Chuck Contreras

Over 28 years in radio/television broadcasting in Houston and Los Angeles. Network and local announce talent. Host of the successful nationally syndicated radio show” Music of Your Life" in 1989. Commercials: The Houston Post, The Houston Chronicle, Nissan, Double Tree Hotels, Montgomery Wards, GMC, Motel 6, GM, Ford, Nevada State Bank, Inspiration TV, national and local car dealerships, eating establishments,PSA's and political ads. Training films: Tenneco Oil, The Houston Post, Metromedia Corp. Station ID packages: Over 150 station packages nationwide including Houston's KPRC-TV, KRIV-TV, KYST, KTUN, Astros Radio Network and Boston's WXKS. Voice mail grettings, IVR, On-Hold Messages, Podcasts, and Commmercials/Promos. Writing and producing commercials. Trained with Marc Cashman of Cashman Commercials and the Famous Radio Ranch in Los Angeles. Program Director, On-Air radio voice, booth announcer for TV and Production Director for several radio stations. Consoles: Auditronics 210 Series 6 Channel Broadcast board, Pacific Recorders NewsMaker 6 Channel Console and M-Audio Microphones: Shure SM-5B, Sennheiser MKH-416, Rode NT-2, MXL USB-006, and MXL-909 Processing: Behringer Ultraflex 2, Aphex 320 Compellor, Aphex 107 Microphone Preamp, Symetrix 528 Microphone processor, Orban Stereo Synthesizer, CRL Systems MDF-100, CRL Systems SMP-800, DAP 310, CBS StereoMax, Inovonics 201 and Harris MPS-90 Software: Adobe Audition 3.0, Audacity 1.3, Station Playlist Studio, Sony Sound Forge 9.0, GoldWave 5.23, SAW Studio 4.1, Sony Cinscore 1.0 Hardware: 2 PC’s, Audio Science 4502 and 4503 audio cards, Digital Audio Labs Card Deluxe. Hybrids: Genter TI-7200, ISDN Studio Hardware: BGW-75, 3-ITC cart machines, ATI Match-Makers, Bitree Patch bays, B&B Systems Phase Scope, Dourrogh Audio Meters, American Audio DB meter, Velleman Spectrum Analyzer, Utah Scientific ADA-8 X 10 Audio Distribution Tray, Leitch audio DA's Video: Sony monitors, Gray Engineering Labs DT-104F SMPTE Code Transmitter, Gray Engineering Labs DR-107B SMPTE Code Reader, Video DA’s and Patch bays, Sony BVW-75. Radio Station Programmer and Consultant. Evaluating all aspects of radio station operations including programming and engineering.