Richard Cowell

Southern, Brooklyn, British

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.