BROADCAST MEDIA PROFESSIONAL
CONTENT PROGRAMMING AND DIGITAL INNOVATION
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
- Multifaceted media professional with expertise in broadcasting and webcasting, including media enterprise launch experience creating a successful Internet radio station
- Over 13 years of radio industry experience, including music programming, production, traffic, and billing; on the creative side, served as a midday On-Air Personality, News Director, and local Producer of national programming
- Sharp negotiating skills forged across the table from major media players such as the RIAA, Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and others
- Technically-savvy with skills from managing station automation and audio engineering to multimedia and design
- Excellent creative eye with experience designing advertisements, brand identity, and websites
- Strong entrepreneurial orientation including experience as a Co-founder of a successful, award-winning retail business: managed numerous aspects of business planning and execution, from advertising and design to negotiations and IT
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Created Onion River Radio, a widely-hailed Vermont-flavored national Internet radio station, incorporated as a featured channel on Windows Media Player; secured positive media exposure from The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, ABC News, and many others; testified at a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on copyright royalties and reporting requirements for webcasting
- Led programming at two radio stations and served as an On-Air Personality at four stations in three markets
- Co-launched and led a digital media department for Capstar Broadcasting, owner of a cluster of stations in the #56 market in the country; drove the creation of web identity and online sales inventory for all stations
- Implemented digital automation systems at four stations, integrating programming, traffic, and billing
- Produced (in-market) the highly-rated Howard Stern Show and served as an On-Air Personality, from compiling and reading news to interviewing artists such as Sheryl Crow and Jeff Tweedy, among many others
- Conceptualized and designed the physical look of Strawberry & Rhubarb, a successful retail business; co-managed a seven-person staff and created a nationally-recognized web presence
