Brian Kane
Network Air Personality
Voice Tracking Talent
New Media Evangelist

Experience

Air Personality

CITADEL MEDIA (formerly ABC Radio Networks), Dallas, TX
Evening Air Personality on live 24-hour AC network format. Hosted 7pm-12m CT show (8pm-1am ET/5pm-10pm PT) as well as a Saturday afternoon show. Night show included hosting the popular LOVE NOTES, REQUESTS AND DEDICATIONS heard on well over 100 commercial radio stations throughout the U.S. and the Caribbean.  

Have handled multiple remote broadcasts from Disney World and Universal Studios, Florida. And interviewed celebrities including Joe Cocker, Gilbert Gottfried, and Mickey and Minnie! 

On original staff of five ABC Radio Network announcers to launch ABC's LocalMax premium voice tracking service in test market Peoria, Illinois. And was a regular voice-track announcer for KISS-FM Guatemala ("The Real American Radio") and KLAK-FM (McKinney, TX) from Dallas studios until Network no longer offered that service.

Was National Webmaster for the format's website (HitsAndFavorites.com), inserting unique content and coding and assisting local station webmasters who customize their sites. Previously redesigned the AC Networks' secure affiliate information website that provided updated programming and technical information for AC affiliates.

I created a unique Daily Game contest that kept listeners coming back to our site day after day (and often gave us the highest "stickiness" stats of any Citadel Network site). And I created a "Black Friday" web promotion that in a single day nearly brought as many page hits as in one month. 

New media experience also included editing and uploading podcast features and mobile/texting administration for our format. I was personally responsible for writing, scheduling, and sending unique text content that resulted in tens of thousands of text impressions to listeners. I worked closely with provider mSnap to implement my idea of national listeners simply "texting their area code" to get local content text blasts. They did not have a method of texting targeted local information to nationwide listeners at that point, and mSnap offered that coding method to other clients.

Part of a mass layoff of Citadel employees, entire fulltime AC staff in the Dallas building.

May 1996-November 2009.

Technical Operator/Producer

KRLD-AM / TEXAS STATE NETWORKS, Dallas, TX
Technical Operator in main control room for drive time news and talk programming.  Handled remote switching from multiple sources including network feeds, live reports from correspondents, and helicopter traffic reports. 

Produced "Best of" programs for weekend broadcast using digital and multi-track editing. Was Producer for TEXAS OVERNIGHT with CHARLEY JONES talk show on the Texas State Networks. Worked closely with host to prepare topics for discussion and schedule guests. Served in a technical capacity in main control room overseeing satellite distribution of of the show via TSN and on flagship KRLD. 

Website designer and consultant for Texas State Networks' website (TSNRadio.com). Site includes secure area for affiliate information distribution and intuitive content updating system for newsroom.

September 1996-February 2006.

Automation System Administrator

KOOO-AM, Dallas, TX
Automation programmer for this ALL TALK CBS owned property (sister station to KRLD). Worked closely with Program Director to make system and schedule changes to fully automated Scott Systems studio controlling a heavy load of satellite switching, multiple audio events and local commercial insertion. Ran main control room for morning drive show via satellite and for specialty programming from remote studios . 

April 1998-August 1998.

Technical Operator

KTCK-AM, Dallas, TX
Technical Director at ALL SPORTS AM "The Ticket" during live weekday afternoon programming. Work with talent, operate main control room and coordinate live call-in show programming, sports news, traffic updates, and commercial content for both studio and remote broadcasts. Handled show production work as needed.

Transferred from KTCK to (then) sister station KRLD prior to the purchase of KRLD by CBS/Infinity. 

February 1996-September 1996.

Technical Operator

KLIF-AM, Dallas, TX
Technical Director at this TALK/NEWS AM weekdays (12pm-3pm). Operated main control room and coordinated live call-in show programming, news, sports, and live inserts. Extensive knowledge of studio controls, multiple audio sources, remote broadcasts, multi-station simulcasts, coordinating breaking news broadcasts, Telos, Switch 56, ISDN, network sources and transmitter operations. 

October 1988-January 1996.

Air Personality/Music Research

KPLX-FM, Dallas, TX
Swing shift announcer with music research assignments for this COUNTRY FM. Handled consistent weekend air shift from 1987-1994. Air work included extensive helicopter traffic reporting for KPLX/KLIF morning and afternoon drive as needed, including one continuous two month stint.

Assisted in all phases of in-house music research including interviewing respondents, data entry/retrieval, and production of a weekly research report for the Program Director. Often prepared reports in their entirety using the Survey System, PageMaker, Lotus 1-2-3 and ComQuest. 

October 1987-February 1996.

Air Personality

KAYI-FM, Tulsa, OK
Served as weekend personality at this CHR FM while still handling duties as Music Director and Evening Personality at KZBB-FM. Hosted the Saturday night (7pm-12mid) air shift, including the station's weekend edition of "TULSA'S TOP 10" countdown and aired listener calls. 

