General Manager, KCWU Radio Central Washington University 400 E

Search Committee: General Manager, KCWU Radio Central Washington University 400 E. University Way Ellensburg, WA 98926

Dear Colleagues,

My name is Troy Hunt and I write in application for the General Manager of

KCWU. My long history in radio and television operations, and as a college faculty member has prepared me for the position as described. In this letter I will address my experience and qualifications that make me a strong candidate for this position.

I have spent the bulk of my career as a college professor, teaching students radio and television production, programming, and operations. In that time, I built KCEU-FM from idea to fully licensed non-commercial educational radio station. I have served as the general manager of both KCEU-FM and KNWT-FM, being responsible for budgets, programming, equipment purchases and general maintenance, and supervision and training of student and volunteer staffs of up to 40 individuals. This practical work in managing the daily operation of radio stations is of great value for the position as described.

At both KCEU-FM and KNWT-FM I served as the stations Chief Operator. As such, I am very familiar with the FCC rules and regulations governing the operations of non-commercial, educational radio stations. I do my best to remain current in the changing landscape of radio broadcasting as a terrestrial and an on-line service. This includes regular attendance at events like the National Association of Broadcasters, and my active involvement with the Broadcast Education Association. While in graduate school, I worked at KENW-FM. This experience in an NPR affiliate station was beneficial in my understanding of the operations and functions of non-commercial radio stations. I worked as a board operator, announcer, and helped with programming functions at the station. I understand college radio stations and the public radio ethos, and can support and help maintain the culture within a public broadcasting station with a wide variety or programming types.

I also worked as on-air talent at two commercial radio stations, KBRE and KREC, both in Cedar City, Utah. At both stations I ran live board shifts, programmed the ad and music automation systems, produced news and weather reports, and ran remotes for sports play-by-play. Overall, I bring rich experience to the position as described.

Other relevant experiences come from my time at KTUD-TV in Las Vegas, where

I served in the role of operations manager. My duties at the station included supervision and training of master control operators, maintaining the stations programming library, scheduling the satellite feeds for live and recorded programming, and audio and video production duties as required. This management level work can be cross-applied to the environment at KCWU.

My examination of the stations’ web page shows that 88.1 The Burg is consistent with college radio stations I have worked on and supervised. I like the variety of programming the station currently offers, and would seek continued diversity in content.

KNWT-FM, the station I currently supervise and program, has a similar breadth of content; ranging from students running live board shifts, to specialty programs produced by community volunteers, to nationally syndicated programs. The committee can listen to the station at http://radio.nwc.edu. In summary, I believe that my experiences and educational background make me a strong candidate for this position. It would be a great pleasure to come work at Central

Washington University and help facilitate the continued success of The Burg. I look forward to meeting and talking with the committee regarding this exciting position.

Best regards,

Troy L. Hunt, MA, Ed.S.

Troy L. Hunt

EDUCATION

Utah State University Education Specialist (Ed.S)

Curriculum and Instruction

Degree awarded May 2014

Eastern New Mexico University: Master of Arts

Communication

Degree awarded December 1995

Southern Utah University: Bachelor of Science

Broadcasting and

Interpersonal Communication

Degree awarded June 1992

College of Eastern Utah: Associate of Science

Speech Communication

Degree Awarded June 1990

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Northwest College

231 West 6th Street •Powell, Wyoming, 82435 • (800) 560-4692

Date of Employment: August 2013 to Present

Position: Instructor of Radio/TV/Film Duties: Teaching courses in broadcasting, film production, and speech communication. General Manager of the college radio station and cable TV channel. Service on division, college-wide and state committees.

Buffalo Bill Center of the West

720 Sheridan Avenue • Cody, Wyoming 82414 • (307) 587-4771

Date of Employment: June 2015 to August 2015, May 2016 to present

Position: Tour Guide

Duties: Seasonal tour guide, leading visitors on three separate tours through the museum. Answering questions for visitors regarding the center and the surrounding area.

Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah

451 East 400 North • Price, UT 84501 • (435) 613-5000

Date of Employment: August 2001 to June 2013

Position: Associate Professor of Communication

Duties: Served as Department Chair for 9 years. Taught the core courses in Communication (both broadcast and human communication). Designed, engineered, and built KCEU-FM from concept to FCC licensed radio station. Served as president of both Faculty Senate and College senate. Served on multiple committees including Curriculum & Instruction, Policy & Procedures, Disability Resource, and several ad hoc committees established by the President and Provost, served on multiple hiring committees for faculty and staff positions.

National Park Service: Cedar Breaks National Monument

Cedar City, UT 84720 (435) 586-0787

Date of employment: Seasonal employee June 1997 to October 2002

Position: Park Ranger (Interpretation)

Duties: Served as the Lead Interpretive Ranger. This seasonal position’s duties included public presentations concerning the geology and history of the National Monument, supervising other rangers in their duties, and the handling of fees and records at the Monument.

KTUD-TV

Las Vegas, NV 89102

Date of Employment: November 2000 to August 2001

Position: Operations Manager Duties: Supervision and training of master control operators for the station. Manage the operations budget, help in the selection, installation and maintenance of audio and video equipment, quality control and editing of programming for the station. Assisted in maintenance of computer systems for the station.

