Ted Austin Email & Phone Number

Ashton, Id, Us

Ashton, Idaho

Direct the marketing, communications, and public relations efforts of this customer-owned nonprofit electric utility. Also serve as Marketing & Advertising Manager for subsidiary Fall River Propane with locations in Ashton, Driggs & Island Park, ID; West Yellowstone, MT & Star Valley WY.

Idaho Falls, Id

Directed the construction of a new FM station (KZKY) at Idaho Falls; helped to establish the region's first simulcast of the same format on two separate radio signals; KID-FM & KCHQ-FM, which created the largest geographic coverage of any single or combination of radio stations in Idaho. Also lead Rich Broadcasting to the acquisition of 3 additional radio stations, KBJX & KGTM in Idaho Falls & KRXK-AM in Rexburg ID as their newest radio acquisitions in the Idaho Falls/Pocatello/Rexburg marketplace. Ultimately, KGTM 98.1FM was also combined with KLLP 98.5FM to create a third simulcast of music formats in Eastern Idaho.

Rexburg, Id

Directed all aspects of the initial construction & then day-to-day operation of this FM station that served a very unique coverage area in Eastern Idaho & Western Wyoming. Q102 became the first media outlet that directly linked Jackson Hole, Wyoming advertisers & listeners to Eastern Idaho. After doing so, regional television stations KIFI & KIDK also began to include Jackson as part of the station identifications & began to regularly cover local news in Jackson.Additionally, Q102 pioneered the use of fifteen second commercials on local television to promote the radio station. The use of TV 15 second commercials has now been duplicated by numerous other radio stations.Ultimately responsible in growing Q102's annual advertising revenue from ZERO to over $600k per year, which exceeded the annual revenue of the majority of other stations in the Idaho Falls & Pocatello area.

Parsippany, Nj/Idaho Falls, Id

Cendant Corporation was the franchisor of real estate brands Century 21, Coldwell Banker, ERA & Sotheby's. As Regional Sales Manager for the ERA brand in southern Idaho, Montana, & western Wyoming, made contact with existing independent real estate brokers in those areas to offer the benefits of franchising with ERA.Resigned from that position to start my own business, Q102-KCHQ Radio.

Idaho Falls, Id

Directed the operations of four divisions which primarily performed information technology consulting & programming services for various federal government agencies. Produced all marketing and advertising materials, a new website, directed company-wide public relations activities, and acted as Sales Manager for the services division which resulted in company revenues increasing from $7M to $14.5M in less than 24 months.Secured an economic development grant of $500K for the establishment of an inbound customer call center. Unfortunately, the call center portion of this business was severely impacted by the economic slowdown resulting from the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001.

Idaho Falls, Id

Managed the staff & functions of the support team for the company's regional managers; coordinated all business opportunity marketing materials & publications; directed the company's incentive programs; coordinated all audio visual productions; and directed all special events including conventions, product launches, incentive trips & corporate travel.Participated as a member of the Corporate Strategy planning team which lead the company's gross revenue from less than $100M to over $400M during the time of my employment.Resigned from this position to start my own business which was delayed until 2004.

Rexburg, Id

Directed an annual $12M+ international advertising budget for this franchisor of over 2,000 locations in the U.S. & Canada. This included national television, national print advertising, direct mail campaigns, and regional co-op plans in nearly 20 U.S. markets.Also, managed a staff of 35 employees in the marketing department of this franchisor. Staff performed the following tasks: photography, videography, graphics, editorial writing, support staff, and a full service color printing shop. The marketing department produced a full-color monthly magazine & all the advertising support materials for local advertising by each individual franchisee.Resigned this position when the business was sold to The Thomas H. Lee Partners & headquarters were moved to Pittsburgh, PA and consolidated with General Nutrition Centers. Diet Center, as a franchisor of weight-loss centers eventually went out of business.