July 8 – 17, 2013

Guest Professional

Faculty

Greg Abee Air Personality New Rock 93.3 The Planet Entercom Greenville/Spartanburg, SC

Greg’s radio career began with college radio, WASU-FM at Appalachian State University. For two years he hosted various air shifts, including a weekly metal show called “Metal up the WASU”. He attended the first-ever Keller Radio Talent Institute in 2007.

Immediately after graduation, he got his first job in the promotions department at Entercom in Greenville, a cluster that includes Active Rock, Classic Rock, Top-40, Hot AC, and News/Talk formats. After several months, Greg was offered a part-time air position on CHR - B93.7. Greg says, “I started small, hosting a late night weekend show and, over time, as my skills improved, I was handed a Saturday/Sunday air shift, fill-ins, and eventually overnights. In 2009 I was asked to host a heavy metal show on Active Rock – 93.3 The Planet.” “I left B93.7 and jumped over to the active rocker exclusively. Over time my one hour show grew into a weekend air shift, fill ins, etc.” In December 2011, the Planet’s full-time night show became available, and after an audition process, Greg was named the full-time night show host, which is where he is today.

Ace & TJ The ACE & TJ Show Channel 96.1 Clear Channel Charlotte, NC Ace – The Rockstar, the lead singer of the band

Charity Case. He and TJ are co-hosts on Rock 96.1, and Ace runs the board for the show. He is constantly labeled as the most vain,

egotistical member of the show, although this is mostly in jest.

Ace started working for his hometown radio station right out of college where he met TJ

when the station traded out an apartment for them to share. When the station filed bankruptcy, they made themselves the morning

show and shot to #1 in the market. The pair moved to Baton Rouge, Huntsville, then on to

Charlotte.

Ace is an LSU grad and his three favorite bands

are KISS, Run-DMC, and Bon Jovi. His last job before radio was Mobile Home Repair and says if he wasn’t in radio, he’d be a Sports

Center anchor or professional drag racer.

Ace and his wife,

Shonnette, were married in 1996 and have two children,

Payton and Cade.

TJ – The Love Specialist, TJ is the

wittiest member of the show. He co-hosts the show with

Ace, and he constantly uses sarcasm to take his humor to the

next level. His real name is Ritchie and he feels

bad for calling himself Terry Joe for all these years.

TJ majored in theater at Louisiana Tech,

passing up several football scholarships to the dismay of his father. He worked in lumber

mills, tried his hand at stand-up comedy in LA and returned to Louisiana to try his hand at

radio. He and Ace have been doing mornings together since 1993 in Alexandria, LA, Baton Rouge, LA, Huntsville, AL, and for 13 years in

Charlotte, NC.

Before getting into radio, TJ was a Purchasing Agent for a lumber company and says he’d

probably be a teacher and coach if it weren’t for the show!

TJ and his wife, Jodi, have two children, Lanie

and Aiden, who take care of their golden-doodle, Dutch. One more thing you need to

know: “I can’t make it through the day without…hugs and kisses from my kids!”

Dave Aiken Assistant Program Director & Music Director WKRR-FM/Rock 92 Dick Broadcasting Company Greensboro/Winston-Salem, NC

Dave Aiken is Assistant Program Director and Music Director for WKRR-FM (Rock 92).

Known to listeners as “Weather

Dave”, he also hosts his own afternoon show on Rock 92 and is a member of the “Two Guys Named Chris” morning show. Aiken has been

with Dick Broadcasting Company since 2003 and has served in many facets in both Creative

Services and as Promotions Director.

Prior to his work in DBC, Dave was staff meteorologist for both WFMY-TV and a freelance meteorologist at WXII-TV in

Greensboro and Winston-Salem, respectively. He has also done work for the Hazardous

Weather Preparedness Institute, providing corporation

s, sports

organizations, and

public emergency

response teams in the

development of hazardous

weather planning and staff training throughout the

Carolinas and Virginia. He has been a member and broadcast seal holder of the National

Weather Association.

Dave is a North Carolina native and a graduate of the Broadcast Meteorology Program at

Mississippi State University. He holds a double major Bachelor’s degree from the University of

North Carolina Greensboro with concentrations in National

Security Policy and Radio & Television Broadcasting. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Don Anthony Founder & President, Talentmasters Publisher, The Morning Mouth Magazine & Jockline Daily Creator & Host, Morning Show & Talk Show Boot Camp

As the titles suggest, for

over 25 years, Don’s life has been

consumed by the business of

personality radio. Each

summer, 25 years running, Don brings together hundreds of the top personalities from throughout the US

and abroad for his highly acclaimed Morning Show Boot Camp. It has become radio’s largest

gathering of its type.

Following the success of Morning Show Boot

Camp, he began Talk Radio Boot Camp, now in its 5th year. Talk Radio Boot Camp was immediately successful. Don brings in the

leading Talk Radio talent in America, as well as internationally.

Through his conference, his monthly publication for talent, and his daily talent search operation, Don has developed a unique and

well-honed insight into the inter-workings and elements of successful radio shows.

Jockline is a daily newsletter for air talent and the radio industry, and one you can read daily

at www.themorningmouth.com.

Courtney Armstrong Promotions Manager KISS 95.1 & K104.7 CBS Radio Charlotte, NC

Courtney is in the department of fun and games

with a side of problem solving. She has been

working for CBS Radio as a Promotions Manager since August 2012. Courtney is a recent graduate of Appalachian State University

and a Kellar Radio Talent Institute graduate of 2010. From these experiences, she took home a

degree in Electronic/Media and Broadcasting and Advertising. She also took home many

experiences from working as Promotions Dir-ector at WASU-FM and a deep respect for a good jacket and warm socks. If you've ever

stayed in Boone for an extended period of time, you understand why. Courtney enjoyed a

wonderful internship in Greensboro at WKZL-FM (107.5 KZL) and WKRR-FM (Rock 92)

as well.

