Jeffrey D. Gill
154 Great Road #8
Shirley, MA 01464-2812
(978) 425-2524
E-mail: jeff at t1700.net
Career Employment and Projects
2004-present Creator and director of Troubadour 1700, a home based Part 15 AM radio network (www.t1700.net)
1997-2004 Creator/Host of Folk Image, a D.J.’d folk music audio program on the World Wide Web (www.folkimage.com). Management of all programming elements and production of two-hour programs for uploading. Web site design and layout.
1998 Season subscription sales for the Huntington Theater Company, Boston.
1996-1998 Audio Book narration projects for various independently published authors.
1993-1997 WADN (AM) Concord, Massachusetts. Air personality, Music Director (7/94-3/97), Program Director (3/96-10/96). Commercial Production and Copywriting. Conducted scores of on-air interviews with musical performers, as well as authors, actors, playwrights, and historians. WADN was the only folk-formatted commercial radio station in the U.S.
1995-1996 Producer of the Colonial Inn Concert Series (as part of duties at WADN). Managed all aspects including booking, publicity, admissions, and sound.
1993 Creator and producer of the Hatch Shell Acoustic Series, a nine-part summer concert program of top local folk/acoustic artists at Boston's largest outdoor performance facility. Managed booking, underwriting, sales, publicity, brochure production, personnel, and bookkeeping.
1990-1994 WUMB (FM) Boston, Massachusetts. Music programming assistant in charge of new age/instrumental. Fill-in announcer for instrumental program.
1986-1991 WCAV (FM) Brockton, Massachusetts. Air personality and fill-in. Programming assistant in charge of independent label music product. Utilized music programming software.
1987-1989 Co-host, writer, and producer of New England Country Scene, a regional, syndicated country music/artist interview program. Aired primarily on WDLW, Waltham, MA.
1983-1986 WCMX (AM) Leominster, Massachusetts. Music Director, air personality, commercial production and copywriting. Authored articles on country radio programming for trade publications. Hosted local music program.
1983-1984 American Lo-Power Television Network, Westford, Massachusetts. Prepared FCC applications under the direction of a consulting engineer for low-power TV facilities across the U.S. Researched feasible markets. Located potential transmitting sites. Conducted computer-based studies of available channels at each site. Assisted with the completion of application forms.
1983-1984 WDLW (AM) Waltham, Massachusetts. Part-time air personality and fill-in.
1982 WCVR (AM&FM) Randolph, Vermont. Full-time air personality. Commercial production.
1979-1982 WSNO (AM) / WORK (FM) Barre, Vermont. Music Director of AM station. Air personality (tripled airshift's audience over the three-year period). Commercial production for both stations. Maintained FM automation.
1979 WNCS (FM) Montpelier, Vermont. Morning drive air personality. Commercial copywriting and production.
1978-1979 WADS (AM) Ansonia, Connecticut. Part-time air personality and fill-in. Utilized automation-assist equipment.
1978-1979 WLNV (FM) Derby, Connecticut. Volunteer air personality and programmer. Music Director. Hosted programs featuring country, folk, bluegrass, and soft alternative rock. Directed daytime format, a blend of folk, country, and bluegrass. Coordinated all programming elements and personnel.
1972-1976 WSOU (FM) South Orange, New Jersey. Student air personality/programmer. Hosted programs of soft album rock and new 45 RPM releases. Newscasts and some production. Assistant Music Director and Co-Music Director.
Related Interests
Folk/acoustic, Celtic, and new age music, theater in all of its aspects, renaissance fairs, all visual and performing art that says something meaningful and intelligent about the human experience, computers, radio reception "dx-ing," antique radio restoration and repair, RF and hi-fi electronics.
Other Work Experience
Extensive independent contractor delivery work for several Massachusetts-based news publishers and distributors (Boston Globe, Fitchburg Sentinel, etc.). Delivery experience with several food establishments including Roux's Market, Parthenon Pizza, and Pappa Ginos. Some consumer electronics sales and wholesale/ retail food experience. I also have some small business experience with snack vending machines.
Hobbies
Folk, world, and new age music, classic computer rebuilding/upgrading, antique electronic restoration.
Education
Seton Hall University: Communications major. 1972-1976.
Notre Dame High School of West Haven, CT: College preparatory. 1968-1972.
The Recording Workshop School of Sound/Recording, Chillicothe, Ohio. Classroom and in-studio multi-track recording instruction. 1982.