THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST DJ
Declared one of the original "Rough Riders," he was born and raised in Jamestown, North Dakota. A self-proclaimed radio prodigy, he built a radio station in his home at the age of 10, and began broadcasting for a mile in every direction. The audacious whippersnapper - driven by sheer enthusiasm - went on to create a "viral marketing campaign" which led to his being hired as host of his own rock radio show on local commercial station KEYJ. He was 11 years old and was promoted as "The World's Youngest DJ."

BARON K SHOW
He then transferred to The University of Arizona and went to work for KIKX in Tucson. Even then, described as a workaholic and overachiever, while going to school he worked full-time at the stations and appeared in university plays on weekends.

As a radio personality hosting an evening program (6:00pm - 9:00pm) at WRKO in Boston, his program gained some of the highest ratings in the history of Boston radio (33% of listeners aged 12 and over).

KHJ
He was then recruited away from Boston by the number one radio station in the country, KHJ in Los Angeles.

He was enormously successful in Los Angeles. Not only was he regularly rated as a number one radio personality, he was instrumental in creating two of the most commercially successful music formats in radio - both of which have been copied, adapted, and built upon throughout the world.

KRLA
As program director at KRLA, he created the first financially successful Album Oriented format for AM radio. As both director of programming and drive time on-air personality, he created a distinctive "attitude". Within 6 months from the introduction of his new programming format, the station shot to #1.

KROQ
He was the first program director of "World Famous" KROQ-FM. He created one of the first Alternative Rock formats in the country. As Vice President of Programming, he created a new music format that consisted of nothing but "cutting edge, exciting new music. As both PD and on-air personality, the "attitude" he developed, combined with this new musical "niche," resulted in astonishing acceptance in a very short time. Within 6 months it became a number one station. As a radio personality during this period, he won the Billboard Magazine Personality of the Year Award.

KMET
As program director at KMET-FM, he created the first commercially successful Album Oriented Rock format for FM radio. Again, as the PD and on-air personality, he created a consistent musical approach and "attitude," and again, within 6 months, the station shot to #1. He also designed and commissioned the “Hollywood as seen from Mulholland Drive in the year 2525” billboard.

A year later, he designed the controversial Upside Down KMET billboard. KMET 94.7FM became the most financially successful rock station in the country.

SHADOEVISION PRODUCTIONS
Shadoe created the production company "ShadoeVision," which produced radio campaigns for almost every major artist (e.g. Elton John, Aerosmith, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, and the Rolling Stones). The company also created advertising campaigns for major concert tours for artists like Rod Stewart, Queen, and Fleetwood Mac.

FRED RATED
In the 1980's, his company was retained to devise a television advertising strategy and campaign for a 14 store electronics chain known as the Federated Group. He created and played a character named Fred Rated in a series of commercials that were a mix of Saturday Night Live and Monty Python.

Over a period of six years, he and a small team of artists: Chris Culverhouse, Chuck Cirino, Michael Hill, Dave Nichols, and Ed Freeman, created over 1,200 different commercials.

After the first weekend of the campaign, sales increased 500%. In four years, the group grew from 14 local stores to 78 superstores in 5 states. The success of the Federated advertising campaign was extraordinary. It was the first regional advertising campaign ever to have received a 2 page spread in Time magazine.

SHADOEVISION HBO
His company also created, produced and sold to HBO, an experimental comedy show named "Shadoevision." Again, he created cutting edge production design utilizing multi-media exploration, and a complex, intricate, hyperactive editing style. Many of the techniques implemented in this show were later adopted by MTV and others.

AMERICAN TOP 40
After leaving radio for the worlds of television and film, in 1988, he was offered the position of hosting American Top Forty. Casey Kasem left the show, and Shadoe became the new host for the next 6 years. During this time, it became the most successful and widely syndicated radio show in the world. It was broadcast in 120 countries to an estimated 1 billion listeners every week. His voice became one of the most recognizable voices in the world.

HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
At the same time, he appeared on Hollywood Squares, which for three years was a top 5 syndicated show. As a regular on the show, he became a household name. The show continued in successful syndication for another three years.

DAVE'S WORLD
For four years he was also one of the stars of the Top 20 CBS series "Dave's World" with Harry Anderson, Meshach Tayler, and DeLane Matthews.

LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON
Craig Ferguson took over The Late Late Show on January 3, 2005. By May 2008 had already made his mark, taking the TV monologue to new levels with an underlying story. But he was only just starting ...He is making up his own rules. The Late Late Show averaged 2.0 million viewers in its 2007 season, compared with 2.5 million for Late Night with Conan O'Brien. In April 2008, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson beat Late Night with Conan O'Brien for weekly ratings (1.88 million to 1.77 million) for the first time since the two shows went head-to-head with their respective hosts. Shadoe began as the voice of The Late Late Show at the beginning of Craig's second year.