Jay "Baby" Walker - Professional Radio Television Voice

Professional Radio Television Voice

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Voice Description

Jay ‘Baby’ Walker
P.O. Box 981222
West Sacramento,

SKILLS Air Personality and/or Program Director in small, medium and major markets.
Emphasis on understanding and entertaining oldies-radio partisans with a fun up-beat presentation. Versatile delivery for production voice-overs and proficient in the effective operation of various production studio equipment and systems.

Team player people skills working with air staff and helping all departments to improve customer service and station marketability. Proven ability to develop and work within an organized, efficient and responsive programming department.

Understanding of marketing and research techniques to assist in the development of stationalities targeted to specific demographics and lifestyles. Background and knowledge of music rotation systems; RCS Selector/Master Control and Station Playlist Pro. Own professional home Web broadcast and production studio capable of facilitating most any project. Excluding the music, I produce everything broadcast on my Web radio station.

EXPERIENCE
Back In Time ’69 West Sacramento, California
Owner/Operator (Station Web Site currently under construction.)

KQOD-fm/KWG-am (OLDIES 100) Stockton, California
Afternoon Drive (1996 – 1999)

KHYL-fm (COOL 101) Sacramento, Californi
Swing Air Personality (1994 – 1996)

West Sacramento Press Newspaper
CEO/Publisher (1988 – 1994)

KMEL-fm (106 KMEL) San Francisco, California
Swing Air Personality (1985 – 1988)

KFIV-fm (HOT ROCK 102) Modesto, California
Program Director/Afternoon Drive (1984 – 1985)

WZKS-fm (96 KISS) Nashville, Tennessee
M.D., Asst. P.D./Afternoon Drive (1982 – 1984)

EDUCATION Sacramento State University – Sacramento, California
• Communications Major (Worked college radio and commercial radio simultaneously)
Radio Engineering Incorporated – Glendale, California
• Graduate Certificate and obtained FCC First Class RadioTelephone Operator License

PLUS
Proven ability to increase day-part/time-slot ratings and work effectively with staff, station listeners, community organizations and the public-at-large.

(Extended information available on request)

As a small, medium and major market Radio Personality and Program Director, I had to be flexible and alter my presentation to fit the tempo and mood of the music being played. As an Air Personality or On-Air-Talent, I did 4 hours on-the-air and 2 hours in production doing spots (voicing and producing) for various station clients. As a Program Director, I had control over all station programming and worked directly with talents, clients and advertising representatives. I also did remote broadcasts at client locations. The goal was to bring listeners to the client's location by offering great deals on Cars, Cell Phones, Pizza's, Grand Openings, etc. Each client and or product was special and required various deliveries and presentations.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Child
• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Audiobooks
• Documentaries
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Adult content
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

Unknown - Click here to ask Jay "Baby" Walker

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

Unknown - Click here to ask Jay "Baby" Walker

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Northern California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Jay "Baby" Walker

My Voice Experience

EXPERIENCE
Back In Time ’69 West Sacramento, California
Owner/Operator (Station Web Site currently under construction.)

KQOD-fm/KWG-am (OLDIES 100) Stockton, California
Afternoon Drive (1996 – 1999)

KHYL-fm (COOL 101) Sacramento, Californi
Swing Air Personality (1994 – 1996)

West Sacramento Press Newspaper
CEO/Publisher (1988 – 1994)

KMEL-fm (106 KMEL) San Francisco, California
Swing Air Personality (1985 – 1988)

KFIV-fm (HOT ROCK 102) Modesto, California
Program Director/Afternoon Drive (1984 – 1985)

WZKS-fm (96 KISS) Nashville, Tennessee
M.D., Asst. P.D./Afternoon Drive (1982 – 1984)

Once again, as a small, medium and major market Radio Personality, I had to be flexible and alter my presentation to fit the tempo and mood of the music, copy and or project.
As an Air Personality or On-Air-Talent, I did 4 hours on-the-air and 2 hours in production doing spots (voicing and producing) for various station clients. As a Program Director, I opted use a production service to voice and produce all station imaging and promos. I also worked directly with clients and advertising representatives and hosted remote broadcasts. The goal was to bring listeners to the client's location by offering great deals on Cars, Cell Phones, Pizza's, Grand Openings, etc.

