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Background

Professional Summary

Dynamic broadcast personality, content producer, and station engineer with seven years of progressive experience in commercial radio. Demonstrated expertise in developing award-nominated community programming, optimizing broadcast operations, and leading innovative multi-platform initiatives. Drives audience growth through compelling storytelling, sharp comedic timing, and strategic engagement that transforms listeners into loyal, active communities.

On-Air Performance & Programming Leadership

  • Prime Drive-Time Host (Adam in the Afternoon): Fast-tracked from a part-time board operator to the full-time host of the marquee afternoon drive show (weekdays 3:00 PM–7:00 PM), maintaining forward momentum through interactive segments, listener calls, and high-profile guest interviews.
  • Innovative Audience Engagement: Conceived, produced, and hosted the viral afternoon contest “What’s Weird in Adam’s Beard,” driving listener engagement that rivaled the station’s legacy morning show through personal branding, sound effects, textual clues, and social media imagery.
  • Pioneering Text-to-Air & Database Growth: Utilized Google Voice as a budget-conscious listener text platform; synthesized incoming text data and streaming metrics to build a comprehensive listener profile database for targeted marketing.
  • Social Media Integration: Pioneered digital integration by migrating on-air topics to social media platforms, turning standard broadcast segments into continuous, multi-platform community dialogue.
  • Format Modernization & Music Scheduling: Re-engineered the weekly religious programming block, Praise and Shine, using MusicMaster software, charts, and contemporary trends, aligning the block with the station’s core Hot AC sonic identity.
  • Strategic Market Expansion: Researched, archived, and programmed two independent, streaming-only spin-off formats (Classic Hits and Contemporary Christian), building the music libraries and broadcast clocks from scratch to broaden audience reach.

Community Impact & Content Innovation

  • Strategic Content Scaling: Assumed control of a minor existing pet segment (Furever Friends) and scaled it into the station’s longest-running, most influential feature, as well as the only segment to be fully sponsored from day one.
  • Measurable Community Advocacy: Transformed Furever Friends into a community-driven engine that saved hundreds of animal lives, earning an Excellence in Broadcasting nomination from the Kentucky Broadcasters Association and helping the local shelter achieve historic “no-kill” rescue status.
  • Multi-Media Innovation: Expanded public service features beyond traditional radio by establishing the station’s first dedicated video podcast room to produce highly engaging, visual multi-platform content.
  • Civic & Law Enforcement Partnerships: Produced and hosted weekly segments like Crime Stoppers in tandem with the Elizabethtown Police Department, turning critical local data into shareable, engaging multi-platform audio.

Technical & Studio Engineering

  • Broadcast Infrastructure Management: Served as the station’s main engineer; monitored, inspected, and maintained all studio and RF equipment to ensure maximum audio quality and minimal downtime for critical broadcast systems.
  • Process Improvement & Remote Work Expansion: Spearheaded process improvement initiatives that introduced robust remote-broadcasting capabilities for staff, accounting for a quarter of total station airtime and ensuring continuity from home studios.
  • B2B Studio Monetization: Designed, engineered, and constructed a professional-grade, multi-camera video production studio from the ground up, creating a lucrative commercial revenue stream for corporate, small business, and municipal clients.

Experience Timeline & Role Progression

WQXE & WULF Radio | 2018 – 2025

  • On-Call Station Engineer & Content Producer | April 2023 – July 2025
    Transitioned to a leadership role in church production while remaining an essential asset to the station. Served as the on-call engineer for critical technical infrastructure, while continuing to voice, program, and produce the modernized Praise and Shine block and the high-yield weekly movie review segment, Showtime.
  • Full-Time Afternoon Drive Host & Main Station Engineer | January 2019 – April 2023
    Promoted to full-time on-air personality and head technical engineer. Anchored the highly rated 3:00 PM–7:00 PM shift, oversaw all physical studio and RF site maintenance, and launched major interactive digital and texting strategies.
  • Tracked Air Shift Personality & Board Operator | April 2018 – January 2019
    Hired initially to run the master control board for live church broadcasts; rapidly promoted within months to host the Monday–Friday night tracked shift (7:00 PM–Midnight) before being elevated to the live afternoon drive show.

Additional Live Hosting & Entertainment Experience

  • Live Trivia Host & Producer: Created, developed, and independently produced original, interactive live trivia concepts; hosted two successful long-running trivia events, mastering crowd control and rapid-fire comedic timing.
  • Mobile DJ & Master of Ceremonies (MC): Extensive background as a professional live DJ and event MC for high-end weddings and crowded club environments, specializing in audio mixing, seamless event pacing, and energetic public speaking.