Originally published the Carroll Capital, the print publications of the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. Read the June 2025 issue here.
For most 11-year-olds, after-school activities might include playing with friends or watching television, but for Dylan Carollo ’25, the end of the school day meant it was time to attend to his CEO duties.
Growing up near Orlando, Carollo developed an interest in radio early on. As a preteen, he began producing his own daily music podcast, a curated playlist for friends and family to enjoy like a radio stream. Within a year, the podcast had evolved into international, web-based radio station D100 Radio, which Carollo ran from his bedroom. The station’s name was a nod to popular New York radio station Z100, he says. “I just replaced it with a D for Dylan.”
Dylan Carrollo '25 in the Discover Boston College recording studio, located in the basement of Carney Hall.
By the time Carollo was in high school, D100 had become one of the first independent radio stations in global entertainment company iHeartMedia’s catalog. “That was a moment where I realized this is something special,” he says.
When he arrived on the Heights as a sophomore transfer student, Carollo wanted to catch up on the Boston College experience and quickly developed Discover Boston College, a short-form D100 podcast sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs. “If you’re a prospective student, current student, or even a parent,” he says, “Discover BC can be like an orientation tour, wherever you are."
Carollo managed every step of the podcast process, from hosting to editing and distributing up to three weekly episodes. That was on top of his classes as a finance and entrepreneurship student, a part-time private equity job, and managing operations of D100. “I would rather have a super busy schedule and make sacrifices in order to pursue this,” he says.
After graduating, Carollo passed the Discover Boston College mic to George Kaparis ’27, but not before launching In Flight, a new podcast in collaboration with the Carroll School highlighting trailblazing alumni and industry leaders. He’s overseeing the podcasts as CEO of D100 Media, which he has made his full-time pursuit. “I hope D100 can help more students engage with media and explore opportunities on campus,” he says, “but also inspire them to shape their long-term goals beyond Boston College.”
