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Meet Contributing Editor - Paul Ericson
 Paul
Ericson is a 20 year Music Industry veteran
with a DEEP PASSION for the art of music. A
graduate of Aledo Illinois High School and the
Quincy Illinois Technical Schools who found
out he did not enjoy sitting behind a desk pushing
a pencil on a drafting board. I then worked
my way into a retail record store and became
an Assistant Manager which evolved into working
for North America's largest Distributor of Pre-Recorded
Music… The
 Handleman
Company, at first as a regional representative
and then as the Kansas City Missouri District
Supervisor. After 3 years of living in a suitcase
7 days a week I was ready for the next challenge
which involved putting the tri-states first
AOR station on the air, WZLZ as their Music
Director and brought the area's first Jazz programming
on Sundays there. This was my intro into radio
and evolved to  the
100,000 watt super signal KGRC and putting on
the area's first Smooth Jazz programming. When
the owners of KGRC decided to expand I assisted
the Corporate Engineer in bringing a major market
sound to the area loading all music into computer
for multi-formats….Country, Rock, Top 40
and Adult Contemporary. Became Program Director
of KZZK an Active Rock Station. Successfully
promoted and hosted 2 major rock shows in two
different venues in West Central Illinois and
Northeast Missouri…which is a MAJOR accomplishment.
Radio interviews with  plethora
of Rock and Jazz artists. Successfully wrote,
produced and engineered the area's only Smooth
Jazz programming on 100,000 watts for 12 years
which brought a steady source of major revenue.
Introduced Guitars and Saxes on stage in St
Louis Missouri. Experienced with Audiovault,
AVAir, MusicMaster and Cool Edit Digital Mastering.
Currently looking for his next programming opportunity
that will utilize my vast knowledge of the product.
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