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Member Since:
Jan. 16, 2011
Chuck Collins
Biography
Chuck Collins
Operations Director, Rubber City Radio Group, Akron.
Chuck began his radio career in 1972, awarded a First Class Radio Operator’s license and going to work as a transmitter and studio technician. In 1975 he was the first and only production/creative services director for M105 Rock Radio in Cleveland, later WMJI. Although much of the job it was technical, his musical training allowed him to innovate new styles of audio design.
In 1988 he joined the staff of WKDD in Akron. There he won several awards for creativity including three ADDY (American Advertising Federation) awards for excellence. Chuck moved to programming in 1993, leading WKDD to a National Billboard Station of the Year Award and brought ratings success until leaving in 2001. Chuck then began writing a series of mystery-thriller novels with radio as the backdrop. His first, The Radio Murders: The Collectors was published this fall. Chuck joined WAKR and Rubber City Radio Group in 2006, becoming operations director for the group in 2008.
Operations Director, Rubber City Radio Group, Akron.
Chuck began his radio career in 1972, awarded a First Class Radio Operator’s license and going to work as a transmitter and studio technician. In 1975 he was the first and only production/creative services director for M105 Rock Radio in Cleveland, later WMJI. Although much of the job it was technical, his musical training allowed him to innovate new styles of audio design.
In 1988 he joined the staff of WKDD in Akron. There he won several awards for creativity including three ADDY (American Advertising Federation) awards for excellence. Chuck moved to programming in 1993, leading WKDD to a National Billboard Station of the Year Award and brought ratings success until leaving in 2001. Chuck then began writing a series of mystery-thriller novels with radio as the backdrop. His first, The Radio Murders: The Collectors was published this fall. Chuck joined WAKR and Rubber City Radio Group in 2006, becoming operations director for the group in 2008.
Where to find Chuck Collins online
Website: http://chuckcollinsmysteries.com
Twitter: @chuckcollins
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckcollins
Twitter: @chuckcollins
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckcollins
Where to buy in print
Books
RoBBing Mind
by Chuck Collins
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 23,400.
Language:
English.
Published: January 25, 2014
.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Cancer
How can a good attitude, good genes and good luck help prevent a fate worse than death?
What an audacious statement! What could be a fate worse than death, and how can we possibly control such a harsh reality? Erasure of my ability to communicate orally and in writing, my intellect and the very thing my family loves about me. It would have been RoBBing My Mind
The Radio Murders: The Caller
by Chuck Collins
Price:
$7.99 USD.
Words: 94,930.
Language:
English.
Published: February 9, 2013
.
Categories:
Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
The Radio Murders originally consisted of six books; three in the initial series leading up to the creation of a radio show devoted to real-time murder, and three that follows some of the characters through separate events.
The Radio Murders: The Caller is how it all began.