The
MEGS Team
MEGS sm was designed by Peter Dominowski, Tim Emmons and Scott Williams of
Strategic Programming Partners (SPP). Dominowski and Williams facilitate the workshops and provide
follow-up consultation to MEGS sm stations. Strategic Programming Partners is a
consultancy formed in 1998 to serve the programming needs of public radio
stations.
Peter
Dominowski has been in public radio since
1975. He is currently General Manager of Northeast Indiana Public Radio in Fort Wayne. As a PD, Dominowski was recognized with national programming awards
in both commercial classical radio at WFMT [Marconi Award], and in public radio
at WMFE [Ralph Award]. He served on the Board of the Radio Research Consortium
for eleven years, and was a founder of PRPD. He has written five publications
on radio research and programming, and has conducted numerous qualitative and
quantitative research studies for networks, producers, and stations.
Scott
Williams has been a radio program director
for thirty years. Most notably, he has been Program Director for two of public
radio's most successful stations, KJZZ & KBAQ in Phoenix, and previously, KPLU in
Seattle/Tacoma. His stations have won numerous national awards in programming,
news, and announcing. He has served on the Board of the Public Radio Program
Director's Association [PRPD] for twelve years, and was Board chair for four
years. He has been a trainer for the PRPD Program Director's workshops since
1994.
Tanya
Ott provides analysis of local
journalism in MEGS. Tanya is News Director at WBHM. She has worked in news at
WUFT-FM (Gainesville, FL), WCBS-AM (NYC), and Colorado Public
Radio (Denver, CO), and spent three years as an independent
producer working for national news programs. Tanya's reporting for shows like
Marketplace, Morning Edition®, All Things Considered, Savvy Traveler, Living on
Earth has garnered dozens of professional awards. She's also a trainer for the
Public Radio News Directors NewsWorks program and a mentor with the Association
of Independents in Radio.
Marlene
Schneider provides input on local
underwriting in MEGS sm . Marlene is an independent consultant and seven-year
veteran of the award-winning development department at Oregon Public
Broadcasting (OPB). She is the coordinator of DEI's corporate support advisor
team. Marlene established the successful OPB Business Partners program, which
strengthened donor relationships and solidified long-term commitments. Prior to
public broadcasting, Marlene was a Sales Representative in the managed health
care industry for nine years. Marlene has been involved in PBS's Corporate
Support Performance Initiative (CSPI) as a member of the Station Advisory
Group, as a trainer and as a program developer.
Craig
Oliver is a programming and audience
research consultant. He is former President of the Radio Research Consortium,
and is now on the RRC board of
directors. Craig was co-founder and the first president of PRPD. He was
director of network operations at Public Radio International, responsible for
station relations, program pricing and revenue, database management and
computer and satellite services. Craig also worked for WAMU, Washington, DC for
13 years where he served as news director and program director, while also
acting a newscaster for NPR.