Courtney says, “The

best part of promotions

is the combination

of using the ideas of a

five-year-old

and making them happen. Since 2006 she has done

everything from spray painting logos onto snow to a free outdoor concert for a thousand girls to

filling a kiddie pool full of lucky charms and making people dive in for prizes. It's a department that works with every part of radio

and is the face of the station to people on the

streets. There is no better description for it than the department of fun and games."

George Beasley CEO Beasley Broadcast Group Naples, FL

“Just take a leap of

faith” is the advice

George G. Beasley

shares with students

today.

In 1961, Mr. Beasley

took that leap. While

serving as principal of

Meadow High School

in Benson, NC, he

began building his first

radio station, WPYB-

AM, also in Benson. His days were spent at

school, until the bell rang and he hurried to the

radio station to conduct sales meetings. But the

double-duty soon paid off. He sold WPYB at a

profit in 1966 and bought a larger signal station

in nearby Goldsboro. Today, Beasley

Broadcast Group has grown to 43 radio stations

(27 FM and 16 AM) in eleven large- and mid-

market locations across the US.

George made the lead gift, making a new

media complex possible on the campus of

Appalachian State University. The George G.

Beasley Media Complex is scheduled to open

later this year. The complex will house the

Department of Communication’s radio and

television studios, labs and offices.

He served the North Carolina Association of

Broadcasters for eight years as president, vice president and member of the NCAB Board of

Directors. He received the association’s

Distinguished Service Award in 1996 and was inducted into NCAB’s Hall of Fame in 1998.

In 2003, the Broadcasters’ Foundation of America awarded Mr. Beasley their prestigious

Broadcast Pioneer Award. The Nevada Broadcasters Association inducted Mr. Beasley into their Hall of Fame in 2008. In 2010, the

Country Radio Broadcasters honored Mr. Beasley with the Tom Rivers Humanitarian

Award. In 2011, the Florida Association of Broadcasters named him Broadcaster of the

Year by bestowing upon him the William J. Brooks Award. For 13 of the past 16 years, Mr. Beasley has been acknowledged as one of the

“40 Most Powerful People in Radio” by Radio

Ink, an annual listing the magazine started in

1996.

Mr. Beasley has received numerous accolades

from the broadcast industry as well as from various civic and charitable organizations throughout his fifty-plus years in radio

broadcasting. Notably, he was recently honored by the Library of American

Broadcasting as one of the “2012 Giants of Broadcasting.”

Kent Bernhardt Production Coordinator Performance Racing Network Charlotte, NC

Kent has been the official “voice” of PRN since 1988, and joined the PRN team in December 2000 as Production Coordinator.

A native of Faith, NC, Kent attended The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

before beginning his broadcasting career in 1977. He spent 13 years hosting “Salisbury’s

Early Morning

News” on WSTP in Salisbury, NC, the

station that spawned sportscasting greats

like Bob Rathbun,

Marty Brenneman, and PRN’s own

Doug Rice. He is a recognized voice for

radio and TV commercials, and

has voiced numerous corporate productions. His voice is heard as a track announcer in the movie

“Talladega Nights”.

He produces much of PRN’s feature material,

and in 2005, was a co-recipient of the prestigious Barney Hall Award for outstanding

motorsports radio reporting. He was also named the NMPA’s Broadcaster of the Year in 2008.

In his spare time, he is an avid movie and theater buff, and has appeared in more than 30

regional stage productions, including “1776” and “Spamalot”. Kent is a proud dad of a

daughter, McKenna, who is currently a student at Appalachian State University.

Arroe Collins Production Director Clear Channel Radio Charlotte, NC

If you ask Arroe Collins about the current expectations of a Modern Broadcaster, you'll

never get the same answer. He puts "no" focus

on where 34 years of Radio and Television has taken him. Arroe says, “For the first time since its inception, the internet combined with new

age technology, has turned everybody in radio and TV into Broadcast pioneers. Setting the

standard for the next one hundred years should be the everyday ambition. Content collects

followers, not just on radio's two speakers, but

station websites, individual blogs, Twitter, Face Book, Stumble Upon, Google + and more. If

you aren't writing, producing and performing on five social media outlets daily, you're going

to have a tough time

convincing Programmer's how serious

you are about being a

leader in a field of

constant changes. Radio

commercials connect you to clients and listeners. You can do

more things to a listener's life and style in a 15 second commercial than you can on a week's

worth of four-hour Radio shows.”

A 2012 National Mercury Award nominee, Arroe lectures on university and Broadcast

campuses throughout the Southeast. He says, "Engage the listener or remind them that the

radio station isn't playing their favorite song." Arroe has six published books, with his seventh

currently under construction, which recently put him face-to-face with one of its main characters: Yoko Ono. The host of The Fox

Classic Rock Report keeps music fans informed; "I refuse to believe the format is for old men."

Unplugged and Totally Uncut unlocks the Radio expectation through one-on-one

conversations with nationally recognized actors

and comedians, musicians and the soon to be famous. Connecting Road: The Preacher and The Poet take Modern New Rock and makes

meaning of the lyrics between the bass beats and hard driven drums. Collins and Jonathan

Coppedge-Henley have created side by side in

generating what once was a 60 second

commercial into a two hour radio show. Scrambled Eggs ignite the imagination of hidden away writers and poets. Who's doing

this? That guy on the Radio. My message is personal. Master commercial production. You

can't fire yourself.”

Jack Daniel Program Director & Air Talent 106.5 The End/WEND-FM Clear Channel Media + Entertainment Charlotte, NC

Jack’s career began in eastern NC over 40 years

ago. He attended East Carolina University and

first worked in

Charlotte radio in

1976. In Charlotte,

he has programmed

and worked on-air

at WPEG, WAYS

and WROQ,

WJZR, and WBCY.

At WRFX he held

the positions of on-

air, program

director and general

manager, then to WEDJ as VP/GM until he

joined WEND in 1995, where he is on-air and

program director of 106.5 The End. Jack is a s

staple, and some would say, legend, in

Charlotte radio.

Jack and Carla have been married for 36 years and have two grown children, Adam and

Alexandra.

