Objective & Programming philosophy

Experience

2004 - Present                Regent Communications          Watertown, NY

On Air Personality

§     Afternoon on air personality for Froggy 97 (WFRY-FM) the #1 Hit Country Station in Northern New York.

§     Very familiar with the use of Meastro, 360 Short Cut, and any studio equipment in our state of the art facility.

§     Appearance at many station functions and promotions.

§     Strong production using SAW 32, Cool Edit Pro, and Sound Forge.

§     Phones and pipes.

§     No big ego, just a nice guy with a can do attitude.

2003 - 2004                Clear Channel of Syracuse               Syracuse, NY

On Air Personality

§     On air personality for B104.7 (WBBS-FM) the #1 Hit Country Station in Central New York.

§     Very familiar with the use of Prophet, Vox Pro, and any studio equipment in our state of the art facility.

§     Appearance at many station functions and promotions.

§     Strong production using Pro Tools, Cool Edit Pro, and Sound Forge.

§     Phones and pipes.

§     No big ego, just a nice guy with a can do attitude.

2000- 2003                 Clear Channel of Tampa Bay            Tampa, FL

On Air Personality

§     On air personality for Thunder 103.5 (WTBT-FM) a Classic Rocker in Market # 21.

§     Very familiar with the use of Prophet, NexGen, Vox Pro, SiS card system, and any studio equipment in our state of the art facility.

§     Appearance at many station functions and promotions.

§     Strong production using Orban Audicy, Cool Edit, and Sound Forge.

§     Phones and pipes.

§     No big ego, just a nice guy with a can do attitude.

§     Some work for 98 Rock (WXTB-FM) an Active Rocker.

1995- 2002                CF Industries Inc,                                Tampa, FL

Instrumentation/Electrician

§     Strong computer control experience.

§     Installed, instituted, and maintained a Windows based control system for the ammonia storage facility.

§     Maintained Foxboro instrumentation, 4160 and 480 volt motor control systems for both dry warehouse and ammonia facilities.

§     Programmable Logic Control  (PLC) experience, Installed winch control systems that currently are being used to move large ocean going vessels that haul our dry product.

§     Communication systems experience, Installed phone, radio, and security systems that use new digital  technology such as fiber optic and FSK.

§     Authored many computer programs to help us maintain our facility with more productivity.

§     Trouble shoot to the component level and repair on all instrument and electronic control system.

1994-1995    Smith Television of C.N.Y. (WKTV-TV)              Utica, NY

Engineer

§     Camera operator for the 6 and 11PM newscasts

§     Remote truck engineer and remote camera operator.

§     Repair and maintenance of studio and remote broadcast equipment.

§     TV production  including audio and video editing

§     Fill in operator for audio operator for many newscasts.

1994–1995  The Radio Corporation (WRCK,WTLB, WTKW,WKLL, & WKRL)                                                                                Utica, NY

On air personality/ Engineer

§     On air personality for all stations including Progressive, Classic Rock, &  Oldies formats.

§     Commercial and show audio production.

§     Board operator for community service programs.

§     Promotional appearances for all station functions

§     Assisted Chief Engineer in repair and maintenance of studio and transmission equipment.

§     Maintained and improved computer controlled station WTLB-AM oldies which uses the KOOL GOLD satellite format with all commercials and liners stored on hard drive.  I maintained all the information that was on the drive and produced all the liners and commercials that were used.

1993-1994  Park Communications (WHEN- FM & AM)         Syracuse, NY

On Air Personality/ Engineer

§     On air personality for Hit Country 108 which was a hit country format.

§     Digital production of commercials and show material.

§     Attended station functions and appearances in the community.

§     Installed and maintained a state of the art computer controlled system at Hit Country 108 which included a Multimillion dollar studio. Complete with NSM juke boxes and BE digital audio control system and associated production studios.

§     Assisted Chief engineer in repair and maintenance of studio and transmission equipment.

1992-1993     Arrow Communications (WFRG-FM & AM)          Rome, NY

On Air Personality

§     On air personality for 96 Frog which is a hit country format.

§     Commercial and show audio production.

§     Attended station functions and appearances in the community.

1991-1994      H&D Limited Media Partnership (WRCK-WTLB)  Utica, NY

On Air Personality/ Engineer

§     On air personality for Rock 107 which was a CHR format.

§     Commercial and show audio production.

§     Attended station functions and appearances in the community.

§     Maintained digital audio production for WTLB-AM which is an oldies satellite format and is computer controlled.

§     Board operator for Community Affairs programs for WTLB.

§     Assisted Chief Engineer in maintenance of studio and transmission equipment.

1991-1992     Oneida Communications (WKGW-WRUN)            Utica, NY

On Air Personality/ Engineer

§     On air personality for KG-104 which was an AC format.

§     Commercial and show audio production.

§     Attended station functions and appearances in the community.

§     Satellite Traffic director when the station went satellite which included digital audio production.

§     Maintained studio and transmission equipment for both stations.  The chief engineer was an absent engineering contractor.

§     Fill on air operator for WRUN-AM which was a business news format.

§     Live sports coverage engineer at studio for WRUN coverage of community sports teams.

1986-Present  Phonix Sound Disc Jockey Service                Oneida, NY

Owner/ Operator

§     I own and operate my own disc jockey service.

§     Provide a professional sound and light show to suit the event.

§     Provide a personality to suit the event.

§     I developed my own computer controlled light show.

§     Money management of a business.

§     Maintain and operate professional sound equipment.

Education

1991-1993 Onondaga Community College                     Syracuse, NY

§     A.A.S. Degree in Radio/ Television Broadcasting & Engineering.

§     College Radio Station WOCC-FM.  I was an on air Program Director and Engineer for the low powered on air college radio station.

1988-1991  Oneida High School                                      Oneida, NY

§     High School Degree in Communications.

§     Head of Audio/Visual Department at OHS.

§     Produced monthly TOP 10 Music Hits shows which aired on local cable access channel.

§     Produced a monthly News Show for OHS which also aired on local cable access channel.

Interests

Computers, spending time with wife and children, radio, amateur radio (KB2MTE), and music.