CAREER OBJECTIVE
My goal: to grow my production company and expand in broadcast promotions field by utilizing my 25 years in management/ownership.
SKILLS SUMMARY
- Project management and coordination
- Scheduling
- Marketing and Sales
- Commercial writing and production
- Gathering, writing and presenting news casts
- Computer Savvy
- On air personality with extensive show prep
EXPERIENCE
January 2003 to Present-
- OPEN MIC BROADCAST SERVICES, Lamar, Colorado - www.openmicpro.com
- Self employed – currently out source radio and TV advertising production.
- Manage a client list of 5 medium to small market radio stations and one multi-media
- marketing agency.
- Write and produce radio commercials
- Write and produce imaging for radio station clients
- Longest client relationship –seven years
- Shortest client relationship – one year, ended due to change of ownership
- Contracted as special consultant to reformat radio station music by introducing new station
- jingle and positioning phrase, wrote and produced entire liner packet and instructed ‘on air’
insertion times. This brought an entirely new and fresh sound to the station. While not
changing music format we simply freshened and broaden the current air play.
- Contracted as special consultant by several stations to advice on organization, management
- and implementation of information gathering procedures for small market news departments.
January 2003 - May 2007
Country Conversations with the Legends also known as CCL – a syndicated radio program that
I developed in 2003.
- Bill Anderson was first interview; three and half years and 125 country legend
- conversations later, Kevin Sharp was the last.
- CCL was also designed to put the fans in touch and up to date with our country music
- legends. It was programmed as an hour long show mixed with conversation and music.
- CCL was carried on 50 stations across the U.S. and was building a wonderful fan base.
- The Marketing Group in Nashville filled the show with national advertising while affiliate
growth, production and distribution were retained on a local basis.
- CCL ended production in May 2007 due to an illness in the family.
August 1991 to December 2002
KVAY Radio Station, Lamar, Colorado
Co-Owner of station until December 2002.
Position held, Program Director - Responsibilities were to manage a programming staff of 9 to11 announcers including Hiring/firing,
shift scheduling, training, critiquing, and motivating.
- Duties included coordinating and implementing every promotion that came through sales
- or programming in our 11 year history as well maintain daily on air shift that included daily
one hour interview program with local, region, state and national guests.
Home Studio Equipment - Pro-Tools/M Box studio with Shure KSM27 microphone and 528E voice Processor and Samson MDR6
master board, Adobe Audition back up studio.
Awards – From Colorado Broadcasters Association; Citizen of the Year, 1st place – Best Interview Show, Best on the Spot News
Broadcast, Best Live Direct Broadcast, Best Promotion of the Year, Best Commercial of the Year, Best Sports Broadcast Event of the
Year (H.S. Wrestling)
Organizations, Committees and Boards – Zonta International, SEC Homeless Shelter Committee, Chamber Retail Committee,
Lamar Community College Advisory Board.
References upon request
| Chris Bauer P.O. Box 1156 Lamar, CO 81052 719.336.8147 or 605.467.0379 openmicpro.com cbauer@openmicpro.com |
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