Chris D’Emilio Media Consultant Cox Media Group Atlanta, GA

Born & raised in Wilmington, Delaware – The

First State! Not familiar? See George Thorogood & The Delaware Destroyers. After

moving to Concord, NC, “I became a huge fan

of a tiny little morning show on

WRFX called John Boy & Billy (I

doubt you’ve heard of them). That’s when I started

learning about & getting interested

in local radio.” After graduating from App State in 2004, Chris started his career with Cox

Media Group, a career that is in year 9 right now.

Working in promotions for 4 years was a great

learning experience, but he had aspirations for a bigger career. A step in that direction was

joining the sales force at Cox Media Group for WSB-FM in Atlanta. BAD TIMING! Why?

“The time was Fall 2008…right when the economy went down the drain. Not a good time for radio advertising…but it was a fantastic

time to learn the dedication that is critical to be

a successful media sales professional.” In just 5

years as a sales person, D’Emilio built a local and direct account list billing over a million dollars annually with unique marketing ideas

and self-motivation for success. For 2012, he received the honor of Cox Media Group’s

President’s Circle as sales person of the year for

WSB-FM, WALR, & WSRV. As he stated,

“Strategic marketing for a local business is extremely challenging to navigate through all the clutter, and it’s my job to help my clients do

exactly that. Keep on rockin’ in the free world!”

Brandon Dickson Anchor/Reporter/Producer 680 WPTF/Curtis Media and North Carolina News Network Raleigh, NC

Brandon is currently an anchor, reporter, and producer with 680 AM WPTF and for the

North Carolina

News Network in Raleigh, NC. He

graduated from Appalachian

State University in May 2010 and was a 2008 Kellar

Radio Talent Institute graduate.

He worked as the assistant sports director and sports director at

college radio station 90.5 WASU in Boone, NC and was an on-air talent all four years.

He has worked in both radio and television,

having previously worked as a producer, evening news show co-host and board op at 600

AM WSJS in Winston-Salem, NC; the evening news and sports anchor, reporter, producer, sports show co-host at the Mountain Television

Network in Boone, NC; and a news anchor,

reporter, producer, weekend morning show host at 800 AM/97.3 FM WKBC in North Wilkesboro, NC. He has also interned with the

Winston-Salem Dash (the single A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox) as a sales and guest

service representative and has worked with

ESPN for the Belk Bowl (formerly the Meinke

Car Care Bowl) in 2006 and 2007 as an on-field coordinator.

DZL Air Talent/Assistant PD 106.5 The End/WEND-FM Clear Channel Charlotte, NC

DZL (pronounced “Diesel”) is the host of WEND 106.5 The End’s afternoon drive radio

show called "The Lounge." DZL is also a syndicated radio

personality on over 60

stations across the

US from Fairbanks, Alaska to

Tampa, Florida! Here’s a little bit about DZL straight

from the horse’s mouth:

“I was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia! I will say this though: my mother was an English teacher, so if I ever said “ya’ll” or “fixin’ to”, I

was QUICKLY corrected! My Grandfather was in radio for over 30 years as a morning host

for a popular country radio station in Missouri, so I was exposed to radio from a very young

age and have been around it my entire life. I

knew radio was what I wanted to do for a living

when I was in elementary school. To this day, I still pursue it with a ferocity! The passion never goes away.”

DZL got his professional radio start at WZGC in Atlanta in the 90’s. Since then, he has

worked in South Carolina, New York and has

been in Charlotte for the last 7 years. Charlotte is where he met his wife, they have since bought

a house and planted roots! His personal interests outside of the radio station keeps him

involved in the industry to some degree as well. He is the lead singer and guitar player in a

working rock band…and he says, “I LOVE to play golf! I'm a sports nut. I love traveling the world and spending time with family.”

Stu Epperson Chairman of the Board Salem Communications Corporation Santa Rosa, CA

Stuart W. Epperson is

Chairman of the Board of Salem Communications

Corporation, the leading U.S.

radio broadcaster,

Internet content provider and magazine

publisher targeting audiences interested in Christian and

family-themed content and conservative values program-ming with 96 radio stations, including

67 stations in 24 of the top 25 markets. Salem became a publicly traded company in 1999 and

is listed on NASDAQ. He has served in that

role since founding the company in the early 1970s with brother-in-law, Edward Atsinger. Epperson holds a bachelor’s degree in radio and

television broadcasting and a master’s degree in communications. He has been involved in

broadcasting since the early 1950’s when he

worked as a disc jockey; and he built his first

radio station in 1961.

He lives in Ponte Vedra, Florida with his wife Nancy. He is one of the founders of the

Winston-Salem Rescue Mission, Salem Pregnancy Support Center, founder of One Kid

At A Time Mentoring Ministry and a two-time Republican nominee for U.S. Congress. He has 4 children, all married, and 16 grandchildren.

Jason Furst Program Director News Talk 1110 WBT Greater Media Charlotte, NC

Jason Furst is

Program Director of News Talk 1110 WBT Charlotte.

Passionate about radio, Jason grew up

with the business

around him. Mom,

Dad, even his grandmother, have worked in radio.

Jason feels privileged to have worked with

many great stations during his fourteen year career. Starting as a producer at KASE, and

then KHFI, both in Austin, TX and KKBQ Houston, where he shifted to research, working

for Broadcast Architecture, doing projects for

many radio stations, including KIIS Los Angeles, KHKS Dallas, and KODA Houston. Jason helped The Australian Radio Network

move into the automation era, programmed legendary talk stations WSYR, Syracuse and

WHAM, Rochester and several stations in

music formats.

A content enthusiast, he enjoys creating

successful digital stations and social media strategies. When not at the station, Jason plays

competitive hockey.

Jason Goodman Director of Programming WKZL & WKRR-FM (Rock 92) Dick Broadcasting Company Winston-Salem/Greensboro, NC

Jason has been in the

Program Director’s chair at 107.5 WKZL and holding down

the afternoon drive shift since 2005.

