voiceovers. editing. imaging. and more... for radio. 

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INDEPENDENT radio productions - who we are

zack east is the program director for a mid-west family broadcasting station, rock 107 wirx in st. joseph/benton harbor, michigan. in addition to providing programming assistance for the station, he is the imaging director for the mainstream rock formatted wirx, which is a licensee of the image "everything that rocks." he is 23 years of age, and has been eating, sleeping and breathing voice performance since the young age of 15. zack also serves as a weekend and fill-in personality for sister stations 98.3 the coast (wcxt-fm benton harbor) and 97.5 y-country (wytz-fm bridgman), and is a member of the creative services team for mid-west family broadcasting in michigan's great southwest, providing copywriting assistance, voiceovers and production services to the company.

as a student in high school, zack began his voice performances by announcing high school sports...everything ranging from basketball, to wrestling, to baseball and more. by the remainder of his senior year, he was reported to have officially announced more than 50 different sporting events over a three year time span. also during this time, zack frequently job shadowed at a local nbc television affiliate and received his first exposure to the broadcast arts.

as college came upon him, zack decided to pursue a degree from ferris state university in big rapids, michigan, where he gradated in may of 2006 with a bachelor of arts in communication and a professional writing minor. during his tenure from 2002-2006 at ferris state university, zack worked to rebuild a floundering radio organization on campus and successfully managed the organization, dubbed "bulldog radio" after the school mascot. he provided the station with direction, training for young aspiring broadcasters, and also worked to program the station's music, provide engineering assistance, and also imaged the hybrid active/alternative format.

during zack's college years, he also met rick kogan, a weekend radio host from wgn-am chicago. kogan presented the opportunity for zack to become a guest on "the sunday papers" several times, to discuss his progress in rebuilding the ferris state university radio stations. the largest jump to date in zack's career was on december 20, 2003, as he was asked by kogan to become a co-host for a three hour fill-in show on wgn radio. of course, zack accepted the offer and had a great time with rick in-studio.

recognizing the need for more young voices in the voiceover industry, as well as a need for a radio-focused service attitude, zack now offers his services to the general public outside the south bend/elkhart, indiana and kalamazoo, michigan markets.

contact zack today to get started with INDEPENDENT radio productions.