Deborah Parenti

Deborah Parenti is President and Publisher of Streamline Publishing’s Media Division. In this role, Deborah oversees Radio Ink and Radio + Television Business Report and various media conferences including Forecast and the Hispanic Radio Conference.

A native Daytonian, Deborah’s career began at WING in Dayton. Later, she joined Stoner Broadcasting in Louisville before returning to Dayton in 1990 as VP/General Manager of WMMX (formerly WWSN) and the first woman to manage a radio station in that market.

Upon the merger into American Radio Systems, she consolidated the group’s six stations in Dayton, earning national attention for developing one of the first combined radio sales platforms, “Radio First!”  Following success in Dayton, she went to Philadelphia where she managed Beasley Broadcast Group’s WXTU-FM. From 1999-2010, she served on the board of Vox Radio.

Ms. Parenti is a previous board member of the Alliance for Women in Media and currently serves on the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation board and the Radio Hall of Fame’s nominating committee.

A recipient of numerous honors for her advocacy and industry leadership, she received the MIW Trailblazer’s Award in April 2025 and was presented Gracies Leadership Award from the Alliance for Women in Media in 2024. In 2023 she was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame and was the recipient of the Broadcasters Foundation of America Leadership Award that same year. In 2022 Deborah was presented with the Dayton Broadcasters Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award, having previously been inducted into the organization’s Hall of Fame in 2009.