K. Steve Smith, Master of Arts

Department Rank:
Lecturer

Area:
Electronic Media Broadcasting

Office: Wey Hall 330
Fax: 828-262-6521
Email: smithks@appstate.edu

Education

B.S. in Communication from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio with a
major emphasis in Radio and Television (1971)

M.A. in Appalachian Studies from Appalachian State University,
Boone, North Carolina, with a major emphasis in regional and
cultural music & broadcasting (1993)

Completed course work in Japanese Language at University of
Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii (1983-1984) and Karuizawa Language
School, Karuizawa, Nagano-Ken, Japan (1982-1983)

Teaching Specialties

Audio Production
Music in Broadcasting
Radio Announcing & Operations
Electronic Media/Broadcast Programming

Current Courses Being Taught

COM 2316 Audio Production I
COM 3306 Audio Production II
COM 3333 Electronic Media Programming
Independent Study - Advanced Audio Production

Professional Affiliations / Organizations

AES (Audio Engineering Society)

ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors,and Publishers)

BEA (Broadcast Education Association)

MEIEA (Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association)

NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences)

Research Interests

Radio, television, and music audio productions
Digital electronic media
Music in Broadcasting

Selected Publications

The Responsible Reporter: Journalism in the Information Age
Third Edition
Chapter: Interviewing
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2008

An Appalachian Winter
Producer, recording engineer, and artist for instrumental Celtic
Appalachian music CD, Cabin Cove Records, 2008

Dancin' Cross the Strings
Producer, recording engineer, and artist for instrumental Celtic
Appalachian music CD, Cabin Cove Records, 2007

Encyclopedia of Appalachia
Article:"Religious Broadcasting", University of Tennessee Press
Media Section, 2006

An Appalachian Aire
Producer, recording engineer, and artist for instrumental Celtic
Appalachian music CD, Cabin Cove Records, 2005

Mountain Memos
Producer and narrator of a series of 60 second educational radio
spots about Appalachian culture and history for the Appalachian
Consortium, 1999

The Appalachian Way
Creator, Producer, Writer and Host of the Appalachian Center's
weekly regionally syndicated radio program about the music and
cultural folkways in Appalachia,Appalachian State University, 1991-1993.

New River Symposium Journal
Article: "My People's Music: A Cultural
Perspective of Appalachian Music", Beckley, West Virginia, April 1992.