Timothy C. Ellerbee
6703 West Wakefield Dr.
Apt B-2
Alexandria, VA 22307-6737
Phone: 703.765.5277

To Whom it May Concern:

I wish to express my interest in internships or employment opportunities available at your station. Please find enclosed my resume outlining my pertinent experience and education. References will be made available upon request and are available on the World Wide Web at:

http://tamos.net/~bemo/refs.html

I thank you for your consideration in this matter and look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Sincerely,

Timothy C. Ellerbee


Timothy C. Ellerbee
6703 West Wakefield Dr.Apt B2
Alexandria VA 22307
Phone: (703)765-5277
E-mail: bemo@tamos.net

Objective:


To obtain an internship or employment in the radio industry that will allow me to develop and refine my skills in broadcast communication adn production, and contribute to the mission and vision of the station.

Relevant work experience:


WGMU Radio AM 1370, FM 97.3 cable Fairfax, Virginia
September '94 - Present
Currently work as News Director, supervising daily newsbreak production by workshop students, assigning special assignments to advanced workshop students and supervise production of weekly news magazine. Work on the air, doing a Seventies Retrospective show and work as board-op for GMU's Men's Basketball. Produce weekly intro segments, bumpers, and promos for station projects, as well as other speciality shows. Write and maintain website for WGMU. World Wide Web address is: http://wgmu.gmu.edu/. The site includes staff and schedule tables with available mailto links, weekly updated Top 30 table with available links to bands, band archive, concert events, ad promotion page, job resources links and internship page with mailto inlks. Work as associate engineer, maintaining and troubleshooting equipment in both air and production studios. Designed and built second production studio

WWZZ Radio FM 104.1 Marlow Heights, Maryland
January '97 - present
Interned as a production assistant, retreieving news and information from AP news wire, joke writing, answering requestline and contest line, loging requests, recording contestant information, occasionally running air studio board, and photocopying discrepancy log and prize winner logs, pulling CDs and carts for upcoming programming and replacing previous hour's program materials.

WDCT Radio AM 1310 Fairfax, Virginia
June '96 - September '96
Worked as on-air talent, playing CDs, PSAs (live and carted), and commercials, and reading weather. Board-oped for satellite programs. Maintained accurate program and transmitter logs.

WPRZ Radio AM 1250 Warrenton, Virginia
June '94 August '95
Worked as on-air talent playing CD's, ad carts, breaking for satellite news at the top of the hour, board-op for satellite programs, ran tape delay programs.

1982 - 1988
Various club DJ jobs in Washington DC and Arlington, as well as weddings and private parties.

Education:


George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
Currently a senior majoring in Communication and concentrating in radio broadcasting.


Personal:

Knowledgeable of many genres of music including classic rock, alternative, jazz, blues, and classical...Strong on-air presence...Good cold reading ability...Excellent organizational skills...Work well unsupervised... Computer literate...Fast learner...Loyal...Honest


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