Richard J. Cabral

Radio Broadcasting, Telecomunications, Information Technology, Sales & Service

Greater Boston Area

Past

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Education
  • Connecticut School of Broadcasting
Connections
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Industry
Information Technology and Services

Richard J. Cabral’s Summary

My primary objective is to obtain a position matching my experience and skill set which will advance my career and benefit my employer.

Richard J. Cabral’s Experience

  • Account Executive

    Towerstream Corporation

    (Public Company; 11-50 employees; TWER; Internet industry)

    November 2007 — September 2008 (11 months)

    Prospected and closed business for Towerstream’s business class WiMAX broadband. Primary sales responsibilities included lead generation, relationship building and the high energy to succeed with a growing organization.

  • On-Air Personality

    Citadel Broadcasting Corporation – Lite Rock 105

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

    July 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 3 months)

    Weekend on-air personality for Southern New England’s adult contemporary radio station. Duties included airing of station programming, announcing throughout the hour, airing of callers for contests and requests and the voicing and producing of commercial spots for clients.

  • Producer & Board Operator

    Citadel Broadcasting Corporation – News Talk 630, WPRO & 99.7 FM

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

    June 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 4 months)

    Produced several talk shows, aired all spots, sweepers and back timed local news. Duties also included screening phone calls for on-air talent, filling in for weekday producers including the “Dan Yorke Show” and producing several liners and promos for weekend shows regularly.

  • IT & Junior Engineer

    WJFD Radio, Inc. – 97.3 WJFD

    (Broadcast Media industry)

    August 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 5 months)

    Maintained control room equipment, computers, networking, studio-to-transmitter link, as well as transmitter site work as needed per senior engineer.

  • Photographer

    Lifetouch National School Studios, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Photography industry)

    August 2007 — October 2007 (3 months)

    Worked both independently and with other team members to ensure a positive picture day experience for K-12 students. Primary responsibilities included traveling to various area schools to photograph students and school personnel, including the setup and breakdown of all photography equipment and the submission of money, job bags and film to the office at end of day.

  • Customer Account Executive (Retention Specialist)

    Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CMCSA; Telecommunications industry)

    March 2004 — April 2007 (3 years 2 months)

    Processed customer transactions for Comcast's digital television, high-speed Internet and digital voice services. This included inside sales, retention of disconnecting customers and technical support.

  • Program Director & Owner

    Mix967.com

    (Broadcast Media industry)

    April 2000 — September 2005 (5 years 6 months)

    Constantly researched current, recurrent and gold cuts in the hot adult contemporary music format and scheduled music daily. Other duties included the production of all station imagery and maintaining the technical facilities, web site and streaming servers.

  • APD, Creative Services Director, Assistant MIS & On-Air Personality

    Citadel Broadcasting Corporation – 104.5 XLO & Oldies 98.9

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

    September 2002 — March 2004 (1 year 7 months)

    Primarily produced station imagery, promos and commercial spots as well as maintaining the station’s web sites. Assisted the engineer with phone system, control room and transmitter equipment. Also scheduled music, promotions and live appearances, plus held dual live on-air shifts (afternoon drive on WORC-FM and weekends including the Awesome ‘80s show on WXLO).

  • On-Air Personality

    Citadel Broadcasting Corporation – Fun 107

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

    March 2002 — January 2004 (1 year 11 months)

    Weekend on-air personality for South Coast Massachusetts’ top 40 radio station. Duties included airing of station programming, announcing throughout the hour, airing of callers for contests and requests and the voicing and producing commercial spots for clients.

  • Producer & Board Operator

    Citadel Broadcasting Corporation – News Talk Radio 630, WPRO

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

    August 2000 — January 2003 (2 years 6 months)

    Duties were operating the on-air board for the purpose of running all commercial spots, station IDs, news, weather and shows. Duties also included producing several local shows while screening phone calls for on-air talent and producing several liners and promos for the talk show “Kane & Company”.

  • Professional Disk Jockey

    Premier Talent Group

    (Entertainment industry)

    August 2000 — December 2002 (2 years 5 months)

    Mission was to run an entire DJ event solo. This included contacting the client, setting up, running the show and the breakdown of equipment. Was responsible for all tasks such as cueing up songs, making various announcements and keeping the energy flowing.

  • Computer Technician, Network Admin & Webmaster

    Supergrafix, Inc. (SG Systems)

    (Computer Hardware industry)

    November 2000 — January 2002 (1 year 3 months)

    Was in charge of all computer repairs, upgrades and the building of new systems. Also answered telephone calls regarding sales and service issues, maintained the company’s website and made frequent house calls to both local businesses and residences to repair, upgrade and maintain computers and networks.

  • Customer Service Associate

    Cumberland Farms

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Retail industry)

    June 2000 — August 2000 (3 months)

    Responsible for supporting the store manager in customer service and store operations. Included stocking, cleaning and maintenance of interior and exterior store areas. Also handled cash register operations, merchandise display and record keeping.

  • Customer Care Associate

    AT&T

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; T; Telecommunications industry)

    January 1998 — June 2000 (2 years 6 months)

    Duties included answering customer inquiries for AT&T’s long distance service. This included plans, services, rates, calling cards, billing inquiries and high paced sales with a quota. Consistently #1 in team sales and was a manager in training.

  • Newspaper Carrier

    The Standard-Times

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

    March 1993 — January 1998 (4 years 11 months)

    Duties were delivering newspapers to over 70 customer’s homes 7 days a week in all types of weather. 2 years as afternoon delivery, 3 years as morning delivery. This included maintaining account records and selling to potential customers.

  • Producer "Mike Butts in the Morning"

    Tele-Media Broadcasting Company – 92 Pro FM

    (Broadcast Media industry)

    June 1997 — September 1997 (4 months)

    Duties were answering incoming calls, calling people to get on the air as guests, lining up CDs and commercials for airplay and creative production.

  • Promotions Assistant

    Spring Broadcasting – Fun 107

    (Broadcast Media industry)

    June 1996 — August 1996 (3 months)

    Duties were setting up and breaking down live station remote broadcasts, delivering and picking up commercials from various Providence area radio stations and being at station promos to assist the on-air personality’s promotional appearance.

  • Production Crew Member

    McDonald's Restaurant

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MCD; Restaurants industry)

    January 1996 — June 1996 (6 months)

    Duties were making quality burgers, fries and apple pies as quickly as possible. Other duties included cleaning the dining room, facilities and outside the building.

  • Camera/SEG Operator

    Cablevision Industries (CVI) – Cable 2 Public Access

    (Telecommunications industry)

    June 1991 — September 1994 (3 years 4 months)

    Duties were operating cameras, setting up microphones, operating the special effects generator, and videotape editing.

Richard J. Cabral’s Education

  • Connecticut School of Broadcasting

    2000 — 2001

    Course included full hands on training on radio and television announcing, news and sports casting, audio and video production, freelance commercial acting, sales, copy writing, talk show hosting, studio operations and promotions.

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