During that time, WKZL has

experienced some of its highest ratings ever as a CHR, often

number one in the target demo and

almost always top three in most key demos. In 2010 he was also given the responsibility to

program Rock 92.

Prior to WKZL, Jason was Assistant Program Director and Music Director at The

Point/WPTE in Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Virginia, while also pulling an air shift and

handling the imaging of the station. Jason

worked as an air personality at three other very

respected heritage Top 40 stations, WXLK/K92 Roanoke, WRVQ/Q94, WNVZ/Z104 Norfolk…all in Virginia.

He was nominated for Radio Music Awards for Music Director/Assistant PD of the year in

2003 and 2004 and nominated for Hot AC Air

Personality of the year in 2003 and 2004. Jason graduated from Old Dominion University with

a Bachelor of Science Degree.

John Hancock Talk Show Host WBT Greater Media Charlotte, NC

Hancock arrived at WBT in 1990 and took

Charlotte by storm. In 1999

he put himself in “Time Out”, but

returned as the self-proclaimed “Charlotte’s

Most Beloved” in 2001, where he’s held down the Maine to

Miami, Canada to Cuba hours ever since.

As his many fans and listeners know, John is a

Colorado native and a PK (Priest’s Kid). Following a short but uneventful stint at Colorado State University, Hancock majored in

“Street Smarts”, working with many major Rock Music Tours as a record promoter, and

even a stint as a Rack Jobber in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. In addition,

Hancock’s radio career has included Denver,

CO; Dallas, TX; Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA;

and Jacksonville, FL.

The Zumwalt Community Award (National: Marrow Donor), Charlotte’s Best Magazine’s

“Best Radio Personality”, Creative Loafing’s “Best Local Personality” and “Best Talk Show

Host”, and Charlotte Magazine’s “Worst

Whiner” (the award was retired in John’s name) are among the many awards John has

won. John loves music of all kinds, especially Miles Davis, Eric Clapton, and Tom Petty, and

recalls his first concert was The Beatles at Red Rocks in 1964.

John lives with his kids and his wife, Susan, in Charlotte.

Wade H. Hargrove Partner Brooks Pierce Raleigh, NC

Wade Hargrove’s

practice is concentrated in communications,

antitrust, corporate, media, Internet,

copyright, public utility law and

Congressional representation. He

has been asked to testify before numerous

Congressional and legislative committees on issues involving corporate law, copyright law,

the Internet, satellite broadcasting, open government, libel and slander, political

broadcasting, broadcast license renewal, cable

television, and public utility law. He regularly

advises clients in mergers and acquisitions and has served as counsel in some of the nation’s largest media transactions.

He appears regularly before the Federal Communications Commission and other

government agencies, as well as federal and

state courts, and he counsels clients on Congressional and state legislative matters.

New technologies and associated issues of intellectual property, licensing and contractual

negotiations, and mergers and acquisitions are significant components of his practice. His

regular clients include radio and television broadcast stations, cable television companies, newspapers, Internet and new technology

companies, telephone companies, public utilities, financial institutions, and trade

associations.

Hargrove graduated from the University of

North Carolina, J.D., Alumni Scholar and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, A.B., with honors, Jefferson Foundation

Scholar. Among his many honors and awards, he was inducted into the North Carolina

Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, and was named by the National Law Journal as one

of the nation’s Top 10 leading Media/Telecommunications lawyers.

His hobbies include playing the guitar, pedal

steel guitar, and banjo, as well as tennis and boating.

Dick Harlow President North Carolina Association of Broadcasters Raleigh, NC

Dick is the president

of the North Carolina Association of

Broadcasters. His professional experience includes

holding the positions of Vice

President/Market Manager for Clear

Channel in Raleigh, and Clear Channel Radio in Wichita,

Kansas. He was VP/Market Manager for Bahakel Communi-cations in Greensboro and

Regional Vice President of Voyager Communications/The Dalton Group in the

three southeast markets of Charlotte and Greensboro, NC and Greenville, SC.

“The first broadcast company I worked for was

Mann Media in High Point, NC, and our paychecks had a slogan written across the

bottom that I will never forget that said, ‘the ability of radio to move goods and services has

made this check possible.’ I read that the first

time over 35 years ago and I still believe it today.”

Dick says, “Over the last 35+ years, I have been very fortunate to be in one of the most exciting

industries in the world. During that time we have witnessed significant change driven by technology, yet we continue to focus on our

main goal, which is to serve our communities and to help our advertisers move their goods

and services.

Mike Hartel Vice President/General Manager Radio 96.1 Curtis Media Raleigh, NC

Mike Hartel is the Vice President and General

Manager of Curtis Media’s Radio 96.1/WBBB. Mike is a 20 year media veteran, spending the

last eleven of those years with Curtis Media serving the local listening and advertising

communities. Mike was also instrumental in

launching Curtis Media’s Digital

Division to complement their growing number of broadcast properties.

Prior to Curtis Media, Mike spent six years as

a General Sales Manager with Clear Channel Radio in Raleigh,

and also worked as an Account Executive with Katz Media in New York City. Mike resides in Wake Forest with his lovely

wife Kendal and their four children. Mike is currently the Member Relations Chair of the

Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Raleigh Alumni Association, Chair

of the Parish Council at St. Catherine of Siena

Catholic Church, Chair of the Marketing and Development Committee for Triangle Family

Services, and an Advisory Board Member for NC State Student Media. He also loves

coaching his daughter’s soccer team, and his son’s football team, and he is an avid fan and

supporter of the Special Olympics, St. Baldricks, and the Foundation of Hope.

Gerry Horn Vice President of Sales Performance Racing Network Concord, NC

Gerry Horn is PRN's Vice President of Sales. He joined the network in 2002, and manages

the sales effort of PRN while also carrying an active client list.

Gerry has 27 years

of experience in increasingly senior positions in sales

and sales management. Prior

to joining PRN, he was the VP,

Business Development, for a start-up company

called MoonBuzz, where he was responsible for building and managing the sales and deployment teams.

