{"id":45,"date":"2021-10-29T16:46:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T16:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ralphdshaw.com\/www\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2024-11-05T12:20:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T17:20:54","slug":"let-me-introduce-myself","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ralphdshaw.com\/www\/let-me-introduce-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"Background"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Let me introduce myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">My name is Ralph Shaw. I started in radio in 1972 at WIFM, Elkin, NC while I was a junior in high school. For over five decades, I worked in several radio and television stations as an on-air personality and journalist. My background includes duties at stations in Elkin, Sparta, Mt. Airy, North Wilkesboro, Burlington, Lexington, Roxboro, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, Charlotte and Raleigh, NC and in Washington, DC. Also, I have been a national network news correspondent for ABC, AP, CBS, NBC, NPR and UPI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ralphdshaw.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ralph-WIFM_1972_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70\" style=\"width:294px;height:221px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ralphdshaw.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ralph-Don-Knotts1_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53\" style=\"width:309px;height:226px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 32%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>During my career, I have won over 30 awards for excellence in journalism, including five reporter-of-the-year awards from the North Carolina Associated Press Broadcasters and the Radio-Television News Directors&#8217; Association of the Carolinas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have appeared in several movies, recorded thousands of commercials and provided voiceovers for industrial and instructional videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to being a <a href=\"https:\/\/ralphdshaw.com\/www\/\">wedding officiant<\/a>, I also provide numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/ralphdshaw.com\/www\/broadcast-services\/\">broadcast services<\/a>, such as, <a href=\"https:\/\/ralphdshaw.com\/www\/samples\/\">voiceovers for commercials\/industrial\/promotional videos; and, do substitute work for D-J shifts and news anchor shifts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ralphdshaw.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ralph-GeorgeCarlin_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72 size-full\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let me introduce myself. My name is Ralph Shaw. I started in radio in 1972 at WIFM, Elkin, NC while I was a junior in high&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-45","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ralphdshaw.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ralphdshaw.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ralphdshaw.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ralphdshaw.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ralphdshaw.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ralphdshaw.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180,"href":"https:\/\/ralphdshaw.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions\/180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ralphdshaw.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}