About me
Ms. Liane Sousa is currently the Director of Affiliate Sales and Account Executive for Compass Media Networks an entertainment company with a growing portfolio of audio and web-based programs distributed to thousands of radio stations throughout America. In this role, Liane creates multi-platform advertising sales packages for leading national brands, leveraging the company’s national audio platform and broadcast talent, while increasing the audience and distributing Compass Media Networks’ syndicated radio shows, including DeDe in the Morning.
Liane’s accomplishments include being named in Radio Ink Magazine's 30 Under 30 Superstars, a leading radio-industry trade publication. She is also a member of the Alliance for Women in Media and served as a judge for the 2025 Gracie Awards.
Prior to joining Compass Media Networks in 2019, Liane was the first female Sports Director at Hofstra University’s four-time Marconi award-winning radio station WRHU FM in New York. She was responsible for all weekly and monthly sports programming on WRHU FM, managed a 50-member department, and assigned nearly 300 game broadcasts. Liane also produced and distributed all New York Islanders games to ESPN Radio NY, Sirius XM, NHL.com, WRCN FM, and WRHU FM. Liane worked at MLB Advanced Media, where she served in their live in-game television production department. She created multi-platform baseball content seen on FOX Sports and the YES Network.
A philanthropist at heart, Liane participates in the Cycle For Survival, a nationwide fundraiser that supports rare cancer research and clinical trials at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. This upcoming school year, she will also be supporting a backpack initiative to supply 500+ backpacks to K - 12th graders on Long Island through Operation Impact. Liane also serves as the President of the Hofstra Radio Alumni Association.
Liane has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Hofstra University, where she graduated with Cum Laude Honors.