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Jim Davis Biography
Jim Davis, a native of Buffalo, New York is currently Vice
President / General Manager for Treasure and Space
Coast Broadcasting in Vero Beach, Florida. Davis is a
second generation and life long broadcaster. Following in
the footsteps of his mother who was a singer on
WKBW/Buffalo, Davis began his career as an air
personality in the Western New York area. He had a
successful run at some of the nation's biggest radio
stations; including WOR/FM/New York; KHJ/Los Angeles;
CKLW/Detroit; WLS-AM/Chicago. While employed by
RKO General Broadcasting, Davis was twice nominated
for Billboard Magazine's "Major Market Air Personality Of the Year."
Davis entered radio management in the early 1970's as Operations Manager of
American Broadcasting Corporation's owned and operated Chicago outlet,
WDAI-FM. During the next decade, Davis's programming career encompassed
several major market management positions including WPEZ/Pittsburgh; WXYZ
(ABC O&O)/Detroit; KLIF/Dallas and the flagship station of Gene Autry's Golden
West Broadcasters, KMPC/Los Angeles.
In 1981, Davis entered senior management by becoming Vice President/General
Manager of Radio Station WVAF/Charleston, West Virginia. He served the
National Radio Broadcasters Association as State Director; He was on the Board
of Directors of the West Virginia Broadcasters Association. Davis received a
Federal Appointment as State Chairman of the Emergency Broadcast System.
He functioned as President of the Kanawha Valley Amateur Radio Association. In
1982,Additionally, Davis served as coordinator and host of the annual March of
Dimes telethons on WVAH TV-23/Charleston where he also hosted a Saturday
night weekly broadcast of "The Movie Club." Next, Davis became a partner in
radio station WNFI/Daytona Beach, Florida where he was VP/General Manager.
Following the sale, Davis remained with the corporation, functioning as interim
GM for WCOA/WJLQ/Pennsacola and WPAP/Panama City, both Florida.
In 1988, Davis joined Regional Broadcasters of Michigan as General Manager of
WGRD AM/FM in Grand Rapids, Michigan.WGRD was voted as "Station of the
Year" by the Grand Rapids Radio Broadcasters Association. Davis served as
Vice President of that organization during his last year in Grand Rapids. During
this time, Davis was appointed by President Warren Potash to a blue ribbon
panel of the Radio Advertising Bureau to serve on its New Business
Development committee.
In early 1991, Jim Davis was appointed Executive Vice President and General
Manager of Radio Station WZVU (Oldies 107.1) in Monmouth/Ocean, New
Jersey, the nations 44th radio market. Davis returned to Floida upon the sale of
WZVU and became General Manager of WFKS in Daytona Beach, the same
station he co-owned in the 1980's.
For four years, Davis acted as Vice President/Market Manager of
WSRQ,WSPB,WCTQ,WAMR,WDDV and WSRZ in Sarasota Florida for Clear
Channel Communications. Currenly, he is Vice President and General Manager
for Vero Beach Broadcasters, LLC which operates a cluster of four FM's (WGYL,
WGNX and WOSN) and two AM's (WTTB and WJBW).
In December of 2008, in addition to operating the radio stations, Davis was
appointed Chief Operating Officer of Home Town Cable Plus. Home Town Cable
Plus is providing a state-of-the-art fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) system in Port
St. Lucie, Florida delivering a Quad-Play of High-Speed Internet, Cable TV,
Telephone and Security Alarm Monitoring.
Davis has authored a book entitled "The Sales Success Spectrum-A System Of
Radio Sales" which is used as a teaching and training manual at the stations.
In his spare time, Davis is a licensed Multi Engine Commercial Instrument rated
pilot and owner/operator of a Piper Pathfinder. As a Civil Air Patrol member he
participates and has been trained as a Search & Rescue pilot, looking for
downed aircraft survivors. He has been an amateur radio operator since age
twelve holding an "EXTRA" class license - His call letters are W2JKD.. He
received a "designated examinor" status from the American Radio Relay League
in 1985.
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