Jim Donovan

Current

Public Address Announcer at Colgate University
Public Address Announcer at LeMoyne College
Public Address Announcer at Syracuse University

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Past

Midday personality at 93Q, Syracuse (Citadel Broadcasting)
Public Address Announcer at Community Baseball Club Of CNY
On-Air Talent at KPLZ Radio

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Education

CNY Works
Linfield College

Recommended

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85 connections

Industry

Broadcast Media

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Jim Donovan’s Summary

I've been an on-air talent for radio stations across the US since the mid-1970's. After stints in a lot of smaller cities in the Rocky Mountain area, I joined Seattle's KPLZ in 1986, where we were an extremely competitive Top 40 station during that time. In August of 1992, I came to 93Q (WNTQ, Syracuse, NY) and spent over 16 years helping to maintain their position as a heritage Top 40 station. I was recently let go due to the ongoing economic downturn of the radio industry.

In addition to my on-air work, I also have 30+ years of radio/TV commercial voiceover experience, producing ads for a variety of businesses and events on an ongoing basis. Plus, I do extensive announcing work for area universities including Syracuse University, Colgate University and LeMoyne College.

Jim Donovan’s Specialties:

Voiceover services (commercial, station imaging)
Narration (institutional, commercial and industrial)

Jim Donovan’s Experience

Public Address Announcer

Colgate University

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

I do public adress announcing for nearly all Colgate athletic events including soccer, volleyball, women's hockey, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's lacrosse and softball.
Public Address Announcer

LeMoyne College

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

2007 — Present (2 years )
Public Address Announcer

Syracuse University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

September 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)

I do Public Address announcing for a variety of athletic events at SU including soccer, field hockey, women's basketball and softball.
Midday personality

93Q, Syracuse (Citadel Broadcasting)

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CDL; Broadcast Media industry)

August 1992 — November 2008 (16 years 4 months)
Public Address Announcer

Community Baseball Club Of CNY

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Sports industry)

April 2003 — September 2006 (3 years 6 months)

I served as the primary public address announcer for the Syracuse SkyChiefs, a AAA minor league baseball team affiliated with the Toronto Blue Jays organization.
On-Air Talent

KPLZ Radio

(Broadcast Media industry)

October 1986 — July 1992 (5 years 10 months)

Worked middays and then late nights while the station was a dominant force in the market as a mainstream Top 40 station.