-in on the morning show since Shannon Holly’s departure last October. She has been with Townsquare’s New Jersey properties since 2003 mostly at Talk/Classic Hits “New Jersey 101.5” WKXW Trenton where she spent time as a newscaster/reporter, hosting late nights, co-hosting middays, and as a fill-in. She also hosted middays on WSJO from 2004 to 2006.
Russo will celebrate his 40th anniversary on the air on the Jersey Shore later this year. He has anchored mornings on WJLK since the late 1990s previously paired with Liz Jeressi from 2002 to 2020 and Holly from 2021 to 2023. The morning show began simulcasting on WSJO in October 2021.
