Steve Hammond
gk aircheck 05.mp3
STEVE HAMMOND
thegatekeeper103@gmail.com
330.835.8779
EDUCATION
The Ohio School Of Broadcast Technique Cleveland, OH
Graduated October 1980 - Placed First In Graduating Class
The Recording Workshop - Chillicothe, OH
Graduated February 1988 - Placed Fifth In Graduating Class
EXPERIENCE
WONE - Akron Home Of Rock & Roll - Akron, OH
February 2017 - Present
Part Time/Fill-In
Y-103 - Youngstown, OH
June 2014 - February 2017
Afternoon Drive
WONE – AKRON’S HOME OF ROCK & ROLL – Akron, OH
July 2002 – January 2013
Afternoon Drive/Evening Announcer
KSHE – KSHE 95 – St. Louis, MO
January 1999 – February 2002
Evening Announcer
WMMS – THE BUZZARD – Cleveland, OH
November 1998 – January 1999
Part-Time/Fill Announcer
WNCD – CD-106 – Youngstown, OH
September 1998 – November 1998
Part-Time/Fill Announcer
WBZX – 99.7 THE BLITZ – Columbus, OH
July 1992 – October 1997
Afternoon Drive Announcer – Local Music Show Director
WNCD – CD-106 – Youngstown, OH
December 1989 – July 1992
Evening Announcer
WRKU – 95 K-ROCK – Youngstown, OH
August 1989 – December 1989
Part-Time/Fill Announcer
WWZU – ZOO 92 – Lock Haven/Williamsport, PA
September 1988 – January 1989
Evening Announcer
WRQK – GOODROCK 107 – Canton, OH
August 1985 – September 1987
Evening Announcer – Local Music Director – PSA Director
WSQV – ALL HITS 98 FM – Williamsport, PA
November 1984 – August 1985
Evening Announcer
WCNM – COUNTRY 92 – Lock Haven/Williamsport, PA
September 1983 – November 1984
Afternoon Drive Announcer – PSA Director
WNIR – THE TALK OF AKRON – Kent, OH
October 1982 – September 1983
Board-Op
WKNT – COUNTRY 1520 – Kent, OH
December 1981 – September 1983
Evening Announcer – Weekend Announcer
WERT – Van Wert, OH
February 1981 – December 1981
Afternoon Drive Announcer – PSA Director – Evening News Director
AWARDS
1986 Associated Press Award – Best Enterprise Story
Medium Market Radio Stations – State Of Ohio
EXPERIENCED WITH
Wide Orbit
Selector
Scott Studios
Adobe Audition
Saw Plus 32
360 Systems Short/Cut
Maestro
I've wanted to be a DJ since I was seven years when I my father gave me my first transistor radio. I believed the guys talking through it had the best jobs in the world.
When the batteries went dead, I'd go find pop bottles to cash in so I could buy more batteries. I was always at the park with my wagon going through the trash cans, looking for bottles.
My father taught school for a living. On weekends, he'd bring home a Wollensak reel-to-reel deck and I'd spend the weekend in my room playing disc jockey. I'd hold the mic up to the radio, then pull it away just before the song ended and do my own backsell. I'd read the weather report from the newspaper and, if my friends were playing baseball or football, I'd do play-by-play from my window.
Radio is what I was born to do.
