OBITUARY FOR FREDERIC MARCK WEINBERG
Frederic Marck Weinberg passed away September 23 in Reno, Nevada after a short illness.
Fred was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico 3/17/1952, the son of Philip and Rose Weinberg. Dr. Weinberg moved the family to Peoria, Illinois in 1956 when he joined the faculty of Bradley University.
Fred attended Richwoods High School where he developed a love for photography and sports reporting. He flew with the Civil Air Patrol and worked as a stringer for the Journal Star before heading off to college at Southern Illinois University. He returned to Peoria to study journalism at Bradley. He became involved with WCBU, the campus radio station, where he was station manager.
Weinberg took a detour from broadcasting in 1975 for careers at the Penny Press Peoria Newspaper, E F Hutton and ownership of Three Worlds Disco. He tried his hand in the oil business and did a stint with ABC TV before deciding to get back into the business he loved – radio.
Fred owned stations in Claremore/Tulsa, Oklahoma and Las Vegas, Nevada. He put together a chain of small radio stations across Nevada before joining USA Radio Networks in 2016.
He bought that business out in 2018 and ran it as CEO until his death. USA Radio Networks provides long-form radio shows and news to more than 400 stations across the country. They also run stations in Dallas, Phoenix and Cedar Rapids, IA.
Weinberg also published the Penny Press Nevada, a conservative weekly online newspaper, and worked with the Nevada Republican party in his spare time.
He was known to broadcasters and politicians across the country. Sometimes boisterous and often opinionated, he always had a deal working. Two cellphones and a laptop seemed to be attached to his body. Fred was loyal to a fault, and his employees stuck with him through many stations and opportunities, good times and bad.
Fred met his wife, Charlotte Alarid, in Las Vegas in 1999. They married in Hawaii in 2004. She survives as well as his step-children, Randi and Stephen Alarid, both in Reno. Weinberg is also survived by sisters Susan Weinberg (Martin Arend) and Andrea Weinberg-Chestnut, two nieces and two great-nephews.
A memorial service will be held in Reno at a November 6.. In lieu of flowers,The family requests donations to the Weinberg Family Scholarship fund at Bradley University in Fred’s name.
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