Tom Robinson

Upper Midwestern, Canadian

I began as a radio disc jockey back in the 1980s, then began doing commercial voice-over and production along with on-air work a short time later. This continued until the late 1990s when I was hired as Production Director for a medium-market rock station. Since 2004 I have been Creative Services Director for 10 West Michigan Clear Channel stations, as well as freelance TV and radio voice-over and audio production work from my home studio. Northern Michigan University Major: Broadcasting Minor: Art & Design Worked at the campus station, WBKX WMQT-FM 1984-1988 - On-air and Production WKLQ-FM 1988-1997 - On-air and production 1997-2004 - Production Director Clear Channel Communications and Media 2004-Present - Creative Services Director, West Michigan CPU: Custom Built Windows 7 on solid state drive with 2 separate 10,000 RPM audio drives, plus external drives for backup and archiving. Mixer: Mackie 1642 VLZ Pro Audio Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Microphones: Shure SM7 (2), Shure SM58, Heil PR20, Heil PR30, Sennheiser e835. Mic Processors: Symetrix 528, Presonus Channel Master. Effects Processor: TC Electronic M-300 Software: Adobe Audition v1.5, v2, v3. Also, Waves, Izotope, Sony, and Focusrite plugins Also, other assorted outboard gear, including Denon CD player, Sony mini-disc player/recorder, DAT player/recorder (plus some analog gear). Aside from voice-over, production, sound design, and commercial script writing, I also do freelance production work for Rich Vanslyke Productions based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Rich is the voice-guy for many radio stations across the country. I have also done voice and production work for IHeartRadio.