Associates Updated: 5/12//06
The following individuals are all professional associates of mine whom I know to have
great professionalism and extensive knowledge of public radio.
Name Specialization Description Contact Information
Allison, Jay Independent Broadcast Producer of award-winning 50 Hilton Avenue
Journalist and Producer work for ATC, ME, This Woods Hole, MA 02543
American Life, Nightline, (508) 548-8585
and others. Curator and jwa@well.com
coproducer of This I Believe, www.transom.org
coproducer of Lost & Found www.prx.org
Sound. www.jayallison.com
Blakeley, Deb
Candow, David Editorial & Production Former Director of Training, 3329 Palmer Dr.
Training Canadian Broadcasting Burlington, Ontario
Corporation L7M1Z7
Canada
(905) 332-0870
(705) 488-1755
dcandow@cogeco.ca
Garcia, Pablo Engineering Design and operation of 521 North Reese Place
(Director of Engineering broadcast and production Burbank, CA 91506
and Operations, KUSC- facilities (213) 268-4181
FM, USC Radio) pgarcia@kusc.org
Gronau, Kathy Publicist, Marketer Creative PR is a full service CREATIVE PR
agency specializing in Public PHONE: 888-233-5650
Radio with over 15 years FAX: 323-651-0320
experience. Kathy Gronau EMAIL: info@creativepr.org
heads a staff of four http://www.creativepr.org/
experienced professionals
assisting clients in the areas
of:
marketing
branding
publicity
advertising
event planning
Henry, Mike A researcher and strategic advisor to many of the most P.O. Box 280988
CEO of Paragon successful radio stations, groups, and networks in the Denver, CO 80228-0988
Media Strategies world. Long-time clients include Susquehanna Radio (303) 937-4490
Corp., Rogers Media, Triad Broadcasting, Rose City mhenry@media-
Radio, Lotus Communications, and many others. Paragon mechanics.com
clients have also included National Public Radio, Sirius www.media-mechanics.com
Satellite Radio, Country Music Television, NY Post, and
Blockbuster Entertainment. Mike has helped create 10
new radio formats over the past 20 years including "Jack
FM" most recently.
Manilla, Ben Programming for commercial and public radio stations. benm@media-mechanics.com
President of Ben Established in 1991, BMP's clients have included all the
Manilla major radio networks in the U.S. (ABC, CBS, Westwood
Productions, Inc. One, etc.) and a host of international broadcasters (BBC,
(BMP) CBC, Radio Tokyo, etc.). BMP's commercial radio
programs include The House of Blues Radio Hour with
Dan Aykroyd and Drew Carey's Hi Fi Club. BMP also
developed several public radio series including "The
Blues hosted by Keb' Mo'" and "Philosophy Talk" with
Stanford University.
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Marszalek, Paul In his 25 years in radio and television, Paul has held pmarszalek@media-
Managing Partner positions such as Vice President of Music Programming mechanics.com
of Media for VH1/MTV Networks, and senior management
Mechanics positions at KFOG/ San Francisco and WXRT/ Chicago,
among others. Paul leads the Media Mechanics team with
clients such as Starbucks, KUSC/ Los Angeles, Colorado
Public Radio, and WXPK/Westchester. Additionally, he is
a contractor with the United States Broadcasting Board of
Governors, assisting Radio Free Europe with numerous
projects in the Russian Federation and the Middle East.
Mills, Ken, Ken Program Syndication, Ken Mills has been involved 1635 Kelly Drive
Mills Agency program development, with public and commercial Minneapolis, MN 55427
marketing and evaluation radio program syndication USA
since 1987. He owns and (763) 513-9988 (voice)
operates the Minneapolis- (763) 513-1689 (fax)
based Ken Mills Agency, (612) 819-8456 (cell)
specializing in programming publicradio@hotmail.com
development, marketing and http://kenmillsagency.com
evaluation.
Oliver, Craig Radio audience analysis P.O. Box 632
and programming Silver Spring, Maryland
strategy. 20918
301-593-9880 (Phone)
301-593-7067 (FAX)
craigsoliver@mindspring.com
Peters, Nick Media solutions His specialty is finding the (323) 646 2651
principal of compelling stories in brands phlash51@hotmail.com
onMessage, an that extend and matching
independent them with media formats,
media consultancy platforms and audiences. 18
in Monrovia, CA years as a senior executive
and Wilton, CT. with Medialink Worldwide,
the global leader in media
services for Fortune 500
companies and top PR
agencies, and 14 years as an
award-winning journalist
with three major market
daily newspapers, WHYY-
FM (NPR) Philadelphia and
CBS News.
Schardt, Sue, Producing programs and Specializing in producing 11 Rockmere Street
SchardtMEDIA strategic plans. programs and developing a Boston, MA 02125
Strategies range of strategies for p: 617 436 9024
producers, networks, and www.SchardtMEDIA.org
stations in the US and
overseas.
Siemering, Bill Believing that radio is the most powerful medium in many bill@developingradio.org
developing countries to affect people's lives, he works to www.developingradiopartners.org
help build effective stations that endure and strengthen
communities. Founder and president of Developing
Radio Partners that takes a grass roots, participatory,
country-wide approach to media development. He is both
a teacher and learner, researching good practices, learning
from field experiences from South Africa to Mongolia and
applying them in new democracies. Community
engagement, strategies for sustainability and professional
standards are main focus areas. Interested in bringing back
to U.S. practices he's learned abroad.
Smith, Israel Local programming I.S. Marketing works with a Minneapolis, MN
I.S. Marketing, strategy, national program small group of clients to 612-377-3256
LLC marketing and launches, grow audiences and listener ismarketing@yahoo.com
new program assessment sensitive revenue. Our
and market testing. proven processes create
results, maximize fun, and
“We don’t make shows - simplify the most complex
we make sure they’re project.
heard.”
Senior collaborators include
Deb Blakeley and Craig
Oliver.