• Honored for exceptional leadership, community service and on-air performance.
• Consistently ranked at or near the top of listener surveys.
• Proven aptitude for cultivating relationships and relating to all audience demographics.
• Honored for dynamic commercial and audio production skills.
• Commended for being unflappable in battle, in boardrooms, and in public.
• Faculty for vivid storytelling acclaimed by listeners and colleagues.

• Awarded Vietnam Service Medal with three Bronze Service Stars, and The Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Leaf.
• Helped solicited more than $1 million for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through radio-thons since 1997.
• Coordinated with the American Red Cross to supply disaster relief after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in San Francisco by petitioning listeners for food, clothing, water, and money, hosting benefit concerts, and arranging donation sites.
• Liaised with law enforcement to provide disaster relief to the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina struck by soliciting listeners for donations, arranging donation sites, and coordinating with carriers to deliver the aid to the affected region.
• Reassured and informed listeners after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York, and at the outset of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

2/2007-1/2009

WRDU “The Rooster” (Clear Channel Broadcasting), Raleigh, NC

Morning Show Host (Started as Afternoon Show Host)

• Entertained listeners through their morning commute with anecdotes, games, breaking news, and great music; coordinated with the promotions and sales department to engineer and stage contests and station events.

8/2006-2/2007

WNNC/WAIZ “Big Ways” (Pacific Broadcasting), Newton, NC

Morning Show Co-Host/News Announcer

• Compiled and edited the day’s headlines and delivered them, live, to listeners in a compelling and reasoned manner with candid copy and a tranquil voice; coordinated with the programming, promotions and sales departments to produce bold, captivating commercials for clients.

4/2003-7/2006

WFMX “Racing Station” (Mercury Broadcasting), Statesville, NC

Music Director/Morning Show Host

• Riveted listeners with funny stories, pertinent news, trivia, contests, and great music; engaged the community by donating time and partnering local entities to help raise money for various charities such as: The American Red Cross, Iredell County Human Society, Statesville Police Department’s Cops on Top program to benefit disadvantaged kids.

8/1999-3/2003

WKKT “Kat Country” (Clear Channel Broadcasting) Charlotte, NC

Assistant Program Director/Music Director/Afternoon Show Host

• Jolted listeners out of the minutia of work and their commute home with great music, fun facts, station contests and a live request show; interfaced with listeners at live appearances and station happenings such as: concerts, NASCAR events and charity fundraisers; programmed music and cultivated relationships with listeners which lifted station from #11 to #5 in the market in just 6 months, achieving the second-highest rating among afternoon hosts in the 25th largest radio market in the U.S.

12/1995-8/1999

KCTR “Cat Country”, KKBR “K-Bear”, KBBB “B-104”, KMHK “The Hawk”, KBUL “K-Bull”, (Citadel Communications) Billings, MT

Stations Program Director/KCTR Afternoon Show Host

• Managed and scheduled a staff of more than 30 at five stations and led them to ratings success as Program Director, including the top two stations in the city; researched listening trends in the city and coordinated with music director to program stations accordingly; conceptualized and implemented events and contests to engage and attract listeners; worked with advertisers to convey their message through words and audio productions in commercials, and through association with the stations during live appearances; consistently ranked at number one in listener surveys as provocative and engaging on-air host.

1984-1985

KUPL (Scripps Howard/Baycom Broadcasting) Portland, OR

Assistant Program Director/Music Director/Afternoon Show Host

• Number one in listener surveys, in all demographics, for 29 consecutive surveys. Key member of a three-person team who helped transition KUPL to a country format and lead the station to ratings success as the market’s number one station; recognized by listeners in all demographics as an engaging, fun, steady, and even reassuring personality; helped secure talent for annual listener concerts by networking with artist representatives and negotiating contracts.

1980-1984

WKZQ, Myrtle Beach, SC

Program Director/Music Director/Afternoon Show Host

• Billboard small market station of the year.
• SCBA Spot Productions Award 1983.
• Honored by the Beach Music Association.
• Nominated for 2 years in a row Billboard Magazine Market Station of the Year.
• Myrtle Beach top ranked host for three consecutive years, 82-83-84 in competition.

• Adobe Audition 2.0.
• Cool Edit Pro/Cubase SE and SX
• Roland Digital
• Prophet and Selector Music Programming Software.
• Microsoft office.

• North West Missouri State – Business
• Cameron University – Engineering Graphics
• University of South Carolina at Coastal Carolina - Industrial Psychology Major