Douglas P. Irwin-CPBE, CCNA

Broadcast Engineer and Cisco-Certified Network Associate
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Douglas P. Irwin

 

50 Glenwood Avenue, #909
Jersey City, NJ 07306
 
917-438-7930

 

doug@dougirwin.net

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Employment

 

 

 

Supervisor of Transmission Systems/Clear Channel  New York City and Chief Engineer of WKTU

 

Our New York group includes WLTW, Z100, WKTU, WAXQ and WWPR

 

 

Director of Engineering, Clear Channel Radio of Seattle

 

January 2007 to present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 2004 to September 2006

 

Transferred in-company from San Francisco at the beginning of 2004

 

 6 stations; directed staff of 5; operating budget in excess of $1M annually

 

 Executed entire transmitter site build for KNBQ (Seattle move-in)

 

 Gained extensive experience with HD radio through company initiatives

 and installations of equipment.

 

  Extensive high-power (100 kW FM and 50 kW AM directional) experience

 

Director of Engineering, Clear Channel

 

Radio of San Francisco

 

June 2000 to December 2003

 

    Started with CC when they absorbed AMFM in September of 2000

 

     7 stations; directed staff of 6; operating budget nearly $2M annually

 

      Developed and managed capital budgets exceeding $4M over 3 years

 

      Directed final consolidation projects for the Clear Channel facility in San        Francisco

 

Chief Engineer: KKSF, KYLD, KIOI

 

AMFM Radio San Francisco

 

June 1996 to June 2000

 

Hired as Chief Engineer of KKSF/KDFC in 1996, Promoted to Director of Engineering for all AMFM radio in San Francisco in June 2000

 

  Designed and managed construction of new KKSF facility at 340 Townsend St. in 1998.  Capital budget for equipment alone totaled $750000; total project budget $2.5M.

        Managed studio and remote broadcast technical operations for high-profile personalities such as Ryan Seacrest, Michael Savage, Mancow Muller, The Doghouse with JV and Elvis, Don Bleu, and others

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Chief Engineer, KYLD radio

 

San Francisco

 

December 1993 to May 1996

 

        Managed technical operations for Crescent Communications stations in San Francisco, New Mexico and Las Vegas

Education and training

 

 

 

                Four years formal electronics training

 

               Attended De Anza College, 1980, 1981, 1982

 

     Currently studying Cisco networking technology

 

            SBE Certified CPBE, AMD and DRB

 

     Obtained FCC 1st Class in 1978 at age 16