RESUME
AWARDS
NORTHWEST BROADCAST NEWS ASSOCIATION 2013 - Sports Play-by-Play Division 1st Place
BEST OF THE BEST OTOE COUNTY 2016, 2017 AND 2018 - Media/Radio Personality
NEBRASKA BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION 2018 - Best Spot News Reporting Gold Award
NEBRASKA BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION 2018 - Best In-Depth Sports Story or Series Gold Award
NEBRASKA BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION 2019 - Service to Children Award
CHEYENNE COUNTY CHAMBER 2021 - Business of the Year
EXPERIENCE
FLOOD COMMUNICATIONS, INC 2019 - PRESENT
Sidney, NE
Positions: Station Manager – KSID-FM (987 The Big Boy) and KSID-AM (Cheyenne County Country) / Content on News Channel Nebraska / Program Director / On-Air Host
Station Manager responsibilities: manage day-to-day operations, set goals for staff, assure staff members have the proper tools to reach those goals, facilitate weekly staff meetings, represent the radio stations at public events, and lead the stations to be the first source of information and entertainment. I am also responsible for recruiting, interviewing and hiring new staff members.
Program Director responsibilities: monitor programming logs, schedule music, schedule and coach on-air staff, write liners and other production, and create promotions.
Sports responsibilities: broadcast high school football, volleyball, basketball and baseball; schedule the station’s game broadcasts; and create and help produce sports imaging. My preparation includes putting together statistics and roster sheets, scheduling and conducting coaches’ interviews and planning my pregame, halftime and postgame shows.
On-Air Host responsibilities: create, produce and host a live weekday morning show on Today’s Best Country, 987 The Big Boy; report on news, sports and weather; entertain listeners with current stories, featured interviews and a variety of interactive contests; and conduct live remotes with local businesses and events.
Additional responsibilities include:
Writing news and sports stories complete with video, pictures and audio; providing live audio from the scene of the story; posting stories on the station website and distributing the story link on social media.
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CNN's Nebraska contact: have made several appearances on CNN Headline News shows, including Nancy Grace. Appearing on camera or by phone, I was asked to give facts and interesting story lines from certain topics assigned to me from CNN's production crew.
Monitoring and building the station’s social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat; gaining thousands of followers on Facebook and Twitter by introducing an integrated social media strategy; training company employees on the ins and outs of social media to better connect with our listeners and viewers, and staying up-to-date with the latest social media trends.
FLOOD COMMUNICATIONS, INC 2014 - 2019
Nebraska City, NE
Positions: Operations Manager – KBIE (B103), KNCY (Otoe County Country) and News Channel Nebraska /
Program Director / Sports Director / On-Air Host
Operations Manager responsibilities: manage day-to-day operations, set goals for staff, assure staff members have the proper tools to reach those goals, facilitate weekly staff meetings, and lead the stations to be the first source of information and entertainment. I am also responsible for recruiting, interviewing and hiring new staff members.
Program Director responsibilities: monitor programming logs, schedule music, schedule on-air staff, write liners and other production, and create promotions.
Sports Director responsibilities: broadcast high school football, volleyball, basketball and baseball; schedule the station’s game broadcasts; and create and help produce sports imaging. My preparation includes putting together statistics and roster sheets, scheduling and conducting coaches’ interviews and planning my pregame, halftime and postgame shows.
On-Air Host responsibilities: create, produce and host a live weekday morning show on Today’s Best Country, B103; report on news, sports and weather; entertain listeners with current stories, featured interviews and a variety of interactive contests; and conduct live remotes with local businesses and events.
Additional responsibilities include:
Writing news and sports stories complete with video, pictures and audio; providing live audio from the scene of the story; posting stories on the station website and distributing the story link on social media.
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CNN's Nebraska contact: have made several appearances on CNN Headline News shows, including Nancy Grace. Appearing on camera or by phone, I was asked to give facts and interesting story lines from certain topics assigned to me from CNN's production crew.
Monitoring and building the station’s social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat; gaining thousands of followers on Facebook and Twitter by introducing an integrated social media strategy; training company employees on the ins and outs of social media to better connect with our listeners and viewers, and staying up-to-date with the latest social media trends.
VOICE OF PERU STATE COLLEGE ATHLETICS 2016-2019
Peru, NE
Position: Play-by-Play Announcer
Responsibilities: broadcast football, volleyball and basketball (home and away); develop broadcast schedules; and create imaging used within each broadcast. My preparation includes putting together statistics and roster sheets, scheduling and conducting pregame and postgame coaches' and players' interviews, and planning my pregame, halftime and postgame shows.
I also put together preview stories and postgame recaps for each broadcast. Articles include a story about the game or a feature about a coach or player, statistics, audio from coaches and/or players, and a photo or video.
KSID RADIO 2006 - 2014
Sidney, NE
Positions: Program Director / Morning Show Host
Program Director responsibilities: programmed, managed and promoted two stations, 98.7 FM (Hot AC) and AM 1340 (Hot Country). Programming included formatting and scheduling music, and monitoring broadcast logs. I also recruited, interviewed, hired, trained and scheduled on-air talent. I was in charge of producing imaging and putting together station promotions.
On-Air Host responsibilities: created my weekday radio show call “The Burn,” on which I played a variety of music, reported news and sports, entertained listeners with current stories and a range of contests and hosted a live call-in show called “Swap Shop.” I conducted live remotes with local businesses and events and broadcasted high-school football, basketball and baseball.
Additional responsibilities included:
Building and maintaining the station’s social media sites. We gained followers by posting local news and sports stories linking listeners to our website, giving away prizes and interacting with listeners. I also educated staff members how to use Facebook and Twitter to help better connect with our audience.
Serving as board operator for local and college sports events, reported on news, updated the station’s website.
NRG MEDIA 2010 - 2012
Kearney, NE
Position: Afternoon Show Host
Responsibilities: hosted a live country music show, entertained listeners with music information, contests and more. I was involved with live remotes, station promotions and filled-in on our sister station, Hits 106.
Off the air, I worked on production including imaging and promos, participated in music meetings, helped build the station’s Facebook and Twitter pages.
KJR SPORTS RADIO June 2011
Seattle, WA
Position: Intern
Responsibilities: covered Seattle Mariners baseball, Seattle Sounders soccer and the Seattle Seahawks summer training camp; wrote stories for the website and on-air sports updates; conducted interviews and worked on station production.
KJR SPORTS RADIO June 2011
Seattle, WA
Position: Intern
Responsibilities: covered Seattle Mariners baseball, Seattle Sounders soccer and the Seattle Seahawks summer training camp; wrote stories for the website and on-air sports updates; conducted interviews and worked on station production.
EDUCATION
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-KEARNEY
Degree: Bachelor of Arts and Sciences
Major: Broadcasting Minor: Business Administration
PRODUCT EXPERIENCE
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NexGen Automated System
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Storq Automated System
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Tieline Technology
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RemoteMix Sport
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Apple Technologies: iPhone, iMac, iPad
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Adobe Products: Audition, Photoshop, Design
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Final Cut Pro
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Microsoft Office Products: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook
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Wordpress Website Editor
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Frankly Website Editor
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Wix Website Editor
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Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and LinkedIn