KEN MILLS
PUBLIC
MEDIA CONSULTANT & BLOGGER
Ken Mills is
a consultant and blogger specializing in nonprofit media, particularly public
radio.
He is a leader in content syndication, program creation, promotion and
marketing.
Mills seeks
content that matters.
His
company, Ken Mills Agency, LLC (“KMA”), is the exclusive station representative
for America Routes with Nick Spitzer.
KMA serves
public radio organizations, national program producers and organizations that
provide funding for public media projects.
His goal is to help clients be financially sustainable, create
content that has an impact on society and serves the needs and interests of
readers, listeners and viewers.
Ken Mills Agency, LLC
P.O. Box 27511
Minneapolis, MN 55427
612-819-8456
publicradio@hotmail.com
CAREER
CHRONOLOGY
• OWNER, KEN MILLS
AGENCY, LLC
Minneapolis,
Minnesota • September 1997 to present
We offer consulting services for public
radio organizations, national content syndicators and organizations that provide
funding for public media. Core activities include new program creation, project
management, securing carriage on stations and on digital platforms.
We are the exclusive station
representative for American Routes,
distributed by PRX. Other current and recent clients include NPR’s Justice Talking, APM's Weekend America, WBEZ’s Sound Opinions and The Stanley
Foundation.
• PUBLISHER,
SPARK NEWS
Minneapolis, Minnesota • September 2014 to
present
Spark News
is a news blog that provides news, issues and commentary about public,
particularly public radio. Each weekday we reach more than 300 people who work
in public media.
• DIRECTOR OF
NEWS, PUBLIC RADIO INTERNATIONAL (PRI)
Minneapolis,
Minnesota • October 1992 to September 1997
Representative for Marketplace, BBC World Service, The
World, programs from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and Monitor Radio.
• GENERAL
MANAGER & PROGRAM DIRECTOR, KCSN-FM
Los Angeles, California • July 1989 to
September 1991
NPR member station based at Cal State
Northridge. Created and distributed Classical
Countdown, an international classical music program produced in association
with Billboard Magazine.
•
AFFILIATION MANAGER, TRANSTAR RADIO
NETWORK
Colorado Springs and los Angeles • July 1987 to
September 1989
Transtar was a pioneer of 24/7 satellite-delivered
radio programming. The legendary Dick Clark was one of the owners. Transtar was also the source of CNN
radio news and television audio to U.S. stations.
• EARLIER WORK
& PROJECTS
General Manager, NPR
member station KCSU, Fort Collins, Colorado • January 1986 to July 1987
Faculty, Cronkite School of Journalism and
Telecommunications at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona • September
1984 to December 1986
Founder, General Manager
& Part Owner, K-SKY FM, a
commercial album rock station serving the Black Hills of South Dakota • May
1979 to August 1984
Co-founder and President,
Media One Advertising & Marketing,
Sioux Falls, South Dakota • January 1975 to May 1975
Announcer at WCCO-FM, an eclectic-oriented rock
station in Minneapolis, Minnesota • April 1973 to January 1975
Announcer & Music
Director at KISD, a Top 40 rock
station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota • October 1967 to June 1972
EDUCATION
Master of Mass
Communication, Cronkite School of Journalism &
Telecommunication at
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona • December 1986
Bachelor’s Degree,
Psychology, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota • May 1971
PUBLICATIONS
Publisher, Editor &
Researcher, Public Radio Talk & Interview
Program Directory • 2009
Publisher, Editor &
Researcher, Public & Noncommercial
Radio
Station Directory • 2007
• Co-Editor, Independence and Integrity: A Guidebook for
Public Radio Journalism with John Dinges, NPR; Tripp Sommer, Public Radio
News Directors Association; and, Dr. Alan Stavitsky, University of Oregon.
Published by NPR with funding from CPB • 1995
• Author, Guidebook For Unattended Operation of Public
Radio Stations • 1992 -1995