For the nine years prior to MoonBuzz, Gerry was employed by the NBA Charlotte Hornets

and rose to the Director of Corporate Sales. During his tenure with the Hornets, he increased billable revenues by 35%, managed

the sales staff, all saleable inventory and all corporate contracts. He also negotiated and

managed affiliate and representation contracts for the team.

Gerry graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a BA in English and History in 1980

and did postgraduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Gerry is also a

huge fan of the Carolina Tar Heels, Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots. He also has an

endless amount of knowledge about the Beatles, which could come in handy on trivia night.

Gerry is married and has one child; he and his family live in Charlotte.

Keaira Huffman Promotions Director B93.7, Magic 98.9, New Rock 93.3 the Planet, Rock 101, and NewsRadio WORD Entercom Radio Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Keaira went to school to become a helicopter pilot and has her commercial license. You

would think with that license she would be doing traffic reports, but instead she loves

working in radio promotions, which she has been doing for five

years. She holds the position of Promotions Director

for Entercom Radio, which houses 5

stations in Greenville-Spartanburg, SC. She

loves people and anything that includes the word fun. She

says “I love my job!”

Scott Lauer Radio Play-By-Play Announcer NBA Charlotte Bobcats

Scott Lauer just completed his sixth season as

the Bobcats radio play-by-play announcer, having spent the previous four seasons as host of the team’s radio broadcasts. Prior to his

appointment as the Radio Voice of the Bobcats, Lauer’s work as studio host saw him handle a

30-minute pregame show, along with halftime and postgame wrap-up programs.

Preceding his work as the Bobcats radio studio host, Scott served as play-b y-play announcer for

the Triple-A

Indianapolis Indians of the International

League. In addition, he has

served as play-by-

play announcer for several other minor

league baseball and basketball teams and

has also delivered commentary for the

World Series of Poker, held in Las Vegas, Nevada on WorldSeriesofPoker.com. His sports broadcasting experience also includes

KWOX in Woodward, Oklahoma, and the

SportsFan Radio Network in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he served as anchor, host and

producer. Lauer and his wife, Alison, have a three-year old daughter, Ashley.

Alicia Lingerfeldt Director of Broadcasting Performance Racing Network Concord, NC

Alicia joined PRN full-time in 1996 after serving as the

associate producer of Fast Talk, a

sports talk/racing radio program, for

two and a half years. She is now PRN’s Director of

Broadcasting. Her duties include the

director’s role on

race day, plus directing and producing Fast Talk fifty-two weeks of the year. Alicia has also spent time working in the public relations field

of racing.

Lingerfeldt is from Colonial Heights, VA and

graduated from Radford University with a degree in Communication with radio/television

concentration. She resides in the Charlotte area with her son Austin.

Dan Mason President and Chief Executive Officer CBS Radio New York, NY

Dan Mason serves as President and

Chief Executive Officer of CBS Radio. In this role,

he oversees all aspects relating to

CBS Radio’s more than 125 stations

across 28 markets, including all of the Top 10, as well as

the day-to-day operations of the

division.

An experienced radio programmer, Mason

returned to CBS Radio in April 2007 after serving as an adviser and consultant to CBS and other domestic and international companies in

the radio broadcasting industry for the five years prior. Before that, Mason was President

of CBS Radio from 1995-2002. As the executive responsible for operating the group’s

then 184 stations in the largest markets across

the United States, Mason successfully

integrated the original CBS, Group W, Infinity Radio and American Radio Systems stations, among the most venerable radio broadcasting

groups in the country, by merging operations, blending business styles and increasing

profitability. Mason joined Westinghouse as

President of Group W in 1993.

Mason has initiated an aggressive growth

strategy at CBS Radio, including the launch of new formats at dozens of stations across the country, the purchase of FM stations in New

York and Washington, DC, and creating CBS Sports Radio, a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week

lineup of national programming from premier entities CBS Radio and CBS Sports. Restoring

WCBS-FM to its Classic Hits format was one of Mason’s first moves upon his return. The station is an undisputable ratings leader and

consistently ranks among the most popular with listeners of all ages in New York.

Mason also has diversified the division’s portfolio with station formats that cater to a

variety of male and female demographics, as well as myriad age groups from teens to young adults, and boomers. Top 40 stations have been

launched in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Detroit, Houston, and

Phoenix; and the debut of sports programming on FM in New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta,

Boston, Detroit, Washington, DC, Dallas,

Tampa, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Cleveland is proving to be a successful business model for

the future.

Under Mason’s leadership, CBS Radio has also

taken a variety of steps to expand its digital presence, including building an online

streaming platform, and creating mobile applications that allow listeners to interact with CBS Radio stations on the go. Radio and

Internet Newsletter (RAIN) has honored the

division with an Internet Radio Award for Best

Digital Strategy.

A native of Louisville, KY, Mason graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with a

degree in broadcasting, and was later presented with an honorary Doctorate of Humanities

from the institution. In October 2010, Mason

was graced with the Ralph Gabbard Distinguished Kentuckian Award in recognition

of his achievements in broadcasting.

The National Association of Broadcasters

named Mason their 2012 National Radio Award winner for his outstanding leadership in

the radio industry. In addition, Radio Ink magazine has chosen Mason as Executive of the Year, and on numerous occasions named him

to their list of Most Powerful People in Radio, including presenting him with top honors in the

years since he has returned to CBS Radio. He currently serves as a member of the Board of the

Academy of Country Music.

Jonathan Mauney Director of Interactive Media Greater Media Charlotte, NC

Jonathan Mauney

got his start in radio in 1993 at the student-run radio

station, WASU, at Appalachian State

University. He quickly became

Production Director, then served two years as Station

Manager. Under his manage-ment, the

station won the National Association of College

Broadcasters "Station of the Year Award" in 1997.

Before graduating with a Bachelor of Science in

Communications and a minor in Graphic Design, Jonathan worked part-time as a

Marketing Producer and Associate Producer at

WBTV Television in Charlotte and was a weekend On-Air Personality at WKBC-FM in

North Wilkesboro, NC. In 1997, he joined WLNK-FM as a weekend On-Air Personality

and Programming Assistant, where he designed the station’s first website. By 2000, Mauney

had transitioned into full-time web application development for both WLNK-FM and WBT-AM and was a member of the technical

advisory panel for LMiV, a joint internet venture of several mid-sized broadcast

companies.

