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John Ford

Vice President, New Media

1996-2000
APD/Talk Show Host
610 WIOD-SuperTalk 940/Miami
Talk APD and Talk host in Miami.

1994-1996
Creative Service Director
WLLZ/Detroit
AOR/Modern Rock
Created and produced station imaging campaigns targeted at 18-34 male demo. Coordinated production department and all sales driven production.

1992-1994
Director of Creative Services
ABC Radio Networks/Dallas
All formats and dayparts
Senior Producer in charge of all developmental projects, including Disney Radio & Tom Joyner Show. Training of personnel on digital production workstations.

1991-1992
Personality/Creative Services
KZPS/Dallas
Classic Rock
Outlined and produced imaging targeted at 25-54 male demo. Host of evening Talk programming along with specialty weekend and event programs.

1989-1991
Morning Show Host
KDGE-THE EDGE/Dallas
Modern Rock
High profile, personality driven Morning talent. Emphasis on "topical, telephone, abuse the radio station for 4 hours and see what we can get away with" humor.

1987-1989
Production Director
WZTA-ZETA 4/Miami
AOR
Production Director in charge of station imaging and overseeing the commercial/sales continuity. Fill in talk host.

1986-1987
Program Director
WMJY-Y107/Monmouth-Ocean, NJ
AOR
Program Director of AOR in suburban New York market. Morning co-host, Selector Guru, Music Director, Chief Cook & Bottle Washer.

1984-1986 & 1988
Instructor
Bauder College/Miami
Radio & Television
Instructor of Radio & Television Broadcasting. Responsible for writing college level curriculum and instruction of students in all areas of the Broadcasting field.

1980-1983
Personality
WSHE/Miami
AOR
Evening personality for the Miami rock legend. Host of specialty programming and execution of commercial production.

1978-1980
Personality
WGMA/Miami
Country/CHR
Evening personality for both the Country and Top 40 incarnations. Also handled production duties and personal appearances.

New Media Experience:

PARADE Radio Fax/New York, NY
Start Up Consultation
2001
Launched radio fax/internet prep service. Start up implementation of radio web service including design of web site, server back-end and integration, audio standards for streaming and static audio media, design and installation of digital audio work-stations, training of technical and support staff, web content integration, audio content and targeting programming.

APBNews.com/New York, NY
Start Up Consultation
2000
Consulted APBnews.com in launch of radio service and strategic alliances with traditional media. Start up implementation of radio web service including design of web site, server back-end and integration, audio standards for streaming and static audio media, design and installation of digital audio work-stations, training of technical and support staff, web content integration, audio content and targeting programming.

RadioSurfer.com
1993-2000
Webmaster and owner of radiosurfer.com, premire radio web news service and mailing list. Site implements html, javascript, perl, php. Built on html hard code, perl, php, mysql, Adobe GoLive and Adobe Photoshop.

Digital Audio WorkStation Experience:
Pacific Recorders Dawn System; AKG DSE WorkStation; Rolland DM-80; Pro-Tools; Deck II; Sound Edit 16; DigiTrax; SAW; AudioVault

Computer and Software Experience:
PC's, Mac's & Unix environments; HTML; PERL; PHP; More applications than I care to mention.