Media
Experience
Adam
J. McManus
11765 West Avenue #272
San Antonio, Texas 78216
210.373.7499
talkradioadam@gmail.com
MEDIA
EXPERIENCE:
KSLR Radio, 630 AM, San Antonio, Texas; July, 1997 - September, 2001, March, 2003 - October 1, 2010
- Host, produce and market "Take A Stand" --
a daily, call-in radio talk show, 3-6 p.m.
- Awarded the honor of being the #1 local radio personality
in 2004 and the #1 local radio talk show host in 1999,
according to the San Antonio Express-News Reader's Choice
poll.
- Quoted in the New York Times on July 5, 2005 in which
he challenged President Bush not to select Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales to be a Supreme Court nominee in light
of his pro-abortion convictions.
- Generated substantial local press coverage of talk show
and radio station through creative media strategies including
interviewing high-profile local and national newsmaker guests,
debating liberal spokespeople and organizing and participating
in community-wide events.
- Write and send a daily e-mail alert to 5,100 listeners
about upcoming guests and action steps on how to make a
difference which generated stronger loyalty to the show.
- Attracted a 300% increase in advertising sponsors to the
afternoon time slot.
- Broadcast live from the Texas Republican State Conventions,
the National Republican Convention, the Conservative Political
Action Conference, International Christian Retail Show in
Denver, Colorado, and the Inauguration of
President George W. Bush.
- Wrote and voiced daily commentaries called “The McManus
Minute” heard at 7 a.m.
- Facilitated a weekly listener breakfast called “The
McManus Breakfast Club.”
- Led a monthly listener roundtable discussion called “The
Current Issues Forum.”
- Speak at numerous local seminars, fundraisers and political
rallies.
Community Television, Raleigh, North Carolina; April, 1993
- June, 1997
- Hosted and produced an hour-long weekly, call-in TV talk
show which won The Southern Sunshine Video Festival Award
in 1994 for “Best Talk Show” in the Southeastern
region of nine states.
WEEB Radio, 1460 AM, Raleigh, 990
AM, Fayetteville, NC; Jan., 1994 - Sept., 1995
- Hosted and produced a daily, two-hour long call-in radio
talk show, 8-10 a.m.
- Sold, wrote and produced commercials for sponsors.
WKFT-TV40, Fayetteville, North Carolina; February, 1993
- April, 1993
- TV guest editorialist, 5 million watts, 13,000 square
miles, aired daily: 11:58 a.m. and 7:58 p.m.
WPJL
Radio, 1240 AM, Raleigh, North Carolina; June, 1993 - November,
1993
- Hosted and produced a daily, call-in radio talk show,
2:30-3:30 p.m.
- Featured nationally on “A Current Affair”
- Sold, wrote and produced commercials for sponsors
WRTP
Radio, 1530 AM, Durham, North Carolina; June, 1990 - May,
1991
- Hosted and produced a daily, call-in radio talk show,
2:00-3:00 p.m.
- Sold, wrote and produced commercials for sponsors
- Worked as a stringer for Standard News with 300 stations
- Hosted WRTP’s Saturday morning “Just for Kids
Club” from August, 1990 - May, 1991 (Sunrise-1:00 p.m.)
- Hosted a weekly talk show for WRTP from February, 1990
- June, 1990, Saturdays, 1-2 p.m.
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