My Training

One evening before dark I was riding my Sting-Ray bicycle -- I was 12 years old -- and noticed a radio station on my way home. I was compelled to stop and see if I could watch the announcer/disc-jockey at KNBA (a 500 Watt Daytimer at 1190 AM) in Vallejo, California. I was startled to find the front door still open, I entered and met the station owner, Mr. Lou Rippa, who was a very congenial old school broadcaster. After a brief expliantion of what I was up-to he lead me to the broadcast booth. I was immediately facinated by all the broadcast equipment. At the first break -- where a record was rolling -- Mr. Rippa introduced me to the announcer on duty, Mr. Tony D. (the D was short for DelSarieo) who took the time to seriously answer machine gun questions from a very inquisitive kid.
I spent 20 minutes inside the station and still remember every minute. I left there with information that led me in a specific direction, the library. I found and studied a book called, "Your Guide to the FCC Third Class License", until my Mother would take me to San Francisco -- three years later -- to take the FCC examination to acquire a Third Class Radio Telephone Operator License. A test that screamed the correct answers to me. At the tender age of 16, I was the only teenager, that I knew, who had an FCC license. I would call up DJs and ask them how to break into radio. The problem was experience. The question was; how to get the experience without getting the first job? At 17, I was directed to Sacramento State College by Bob Sherwood, who was the Music Director/Asst. Program Director at KROY (1000 Watts at 1240 AM) in Sacramento, California. The College had a radio station (KERS) a 3-Watt station at 90.1 FM. The station had enough power to cover the campus. I had to Major in Jounalisum with four semesters before I could put my name on a list to use the station facilities, control room, production room and transmitter. It was a way to the experience I needed to get into commercial radio. In my first class of the first semester the Professor, John Styles, announces the radio station had lost it's Operations Manager, but candidates would need to have an FCC license. He asks the class, "Does anyone here have an FCC license?" I thought I was dreaming, and quickly raised my hand to the heavens, which no one else did. I don't remember anything else, except my meeting with Styles on that day. He got the four semester requirement waved and at 18 years old, I was the Operations Manager at my college radio station.
I was packed with energy in 1970 and would do 12 to 18 hour streaches in the production room playing and learning.
When I thought I was ready I started bringing my records to do shows on-the-air. I also had to keep up with my Journalism Class and have at least a 3.1 average. I would help produce theater-of-the-mind plays, students who wanted to read their poetry and guys like me who wanted to be a DJ or at least a board operator/production director. In the summer of 1970, I was doing my usual Top-40 show at 1 AM and one of the phone lines was blinking. I thought, great I've got a listener! I answered and the caller was Johnny Walker, who was on campus listening to the station. Walker was the Program Director of a radio station in Modesto, CA; KFIV-AM at 1360 with 5000 Watts. Walker said,"Man, you sound like you've got a lot of potential and I got a slot open. Want to come to Modesto to apply for the gig?"
I went to Modesto, a small market ranked #171 in 1970, and landed the 10 AM to 3 PM slot. The position also included a production shift.
My resume only goes back about 18 years, there were other markets/stations. In 1971, I attended Radio Engineering Inc., and received a Graduate Certificate of Completion of the Program. I then went on to take the FCC examination and received my Second and First Class Radio Telephone Operator License.
The goal as a Radio Personality is to move up in market size. The pay scale increases with the market size. I moved quickly to a major market. I moved up from Modesto, CA to El Paso, TX and from there to Chattanooga, TN.
Then, in early 1973, I accepted the 5 PM to 9 PM position as a Radio Personality (a new term for DJ) at WZGC-FM (Z-93) 100,000 watts at 93.1 in Atlanta, GA a major market, ranked #16. There was also a 2 hour production shift attached to the position.
As a major market radio broadcaster, I was expected to produce major market quality radio. This required being consistant, competitive and professionally executing my assignments.

My Studio Equipment

Unknown - Click here to ask Jay "Baby" Walker

Additional Skills

In 1988, I moved over to the print media side and launched a General Circulation Weekly Newspaper in the new city of West Sacramento, California, where I still reside. I owned and operated the newspaper with a staff of 5-to 12 employees. This was a "mom and pop" corporation and the newspaper peaked with a gross income of nearly $500,000 per year.
At times I had to step into every area of the operation and consider it a major achievement in my career. We sold the newspaper in 1993 and it is still published to this day. I returned to radio, but rather than the Contemporary Hits format -- that I had always worked -- I switched to the Oldies format and found my true nitch in radio. I think this can be demonstrated by listening to my Web Radio Station; "Back-In-Time '69", featuring "Legendary Music Icons." Our Web site is under construction but you can hear the station (I do all the station imaging and programming)