In 2006, Jonathan was promoted to Director of

Interactive Media and is charged with shaping the interactive strategy for what is now known as Greater Media Charlotte. With a back-

ground in marketing, radio, video and web development, Jonathan and his team have

become industry leaders in creating high-engagement, integrated marketing campaigns

for clients.

Mick Mixon Play-by-Play Announcer Broadcasting Department NFL Carolina Panthers Charlotte, NC

Forest Orion (Mick) Mixon was born on a cold,

rainy Wednesday in October 1958, a Gerber baby cute as a toddler, but then started to get

progressively worse looking into adulthood.

Mick graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in May

of 1980 with a BA in Broadcast Journalism/Radio, Television, Motion Pictures. Mick is now in

his 30th year as a sports announcer.

He is the former

radio and TV

“Voice of the Maine Guides” Triple A

Baseball Club; spent sixteen

years as Color Analyst/Production Manager for the Tar Heels Sports Network and did TV

games for Fox Sports South. He taught two classes in the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communications for 6 years and was the

consistent recipient of the department’s highest professor approval ratings.

Mick was named North Carolina Sportscaster of the year in both 1999 and 2004 and is the

only non-official to be inducted into the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Officials Association. Mick became the Play-by-Play

announcer for the NFL’s Carolina Panthers in 2005.

He is married to Kristin Lyn Tucker, plays drums in two working bands “Franklin Street” and “Mick and the Ultras”, likes to jog, lift

weights, write, mess around with cars, do yard

work and play golf.

Jay Nachlis Program Director & Air Talent Radio 96.1/ WBBB Curtis Media Raleigh, NC

After growing up in the great city of San

Francisco, Jay Nachlis did what any smart 17 year old would do – he moved to one of the

coldest, snowiest cities in America. After graduating in 3 ½

years from the Newhouse School of

Public Communications at

Syracuse University in 1993 (“Why was I in such a hurry to

leave??”), Nachlis worked his way up

from overnights at Hot AC WYYY (Y94FM)

in Syracuse to Asst. PD/ Afternoon Drive, while overseeing both Y94FM and the launch of CHR WWHT (Hot 107.9).

In 1996, Nachlis made the move back home as Music Director of K101/San Francisco and was

later made Interim PD of the heritage Hot AC station, making him a Program Director in a

Top 5 market at the ripe age of 24.

1997-2000 saw Nichlis take on his first full-fledged PD gig in Buffalo at WLCE (Alice @

92.9) during the red-hot Modern AC years. Possibly the only person to have ever

programmed two “Alice” stations, Nachlis took the helm of Classic Hits WLLC (Alice 106.7), Detroit, from 2000-2003. A station perhaps

ahead of its time, the quirky-imaged, heavy on

gentre variety template became popular a few years later as the “Jack” format.

On the night of April 7, 2003, Jay flew into

Raleigh, NC for an interview the next morning at WBBB/96Rock. That night, he watched in

his hotel room as his beloved Syracuse Orangemen won their only basketball

championship and his fate was sealed. He has spent the past 8 years (that’s 56 in “real job” years) as the Program Director of the Curtis

Media Group owned Mainstream Rock station. Each day at 3pm, he walks into a phone booth

and changes into “Foster”, his on-air alter ego. In November 2011, Nachlis helped lead the

successful transition from 96Rock to Adult Hits Radio 96.1.

Jay lives in Raleigh with his wife, two kids, a

dog, and an unnatural love for karaoke. He is also the lead vocalist of Radiowave, the 96Rock

DJ Band.

Pam Patton Account Executive Beasley Broadcast Group Fayetteville, NC

Pamela

graduated from Appalachian

State University where she double- majored

in Electronic Media/Broadcast

and Advertising. During her time

at Appalachian State, she discovered her

passion for radio.

She is one of the first students to attend the

Kellar Radio Talent Institute where she was given the opportunity to meet several top industry leaders and was offered her first job in

radio. Pamela began her career as an Account Executive with the Beasley Broadcast Group in

2007, where she is still employed today. She

currently is the top performer for interactive

sales and is known to go above and beyond for her clients. Pamela is also heavily involved with the community where she sits on the board

of the Fayetteville Ladies Power Group, as well as the Karen Chandler Trust, an organization

that helps local cancer patients. Pamela is a valued employee and is looking forward to

many more amazing years in the radio industry.

John Reynolds Operations Manager & Program Director KISS 95.1 & K104.7 CBS Radio Charlotte, NC

John has come a

long way since the time he became

fascinated with radio as a nine year

old, playing songs on his parents’

stereo. He used

their tape recorder to record himself

talking over intros of songs while

mimicking the jocks on the big Top 40 station that inspired him. By age 11, he attended a broadcast school, which wasn’t exactly typical,

but they let him go at his own pace. By age 13 he got his first radio gig working part-time

running a “Big Band” show on a local radio station. At 16 he was hired to run the “Casey

Kasem American Top 40 Countdown” on the #1 station in the market, then on to college and working nights on the Top 40 station in the

market where he went to school. He was hired away by the competition to work full time and

work the midday shift in another market.

John has worked at some very impressive radio stations, including Z100 New York, Z104

Madison, Wisconsin and WKTI Milwaukee.

Doug Rice President /General Manager Performance Racing Network Charlotte, NC

As well as

being the President and

General Manager of

PRN, Doug is also a co-anchor of all

the PRN race broadcasts.

He can also be heard on-air

on PRN’s “Fast Talk” show each Monday night. Doug has been a part of PRN since 1988, starting out as the Affiliates Manager.

His broadcasting career started at WSTP/WRDX in Salisbury, NC, where he

served as the program director, morning show host and sports play-by-play announcer.