December 1986-September 1987.

Music Director/Air Personality

KZBB-FM, Fort Smith, AR
Evening air personality (7pm-12mid) at this CHR FM. Produced and hosted the nightly HOT 8 AT 8 countdown, the BATTLE OF THE BANDS, and the weekly B98 DEDICATION PARTY. Also made many various public appearances.

Was featured on a local television newscast spotlighting my nighttime show, and did voice work for client TV advertising. 

*Spring 1986 and 1987 Arbitron results showed evening listenership increased dramatically in all demographics since I joined the station."12+" metro listenership increased 140% in 1986, and 1987 ratings rose even further to a 25.9 share.

October 1985-September 1987.

Air Personality

KELI-AM/FM, Tulsa, OK
Overnight air personality at this CHR AM/FM combo (12am-5am). Handled a regular
production load and served as interim Morning Drive personality for the stations' morning simulcast when the need arose for a search for a permanent Morning Drive personality.

Produced and hosted TULSA'S TOP 25, a weekly, two-hour countdown show that aired Sunday afternoons. Handled music scheduling for regular air shifts.

Was interim anchor for Morning Drive newscasts and was offered position as News Director. Responsibilities included gathering, writing and delivering news in hourly morning drive news reports.  

September 1983-September 1985.

Program Director/Air Personality

KOKL/KQBC, Okmulgee, OK
Served as afternoon drive personality, eventually becoming Program Director and morning drive host for this AM/FM combo. Was the in-store 'radio' voice for the Okmulgee IGA grocery store.

January 1981-December 1983.

Education

Nathan Hale High School, Tulsa, OK.
Tulsa Jr. College, Tulsa, OK.
American Broadcasting School, Tulsa, OK.

Abilities

Creative thinker, persistent, dot-connecting abilities, ability to learn technical information quickly, great Internet navigation skills, excellent written and verbal communications skills, detail-oriented with organizational skills, comfortable in a fast-paced environment. Extensive experience working with show hosts/producers during show and helping to create show features and promos.

New Media

Very familiar working with new media software and online technologies. Including the MediaSpan portal, customized widget creation and distribution, Facebook updates and customization, Twitter feeds, blogs, email, RSS feeds, text messaging (including working with the DotGo and MSnap back-ends), embedded video, podcasts and audio-on-demand, online contesting, and more.

Audio/Production Skills

Radio Station Master Control, Multiple-Affiliate Network Studio Control, AudioVault, VoxPro, Scott Studios Digital Audio Administration, Multi-track Audio Production, Adobe Audition, Audacity, SAW (Software Audio Workshop), SIS (Studio Information Systems), Digital Audio, 360 Systems' Shortcut System. Worked extensively with Telos and Gentner phone systems, ISDN and Hotline remote audio. Extensively familiar with encoding MP3 and other audio formats, Mini-Disc, CDs, DATS, and other audio storing devices.  

Computer Skills

Windows 7 (certified Microsoft 'Windows 7 Expert') and all previous versions, DOS, Unix/Linux System Administration, Advanced Web Site Administration, CGI/Perl Application Implementation and customization, Java Implementation, JavaScript Implementation, Microsoft FrontPage, Internet Applications, Advanced HTML, FTP, Telnet, Graphics Editing/Manipulation, RealAudio/RealVideo, Digital Audio Editors and Encoding for Webcasting, Lotus 1-2-3, PageMaker, The Survey System, ComQuest and others.

Entrepreneurial Endeavors

Owner/System Administrator: INTERNET DJ NETWORK. Specializing in concept design, creation, implementation and hosting of broadcast related websites. My radio background has given me insight into the special needs of broadcasters. I have created unique online contests, surveys, and custom tools for self-editing of website content by radio station/network employees.

Original owner and creator of DJ portal DJ.NET (1996-2002). Built site into the largest and most popular portal for Disc Jockeys of all types. Sold the high traffic (Alexa traffic rank of 71,708 before the ownership transfer) and profitable website in 2002 to a multinational organization for a record amount. Also original creator and administrator of DJMAIL.NET (over 5,000 registered users) and FREEBIETEXTS.COM.

Philosophy: On the radio and off, I'm willing to take risks. Some have paid off in a very big way.

Major influences: Larry O'Jay, Mel Myers, Gailard Sartain, Duncan Payton, Tim Bigpond, Neil Kennedy, Ed Hopkins, Kevin McCarthy, John Rody, Charley Jones, Rick Dees, David Letterman, Robert Downey Jr., Gordon Ramsay

Contact Information

Brian Kane
1861 Brown Blvd., Ste. 630
Arlington, TX 76006-4699
Personal Fax Line: 214-279-8750
E-Mail: brian@briankane.info
Twitter: www.twitter.com/bkradio
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bkradio

This page last updated on November 12, 2009