Free Lance: International Voiceover Talent for Wendy’s, Caterpillar, Time Warner Cable, Bic, Art Van Furniture, Ram’s Horn Restaurants, The Lion’s Den, Ohio University, The Bike Source
Richard Cowell
aka Rik Elliot or Scoop
487 S. 3rd Street
Columbus, OH
330-338-4057
WWCD
Columbus, OH....2020-Present
Station Voice/Imaging Director
*Station voice for 30+ year Alternative radio station.
*Writing and producing station imaging.
*Writing, voicing, and producing spec spots and client scripts.
WKLL
Utica, NY....2019-2020
Middays/Production Director
*Led exciting station appearances for Active Rock station.
*Wrote, voiced, and produced spec spots and client scripts.
*Recorded clients while making them comfortable and helping them enjoy the process.
*Hosted weekly 'Comets Insider' and Utica Comets pregame coverage.
WOUR
Utica, NY....2013-2019
PM Drive/Production Director
*Afternoons on 50,000 watt flamethrower.
*Producing and writing spots that produce results for clients.
WHBC
Canton,OH....2007-2013
AM Drive/Production
*Hosted Hot AC morning show for heritage ratings dominator.
WEBN
Cincinnati,OH....2006
AM Drive/Weekend Air Shifts
*Produced and wrote comedy bits while co-hosting and improving ratings for the WEBN Dawn Patrol.
*Aggressively promoted the WEBN Dawn Patrol on myspace.com, facebook.com, and our station site by blogging and producing content for podcasts.
WBZX/WTDA/WMNI
Columbus,OH....1999-2006
PM Drive on Active Rocker 99-7 The Blitz
Production Director
*Increased ratings and revenue by creating an entertaining daily show and leading exciting station promotions and personal appearances.
*Produced weekly aggro radio program The Really Loud Guitar Show.
*Reported live from the WB Music Awards in Las Vegas, Metallica’s 2004 Tour stop in Chicago, and various concerts across the region.
Production Director for radio station trio.
*Supervised air staff and production assistants in the formulation of compelling advertisements that stimulated listener traffic at our clients’ places of business.
*Assisted our sales personnel in conceptualizing advertising campaigns that generate increased revenue for our advertisers.
WDMK
Detroit,MI....1999
AM Drive on then AC station Kiss FM
Middays prior to promotion to AM Drive.
Production Director
*Composed radio spots and copy that increased revenue. *Scheduled music for Program Logs using Selector.
WWBR
Detroit,MI....1996-1999
PM Drive on Classic Rock That Really Rocks formatted radio station
AM Drive fill in for Ted Nugent
*Hosted two 36 hour Metallica marathon broadcasts.
WDZR Detroit,MI....1995-1996
PM Drive for Motor City’s Z-Rock affiliate
AM Drive fill in
Also: Production Assistant WMMS/WMJI/WHK 1994-1995, AM Drive WONE 1990-1994, AM Drive, Production Director, News Director WKLC 1988-1990, AM Drive, PM Drive, Music Director, News Director WRQK 1985-1988.
Free Lance: International Voiceover Talent for Wendy’s, Caterpillar, Time Warner Cable, Bic, Art Van Furniture, Ram’s Horn Restaurants, The Lion’s Den, Ohio University, The Bike Source.
Electro Voice microphones, Adobe Audition, Sound Forge, Audicy, Gentner Phone Interface, Pro Tools
Producer with Adobe Audition, Editor Plus, Sound Forge, Vegas, Pro Tools experience.