Blake Lawrence

Past

• Program Director, WRXP (formerly WQCD) at Emmis Communications
• Senior Program Director, Dance/hits formats at XM Satellite Radio
• Air personality at KDFC/San Francisco, Bonneville International

• Music Director, Mornings at KKSF/San Francisco
• Program Director at KZFX Shamrock Broadcasting
• Program Director at KLOL Houston

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Blake Lawrence’s Summary

Radio program director with more than thirty years in radio broadcasting. Worked in major US markets including (before 1988) Chicago, Houston, and Pittsburgh, plus the stations and organizations listed in greater detail here. Creative, driven, dedicated, loyal, and intelligent broadcaster seeking to grow the business from the confines of the transmitter-receiver model to the broader applications afforded by more modern technology.

Blake Lawrence’s Experience

• Program Director, WRXP (formerly WQCD)

  Emmis Communications

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

  August 2004 — June 2008 (3 years 11 months)

  Off-the-air program director. Saw WQCD through an experiment in attracting younger listeners. Returned WQCD to its core mission when it was decided that staying true to heritage would be best for the station in the long run. It was here that I taught myself the ProTools system and developed new and innovative imaging concepts for the station. Worked closely with sales and interactive departments to broaden WQCD from just a radio station to an entity touching consumers on multiple platforms.
  
  In the fall of 2007, assisted in the concept, design, and implementation of the programming elements of New York's newest rock station, WRXP, which debuted February 5, 2008 (the former WQCD).

• Senior Program Director, Dance/hits formats

  XM Satellite Radio

  (Public Company; XMSR; Broadcast Media industry)

  August 2000 — August 2004 (4 years 1 month)

  Helped XM Satellite Radio get off the ground. One of the original program directors hired to debut amazing radio via satellite to the USA. Worked with some of the brightest minds in the business and thrived on the spirit of starting something new, different, and...well, exciting is too weak a word.
  AFDI.

• Air personality

  KDFC/San Francisco, Bonneville International

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  April 2000 — August 2000 (5 months)

  Fulltime part-timer (!) and utility man for KDFC, one of the finest and most successful classical music stations in the nation. What may look like a "job-between-jobs" by duration was actually one of the most enjoyable, educational, and fulfilling times of my career. It took an offer to help start something completely new to tear me away from what might have been a terrific future here.

• Music Director, Mornings

  KKSF/San Francisco

  (Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

  1988 — 2000 (12 years)

  Morning drive announcer on this pioneering NAC/Smooth Jazz station until 1992. Returned to station in 1993 and would stay until 2000, doing part-time air work, then Music Director beginning in 1996. It was magical and life-changing to work with and to simply know the highly regarded, visionary Steve Feinstein, KKSF PD, as well as an entire cast of impeccable broadcast and sales professionals who graced the station pre-2000.

• Program Director

  KZFX Shamrock Broadcasting

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  1986 — 1988 (2 years)

• Program Director

  KLOL Houston

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  1982 — 1984 (2 years)

Additional Information

Blake Lawrence’s Groups:

The Coyote, hear2.com, Democratic Party

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