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Summary of qualifications

Twelve years radio experience. Strong production skills. Perfectionist. Have strong loyalty to listeners above all else. Show includes heavy phones, upbeat style, entertaining, not too serious, but still maintain music intensive formats. Team player who looks at how the station can benefit from whatever stunt/promotion worked on.

Education Rio Hondo and East Los Angeles Colleges in Southern California
  • Studied music theory, music fundamentals, music sight-reading, English Composition and Theater (Principles of Acting).

Defense Information School, Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN

  • Completed courses in broadcast journalism, print journalism, photojournalism, photography (black and white) and developing.
Professional experience 04/99 – 08/99 WXCV-FM Citrus 95 Crystal River, Florida

Program Director/Morning Show Host

  • Began as afternoon drive personality. After one month, promoted to morning show personality and program director. In the time I worked there, raised more than two thousand dollars for American Cancer Society by shaving my head at a Citrus 95 event. Did several publicity stunts to help other community events, i.e., gave blood on air during morning show, etc. Creative differences led to dissolution of working relationship. No aircheck available for this time period because station did not provide aircheck machine and could not get reception from within building with a portable stereo.

1997 WA1A-FM Melbourne, Florida

Part-time Radio Announcer

  • Part-time announcer with some voiceover work on the side for a large telecommunications company. No chance to advance at this company, so took a break from radio for a year and a half.

1996-1997 Transient Personality OR, AZ, NC

On-Air Personality

  • Worked in a few small-market radio stations doing afternoon drive, evenings, overnights.

1993-1996 WFRG Inc. Oriskany, New York

News Director/Morning Show Co-Host

  • Part-time announcer. Filled in during morning show doing newscast. Offered full-time position as news director for three radio stations. Also co-hosted morning show on WFRG. Other duties included production, live broadcasts and fill in for absent personalities.

1992-1993 WUUU-FM Rome, New York

Part-Time Personality

  • Worked as a part-time announcer. Interested in becoming full-time, however, nothing available for duration of employment with company. Offered part-time job at WFRG with assurances there would be more chance for advancement. While at WUUU wrote and produced several morning show bits and parody songs, did light production and helped out on live broadcasts.

1990-1991 WTRS-FM Ocala, Florida

Overnight Personality

Overnight radio personality. Also active in the morning show producing bits, character (voices) and commercial production.

Community Activities Shaved head to raise money for the American Cancer Society in Inverness, FL (raised more than two thousand dollars. Promised to wear pink tutu on another occasion if goal of two thousand dollars was reached. Gave blood on the morning show and invited listeners to join me. Very successful, according to the Citrus Community Blood Bank in Lecanto, FL.

Interests and activities Music composition, singing, karaoke and anything else that puts me at the center of attention.

Awards received Employee of the month at Excell Agent Services, Rockledge, FL for the months of February 1997, April 1997 and August 1997.

Nominated for Military Journalist of the Year in 1986.

First place in annual contest for Feature Writing with Photos (Print Journalism) in 1986.

First place in quarterly contest for Feature Story with Photo in 1986.

Second place in quarterly contest for Sports Story with Photo in 1986.

First place in base-level talent contest for singing a Paul Simon Song, Slip Slidin’ Away in 1985.

Military Experience 1984-1988 U.S. Air Force military journalist. Honorable Discharge.
Gary Watson - Radio DJ
Gary Watson
Phone: (352) 563-5826
E-Mail: roadog65@yahoo.com
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