During that time, he received the UPI National Broadcast Award for Outstanding Sports Coverage in 1982. Doug’s sports casting career

has included doing play-by play of college basketball and football.

During his career he has worked on numerous broadcast teams, including Fox Sports Net and Indy Racing Radio Network. In addition to his

on air duties with PRN, Doug is also the co-anchor for Indy Radio Network broadcast of

the Brickyard 400.

Doug’s hobbies include science fiction, golf,

which he claims to not be very good at, and he’s a history nut, especially the Civil War.

Trip Savery Director of Sales Greater Media Radio Charlotte, NC

Trip Savery is a

dedicated radio broadcasting veteran with over 20 years

of experience.

A native of Chapel

Hill, North Carolina, Trip has

held a variety of sales and management

positions within the radio industry from small markets to major

markets. He began his career at WQDR in Raleigh as an account executive. At age 30, he

became General Manager of WCHL in Chapel Hill and soon added duties at WDNC in Durham, NC. In 1996, Trip became General

Manager of WKXU and WWND, Raleigh. In 1998, Trip was named National Sales Manager

of Curtis Media Group stations in Raleigh and continued in that role until 2001, when he was

named General Manager of legendary country station WQDR. Under Trip’s leadership,

WQDR quickly rose to become the top billing

station in the Raleigh-Durham market, and continued to grow, eventually rising to become the top billing station in the Carolinas, and the

17th highest billing Country station in the United States. He became Senior Vice

President of Curtis Media Group in 2008, and

added General Manager duties at Classic Hits

WWMY-FM at that time.

In 2010, seeking a new challenge in a larger market, Trip moved to Charlotte to become

Director of Sales for Greater Media stations WBT, WLNK and the nationally syndicated

Bob & Sheri Radio Network. In September 2012, Trip was named Vice President and Station Manager of Greater Media Charlotte.

Trip resides in Charlotte with his wife, Dolly, and their two children, and is an alumnus of the

University of North Carolina, and an avid Tar Heel fan.

Patrick Sills

Digital Program Director

Clear Channel Media +

Entertainment

Charlotte, NC

Patrick Sills is a Digital Program

Director at Clear Channel Media

+ Entertainment, where he’s

helped lead the integration of digital media

into a traditional media group.

He has over 8

years of experience in content creation, digital

marketing, web metrics/analytics, database marketing, video production and social media.

He leads a digital team of designers, content

creators and social media marketing over 5 websites. These content sites consistently drive

over 300K in unique visitors and millions of

page views each month. Patrick also works closely with the sales team to generate new

ideas that leverage digital assets for Clear Channel’s clients.

Patrick is constantly pushing the envelope by studying new marketing techniques and trying

new digital products. In his free time, he enjoys reading, graphic design, and the occasional home improvement project. You can follow

him on Twitter (@patricksills), but you’re more apt to see one of his posts coming from the

brands that he represents.

Two Guys Named Chris Morning Show Team Rock 92 Dick Broadcasting Group Greensboro/Winston-Salem, NC

Chris Kelly – I was born in Asheboro on April 11, 1971 and things were great. My mother

immediately began doing my laundry…a practice she continued until I married at age 31.

I had the typical childhood…lots of sports.

Mostly I waited to be picked last and then be

booed when I struck out at the end of the game. In my teenage years, I bounced back and forth from high school to a bar-b-que restaurant,

Henry James BBQ, where I specialized in making hushpuppies on the line. In my

spare time, you could find me shopping

for my clothing at the Portly and

Proud, which has now closed, or playing Pac-Man at the arcade and pretending I was not a virgin.

I got my first radio job at a little 5000 watt radio station called the Kickin’

Chicken. They hired me mostly because they needed someone to fill out the chicken suit and provide entertainment for

store openings. This did not last long as I tended to scare the children and, in fact, I am

still dealing with litigation over a 1988 incident at JC Penny involving a giant chicken suit, a

basketball, and a plunger.

I went through all these humiliating moments because I knew that after going through all that,

I could eventually attain my dream…attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

(their Boone campus) in 1993. It was the proudest imaginary moment of my life. Years

later, I would honor my college by putting a UNC logo around my license plate. After college I immediately went back to work in

radio. My father asked why he had spent the

money on a college education since I went right

back into the job I had before going to college. Frankly, a good question.

In 2002 I got married. Most people think I either drugged or paid a woman to be with me, but I swear I won her heart the old fashioned

way…hypnosis. In 2005, my first child was born. Now he is seven and I have a three year

old daughter. They are the absolute joys of my life.

And that is pretty much Chris Kelly in a nut shell. The things I love doing most…sitting on the couch, sleeping, and yawning. My biggest

pet peeve…having to GET UP to use the bathroom. You can hear me as part of the

“Two Guys Named Chris” show, every day for many hours.

Chris Demm – I started working at Rock 92 when I was just a boy. It was so long ago that I

used to play records…vinyl records! Yes, I was once young. I jumped high as the sky, had fire in my eyes, and legs like a stallion. But,

eventually, the legs gave out. Then, I stopped going out to nightclubs and bars and started

wearing earplugs when I’d go to concerts.

I have no idea how to work a computer. I don’t go to the drive-thru window, I go inside the

restaurant. I can drive a stick-shift. I’ve never voted for “American

Idol.” I’m still searching for the recipe for the perfect margarita. I like circus

peanuts…but not the circus. I only wear a necktie about twice a year. I try to do crossword puzzles to keep my brain from

turning to mush. I’m trying my best to deal with the extra hair that keeps turning up in my

ears. I’d be happy to show you some of the pictures I took in France. If you’ve got a music

trivia question, I’d love to hear it. And, if I

hadn’t met my wife, I’d be stalking Cindy Crawford to this day.

Deidre – Deidre was born and raised in High Point, NC. She loves Lifetime Television, a good

grit plate, Journey, singing in her car, a good fish fry, and the Jo

Bro’s. She has an odd, sometimes scary, obsession with Oprah and

is scared of her basement. Deidre graduated from the University of North Carolina at

Greensboro. But she openly admits everything she needs to know she learned at a record store call Peaches. Oh yeah…and her family still

thinks she works at 102 Jamz!

