Ralph
Beaver
Born: Greensboro, NC
Moved to Tampa: 1973 to start at Q105
Navigated the creation and building of the
Radio - with - Pictures program "ZOOTUBE" through 2
cable companies, 2 radio stations and 3 television stations. Presented
white papers to the National Association of Broad-casters Convention
and the Broadcast Prof-essionals Management Convention on how
this was done.
Coordinating consultant for over 100 radio
stations per year doing LIVE-VIA-SATELLITE programs from all major
Disney parks in Florida and California. Presented white papers
at various professional broadcast conventions on these press events.
Interfaces MLB radio rights holders with satellite
communications during spring training season in Florida and Arizona.
Supervises over 130 baseball games broadcast from Florida during
the March spring training season.
Created a charter for a Customer Council by
pulling together the efforts of major telephone users and GTE
to address specific telecommunications and public relations directions.
Executive Producer, Technical Director, Network
Creator and Marketing Consultant for a variety of sporting events
including NFL, MLB, NHL, ABA.
INNOVATOR
- Producer, Director and Technical Services
Manager for the annual Cardiovascular Intervention Symposiums
since 1995.
- Created and developed, from inception to
daily operation, the ZOOTUBE Radio/Television program.
- Organized various sports networks.
- Specialized in many "impossible"
projects and provided the spirit to inspire great works from
talented people.
COMMUNICATION
- Created Tampa Bay Media Alert, a local news
and information service which also provides Emergency Broadcast
connections and AMBER alerts.
- Executive Producer, Technical Director,
Network Creator and Marketing Consultant for a variety of sporting
events including NFL, MLB, NHL, ABA.
LEADERSHIP
- Broadcast Consultant for Walt Disney World.
- Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) frequency
coordinator working with all major networks and international
broadcasters, including two NFL Superbowls.
- Presently on National SBE Board of directors.
EDUCATOR
- Led development team for an experiment in
economic education curriculum for fifth graders, Enterprise
Village.
- Presented lectures to the National Association
of Broadcasters, National Federation of Local Cable Programmers,
Society of Broadcast Engineers, BPME, and various colleges.
- Conducted many classes on computer use,
broadcast update classes, and broadcast sales training.
- Keep abreast of legal matters pertaining
the communications industry and informed or advised appropriate
staff.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
- ACE Award for excellence in cable programming
for the ZOOTUBE radio/television program.
- Addy award for excellence in multi-media
presentation for the Ramblin' Raft Race.
- Member of the design team for the radio
studios at the Disney/MGM studios.
- Past President of the Tampa Historical Society.
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