Prior to joining WQXR in 2011, he served as Senior Director of Digital Programming and Production at MTV Networks where he  developed the digital strategy for VH1’s slate of TV series programming. Prior to VH1, Rinzel directed the digital team at Fuse, a music TV cable channel. Outside of the cable TV business, Rinzel was Senior Account Manager at interactive agency Sudden Industries, and was also a pioneer in streaming media at Pseudo.com in downtown New York City where he produced and hosted several internet radio and TV shows during the explosion of New York’s “Silicon Alley” in the 1990s.

Rinzel holds a BA in History from the University of Rochester where he was also able to study symphonic percussion at the Eastman School of Music. He is a songwriter in his spare time and performs occasionally in Manhattan and Brooklyn.