RESUME
Michael
William Cleaver
Vancouver,
BC
E-mail: mikecleaver@gmail.com
Career
to date:
March 2010 –
Current - “Mike Cleaver’s “Radiographies.”
A
series of long form audio interviews with BC’s broadcast
veterans.
June
2008 – Current -Mike Cleaver Broadcast Services
Freelance consulting, engineering and
voice-overs.
January
2008 – June2008
-British
Columbia Institute
Of
Technology. -Part Time Instructor, Radio Program,
First
year Radio News, Second year
Documentary
production. (15hrs per week)
.
April
2006 – Jan 2007
-CTV
Vancouver -Freelance News Writer
March
2003 – Nov 2005
-CKNW
Vancouver -Part time News Anchor on CKNW,
All shifts including Morning Drive
-Part
time News Anchor and I/T for
Corus Radio Network, Vancouver,
All shifts
-Iraq
War coverage for CKNW/Corus Radio
Network, Morning shift
-Columnist,
“Broadcast Dialogue” magazine
-Mike
Cleaver Broadcast Services” consulting,
voice-over and narration and engineering
services. (Ongoing, including specialty in
helping
broadcast outlets prepare for disaster
response
in an emergency such as earthquakes,
forest
fires, etc.)
April
2002 – May 2002
-CKNW/NW2
Vancouver -News
Anchor on CKNW/NW2
-Business
News on CKNW/NW2
June
1999 – November 2001
-CFRA/KOOL-FM/
1200TEAM/Majic
100
Ottawa -Morning
News Anchor and Assistant News
Director
-Gather,
write and present 8-minute morning
news packages on the hour and half-hour
from 5am to 10am Monday to Friday
-Character voice on
Majic 100 Morning show
-Responsible
for Newsroom operations and staff
training, planning and implementation of news
programming, scheduling and administration.
-Plan,
design and implement new newsroom and
equipment
for new CHUM Ottawa Operations.
-Assisted in the development of I-NES 2000
software.
-Responsible for selecting and adjusting
equipment for quality of on-air sound of CFRA,
CJMJ-FM and Sports Radio 1200 The Team.
-Member
of BN National Editorial Committee and
RTNDA.
February
1998 – June 1999
-680
News, Toronto -Afternoon Drive News Anchor
Read and re-write half hour news wheels on
Toronto’s All-News radio station
-Part-time
professor (PhD) at Seneca’s School of
Communication Arts teaching Radio and
Television Journalism and Voice and
Presentation Skills (10 hrs/wk)
October
1994 - November 15, 1996
-CFRB,
Toronto -Evening News Anchor and Host of “The World
Tonight”, afternoon drive business reports,
news air shifts at all times of the day
Gathered, prepared and delivered evening newscasts on the hour and
half hour and prepared and delivered two ten minute “World
Tonight” newscasts five nights per week
-Interviews
with news-makers for “The World
Today”
-Work
with summer interns on presentation skills
and writing
-Part
Time Professor at Seneca College School of
Communication Arts in Presentation Skills, News
writing and newscast preparation for 3 semesters
September
1983 - September 1994
-CHUM
Toronto -Afternoon News Anchor. Prepared, wrote and
delivered hourly newscasts
-Morning News Anchor and
Co-anchor, preparing
writing and delivering hourly and half hourly
newscasts
-Assignment Editor,
CHUM-CHUM-FM News
-Outside reporting of major
events (Pope's visit,
Royal visits, Blue
Jays World Series wins)
-Producer, writer and Toronto anchor of the
CHUM National Network News
heard daily on CHUM Stations and affiliates
across Canada
This program won finalist
status at the International Radio Festival of New
York -Acting News Director for 1050 CHUM
-Beta tested Broadcast
News I-NES text-audio
newsroom computer
system upgrades
-Professor
at Seneca College for three
semesters, teaching
on-air presentation skills
for radio and television
-Chairman of
CHUM-CHUM-FM Employee
Relations committee for
three years
-Editor of RTNDA
Newsbreak monthly newsletter
for three years
-Member, CAB Quarter
Century Club
September
1976 - September 1983
-CJCA-CIRK-FM
Edmonton,
Alberta -Morning news anchor
-Assistant News Director
for both stations
-Continued engineering
duties as third
Technician, including
design and installation
of a new four track
recording facility, new 50K
AM transmitter and FM transmitter
Maintenance
-Acted as
Producer-Operator for visiting
radio at Edmonton Eskimo
home games
-Hosted talk shows
-Set up several 24 track
recording sessions
for CIRK-FM
-Voice work on commercials, industrial videos.
September
1972 - September 1976
-CHUM Toronto -Afternoon anchor, later
moving to mornings as
co-anchor
-Worked all air-shifts,
including outside
reporting
-Interviews and editing for
CHUM-FM's
"In Toronto"
program
-Voicing several
documentaries.
-Became a member of
RTNDA
March
1972 - September 1972
-CKXL
Calgary -Morning news anchor
April
1969 - March 1972
-CJOC-CJLH-TV
Lethbridge -Became
News Director at CJLH-TV
Lethbridge, Alberta, taking
over supper-
hour news cast
-Learned 35mm still
photography,
processing and slide mounting
-Learned 16mm silent and sound
filming, processing and
editing
-Learned video and audio
switching,
studio camera and lighting
-Learned early videotape
technology
(2”) plus early Sony
backpack
-Continued work at CJOC
Radio doing
morning drive and mid-day
newscasts
September
1968 - April 1969 -Became late evening newscaster at
CJLH-TV, Lethbridge,
Alberta
May
1967 - September 1968 -Evening announcer at CJOC radio
Lethbridge, Alberta
-Worked all air-shifts,
including morning
drive
-Moved into news along with
evening
announce shift
-Worked as Chief Engineer
for three
months, maintaining and
upgrading
studio and transmitter
equipment
continued as
Assistant Engineer until
1972
-Booth Announcer at
CJLH-TV
September
1965 – May 1967
-CKOV-CJOV-FM
Kelowna,
BC -Became Chief Announcer
-Continued engineering
duties and
began work in the
newsroom
July
1964 - September 1965
-Became Staff Announcer at CKOV
Kelowna, BC working
all shifts
including morning drive
and remotes
-Became Assistant
Engineer, helping
Chief Engineer with
maintenance,
equipment
installation and design
-Helped put CJOV-FM on
air.
June
1962 - July 1964 -Began hosting 4pm - 5pm request
and dedication show on CKOV, Kelowna
BC
-Operator for daily
summer remotes
-Later added evening
operating and
hosting shifts
January
1962 - June 1962
-Started fifteen
minute weekly high
school news program
"Hi-Notes"
on CKOV, Kelowna,
BC
December
1961
-Began broadcasting
career as fill-in
operator at CKOV,
Kelowna
Education:
-Elementary education in Ontario
-High School Graduate, Kelowna, BC
-Partial Grade 13, English Major.
Computer Skills:
- Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, XP, Vista, Windows 7,8,10.
-Microsoft Office Suite 2010
-Microsoft Internet Explorer
-Mozilla Firefox
-Newstar (television)
-INES
-Burli
-Maestro
-Scott Systems
-Cool Edit Pro
-Audacity
References:
-Available on request.