D&D Video Production

Las Vegas, NV 89141

Date of employment: April 1999 to October 2001

Position: Videographer/Editor

Duties: Shooting weddings and other events as contracted and helping promote the business at trade shows and other events.

HT Electronics, Inc.

Las Vegas, NV

Date of employment: June 2000 to November 2000

Position: Trainer

Duties: Demonstration and training of video equipment including cameras, non-linear editing systems, making sales calls, and offering technical support.

College of Southern Nevada

Vegas, NV 89130 • (702) 651-7700

Date of employment: August 1998 to June 2000

Position: Instructor of Broadcasting

Duties: Administered the broadcasting program at CSN. Taught courses in the broadcast and speech curriculum. Supervision and scheduling for college cable access station. Served on College-wide and departmental committees.

Southern Utah University

Communication Department

Cedar City, UT 84720 • (435) 586-7976

Position: Lecturer of Communication

Date of employment: September 1994 to June 1998 Duties: Taught courses in the Interpersonal Communication and Broadcasting Tracks. Served on university-wide and departmental committees. Produced and directed programs for the University’s cable channel.

KBRE-FM

Cedar City, UT

Date of employment: October 1994 to March 1997

Position: Board Operator/On-air Talent

Duties: Production of news, spots, and public service announcements, programming of automation and running board shifts for remotes.

Eastern New Mexico University

Department of Communicative Arts and Sciences

Portales, NM 88130

Date of employment: August 1992 to May 1994

Position: Graduate Teaching Assistant

Duties: Taught courses in Television Field Production, Public Speaking, Intercollegiate Forensic Competition, Voice Production and Performance, and Acting for Television. Served as a consultant on the creation of KZIA-AM, a student run radio station.

KENW-TV

Portales, NM

Date of Employment: August 1992 to July 1994

Position: Broadcasting Technician

Duties: Direction, technical direction, audio operation, graphics production, camera operator, editor for a variety of programs for local and regional My duties included producing announcements to acting as the director and technical director for “You should Know,” a locally produced public affairs program. Additionally, I operated studio camera and audio for “You Should Know” and “Report from Santa Fe.”

KENW-FM

Portales, NM

Date of employment: August 1992 to July 1994

Position: Board Operator/Announcer

Duties: Responsible for recording programming off the satellite network, producing promotional announcements, and acting as a board operator. Maintained and organized the music library inventory. Production of a weekly radio show.

KREC-FM

Cedar City, UT

Date of employment: September 1991 to January 1992

Position: Announcer

Duties: Served as a board operator and announcer. Additional duties included daily production of ads and PSAs, hourly weather reports, and basic programming and maintenance of the satellite automation system.

KGSU-FM (now KSUU-FM)

Cedar City, UT

Date of employment: September 1990 to July 1992

Position: On-Air Personality

Duties: Served as the music director in charge of recording new music, and managing the rotation of recurring music. Worked as an on-air personality for regular board shifts and hosted specialty shows as necessary. Sold underwriting for the station and produced underwriting announcements and PSAs.

SUTV (Cable Channel 9)

Cedar City, UT

Date of employment: January 1991 to July 1992

Position: TV Crew

Duties: Directed a half hour news cast twice weekly, acted as a studio camera operator, videographer, editor, weather anchor, CG operator, VTR operator and master control operator.

ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT

Freelance videography: shooting commercials, weddings and events

Freelance photography: shooting weddings, models, and advertising images.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Forensics competition for Carbon High School, College of Eastern Utah, and Southern Utah University.

Consultant Training in sales and presentation techniques.

Acted in multiple productions from high school through the present. A list of roles played available upon request.

COURSES TAUGHT

Business and Professional Speaking Public Speaking

Beginning and Advanced Motion Picture Radio Broadcasting (Beginning and Production Advanced)

Broadcast Announcing Television Production (Studio and Field)

Communication Theory Video Editing

Documentary Film Production Writing for Radio and Television

Group Communication

Intercultural Communication

Interpersonal Communication

Introduction to Broadcasting

Introduction to Communication

Introduction to Film

Introduction to Mass Communication

Nonverbal Communication

Photography (Traditional and Digital)

Political Communication

AWARDS

Award of Excellence: Faculty Audio Production “Student Email” 2007 BEA Festival of Media Arts

PUBLICATIONS

Hunt, T. (2012). "Edwards, A Voice in the Box: My Life in Radio." Journal of Radio & Audio Media 19(2): 320-321.

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Popular Culture Association National Conference: 2012

“Family Guy: A Rhetorical Analysis of Portrayals of Whiteness in the Television Show”

Paper Presentation to the Animation Division

Boston, MA

Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association: 2012

“Themes of Redemption in Glee”

Paper Presentation to the Television Division

Albuquerque, NM

Broadcast Education Association: 2010

“Cube: A Systems Level Analysis of the Motion Picture”

Paper Presentation to the Production Aesthetics & Criticism Division

Las Vegas, NV

Western Social Science Association: 1998

“Doctor Who: A British Monomyth”

Paper Presentation to the Mass Communication Division

Denver, CO

Western Social Science Association: 1997

“Real Audio: Broadcast Radio on the Internet”

Paper Presentation to the Mass Communication Division

Albuquerque, NM

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Broadcast Education Association 2016

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