ABOUT ME
I've been involved in broadcasting since my first year at Lewis University in Romeoville, IL in 1987. I took to the airwaves at WLRA-FM and started a radio career that continues today.
From there I have worked in markets as large as Chicago and as small as Merced, CA. I programmed New Zealand's Provincial Station of the Year - 89FM - in 1994 and 1995.
Since 2011 I have been a member of the broadcasting faculty at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI, both as an adjunct and as a visiting assistant professor. I am the faculty advisor to the University's student radio station, WCKS The Whale, and the student television station, GVTV.
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Broadcast Instruction
Student Television
Student Radio
Education
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PhD, Journalism, Michigan State University (April 2016)
My research is focused on broadcast history. I am also a research assistant under the supervision of Dr. Michael Stamm on the Radio Preservation Task Force, a project of the National Recording Preservation Board, Library of Congress.
MS, Communications, Grand Valley State University (2011)
My masters project was entitled "A History of Radio in Grand Rapids 1924-1974."
BES, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Lewis University (2004)
I served as program director of the University's student radio station, WLRA-FM.