Biggie – I was born in the small mountain town

of Kingsport, Tennessee in 1983. My parents liked the town so much they moved to

Charlotte, NC two weeks after I was born. I moved a lot as a kid and changed schools quite

a bit, but I feel like moving and having to constantly make

new friends helped grow my sense of humor. We finally

landed in Greensboro in 1997 where I went to Western Guilford High School. I graduated from high

school in 2001…I wouldn’t say I was the best student…You know what, we’ll just leave it at

that. I had lots of offers from several colleges, but ended up at GTCC (I didn’t want to be a

show off and go to Harvard or Yale). While I was at GTCC I studied Engineering, Automotive Technology, Hotel Restaurant

Management, and Marketing as well. I actually never finished any of those courses and ended

up leaving school and taking a highly coveted management position at Papa John’s Pizza. I

had been working there since I was 16 and decided that now was the right time to make the

jump to management. At the age of 21 I became one of the youngest General Managers in the company and excelled at running a store.

The only problem was I hated my life and working there. In 2006, a good friend of mine

became an intern on the Murphy in the Morning show and I started helping him do

prank calls and other funny bits. Jack Murphy took a liking to both of us and I started appearing on the show sometimes in the

morning. After my friend’s internship was up,

they never took back the key, so we would sneak into the station late at night and still do prank calls and bits and send them to Jack.

Jack would still play them and have us on the show from time to time. My friend got a job

with Murphy in the Morning in 2007, and I

continued to help out when I was needed. I

also started performing Stand-Up Comedy around this time and really enjoyed it. I performed at lots of different venues along the

East Coast through late 2007 and early 2008, all while still keeping my job at Papa John’s. But

in June of 2008, I was offered a full time job on the “Two Guys Named Chris” show. I said

“yes”, of course, and the rest is history. I have been the Producer of the “Two Guys Named Chris” show for four years now and I love my

job. Oh, and if you’re wondering about how I quit Papa John’s once I got my radio job, it

went a lot like the scene in “Half Baked” when Scarface quit his job; I’m sure some of you

know what I’m talking about.

Bruce Wheeler Vice President/ General Manager WKZL & WKRR Dick Broadcasting Company Greensboro/Winston-Salem, NC

Bruce is a thirty-eight year radio veteran with a

background in programming, sales and

management. His career began in Lincoln,

Nebraska, followed by programming stops in

Denver, Chicago and Columbus, Ohio. He’s

been with Dick Broadcasting in Greensboro for

the past twenty-eight years, ten of those years as

the Vice President of Programming for the

fourteen D.B.C. stations. These stations represented all formats and approaches. He’s

worked with all sorts of research, strategic and tactical projects. Bruce’s resumé includes eighteen years as

the General Manager of Rock 92

and 107-5 KZL.

He has served as an elected member of

the Arbitron Advisory Council

representing the top fifty markets. He’s

also served as an advisor to the film and broadcast

department at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Bruce is a past President of the

North Carolina Association of Broadcasters and is a current Board member. He is the 2009

recipient of the Distinguished Service Award presented by the Association at their annual

convention. Bruce resides in Greensboro with his wife, Terry. They have two sons. Sam is a senior at Appalachian State University and his

brother, Mitch, is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

Dan Vallie

Founder, Vallie●Richards Donovan Consulting Director, Kellar Radio Talent Institute, Appalachian State University Boone, NC

Dan Vallie is a 42-year broadcast veteran and

Founder of Vallie•Richards•Donovan Consulting, Inc., a premiere consulting firm

that, over the years, can list almost all the large broadcast

groups in America among its impressive

clientele. Dan has worked in practically

every level of broadcasting, beginning as an air

talent, sales, programming to

operations, vice president of a

broadcast group, to ownership of both the consulting firm and, ownership of a radio

station and classified paper which he sold in 2004.

Dan’s successful career, now in his fourth

decade in radio, has been relentlessly innovative

as evidenced by a career that has him at the

forefront of various formats. In the 1980s, he debuted legendary Top 40 stations, including B-97 in New Orleans and B-94 in Pittsburgh; he

helped pioneer the Hot AC format in the early 1980s (Y-98, St. Louis) and the Dance format,

where as Vice President of Programming, he led the effort to debut Hot105 in Miami.

In the 1990s, Dan and Vallie•Richards•

Donovan Consulting partnered with the internationally respected Gallup Organization,

based in Princeton, NJ, and Lincoln, NE, to form Vallie-Gallup, which performed research and consulting for stations in various formats.

He developed the idea of “conceptualizing” radio stations and coined the term

“stationality,” plus created the MorningMasters

program for high-profile talent.

Dan was a leader in the evolvement of the

Adult Contemporary format, and Vallie•Richards•Donovan Consulting remains

at the forefront of all variations of the Contemporary format today with Top 40, Adult

Hits and Soft, Mainstream, and Hot AC clients.

In 2007, working with Appalachian State University, Dan debuted the inaugural Kellar

Radio Talent Institute, a program to teach and prepare college students to enter professional

broadcasting and creating a “go to” place for the broadcast industry to find young talent. The

program debuted with rave reviews from the industry.

Dan is a non-traditional and creative thinker

who believes creative discoveries are best maximized when they have practical

application. Prior to founding Vallie•Richards•Donovan Consulting, Dan was

Vice President of Programming for EZ Communications, a group that merged into American Radio Systems, which sold to CBS.

Dan is a frequent speaker at various industry conventions, including the National

Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention (and is an eight-year NAB Radio Award

Selection Academy member), the NAB Radio Executive Group Owner Fly-In, the former Radio and Records conventions, National

Religious Broadcasters convention, The Midwest Conclave, The Gallup World

Conference, Gospel Music Association

convention and for various broadcasting groups.

Dan is frequently asked to contribute articles and comments to leading industry publications,

including Inside Radio, Radio-Info.com, Radio

On Line, FMQB, Tom Taylor Now and others.