30 Years of Media Experience

The Kat’s Resumé

Bad Kat Productions
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

LinkedIn Profile

June, 1995 – Present

Bad Kat Productions, Owner

Writer, On-Air Personality and Voiceover talent for all media.

A partial client list includes: Modern West Media, Cowgirl Magazine, Visa, Chicago Tribune, Sears, AM PM, Maxicare, Athletesdirect.com, DotTV, PD Quick, Nextlink, the Orange County Register, and the Santa Barbara News-Press.

Studio & Field Audio Mixer in Film/TV/Video Production for: Fox, Warner Bros./KIDSWB, Sony Pictures, NBC, Disney, Right-Brain Films, Insight Film & Video, Broadcast Image, Eye Magic, Paul Zenk Productions, TNN, Media Makers, Van Ness Films, Santa Barbara Channels, plus many more.

November, 2005 – April, 2009

AM 1290 KZSB
Santa Barbara News-Press Radio
1317 Santa Barbara St.
Santa Barbara, CA

Afternoon News Anchor, Mon-Fri, 4-7pm PST

August, 1997 – July, 2000

Artis, Inc.
Aleene’s Creative Living
Buellton, CA

Studio and field audio mixer for a top-rated TV show featuring crafting maven Aleene Jackson, the original Tacky Lady, that ran for many years, finishing production on TNN.

January, 1992 – August, 1995

Magic 106, KMGQ
Santa Barbara, CA

Co-host of Jennifer & The Kat with Jennifer Quinlan on Magic 106.3 FM, KMGQ; Hot A/C. Santa Barbara’s #1 morning show from 1992 – 1995.

May, 1988 – February, 1989

Universal Studios
Universal City, CA

Show Announcer & Emcee

October, 1976 – Present

On-air personality for over 16 radio/TV stations around the country including (from most recent to first gig): KZSB, WTAP-TV, KTYD, KMGQ – #1 Morning Show, KKUR, KZTR – #1 Morning Show, KNJO, KMDY, WRZZ, WZGC, WXKX, WXIL – #1 Morning Show, WCEF, WPAR, WKYG, and WMOV.

October, 1978 – October, 1982

United States Air Force Intelligence Operations
Texas, Colorado, California, Nevada, Virginia, and Europe (Germany, Norway and Denmark)

Honorable Discharge

EDUCATION

June, 1980 – July, 1981

Victor Valley Jr. College
Victorville, CA

Macro-Economics, Algebra

May, 1977

Ravenswood High School
Ravenswood, WV

Diploma
Majored in: English, Journalism, Creative Writing, and British Literature.

SKILLS

Extensive PC experience; familiarity with Mac
30 years experience with audio technology – hardware and software
Expertise in OpenOffice, MS Word and other Office programs
Experienced with Adobe Audition, Cool Edit Pro, Adobe PhotoShop
Experienced with Web Design, blogs and WordPress
Data entry: 60 wpm

References available upon request

Excerpts from Previous Posts

Though some people might turn up their noses and stew about eating snapping turtles, there are many living near endless Iowa corn fields that think nothing of sitting down at the Country Pumpkin, putting on the feed bag over Labor Day and feasting on snapper stew and rhubarb pie, plus an extra helping of good ol’ American tradition.  
 The Kat
Snapper Stew & Buddha Pears