From Mooretown to Motown, Hollywood to Nollywood ...Ted Studied, full time, Drama/Film acting and psychology...and accomplished that mission after a year as a full time student...Other schools where Ted studied various courses are: The Sorbonne in Paris, UCLA Westwood, Victoria University Wellington, NZ...and LSUS. After retirement Ted embarked upon a number of odd consulting jobs with Radio 1 and Tiare FM In Papeete, Tahiti, Hot Fm in Abuja, Nigeria, Smooth Fm in Lagos, Nigeria and Radio PRK in Bunia D R Congo. Ted had the pleasure of living in these places while working with the respective stations. The result, Ted is fluent in French, Proficient in German and Very Proficient in Spanish, with a working knowledge of Swahili. Later and most recently Ted spent time in The Congo serving in a missionary capacity, building a Christian Radio station for the Church of Christ. Additionally he did a mission assignment in Vera Cruz as an English teacher at a seminary. Thus spending time in the pulpit, leading Bible study classes...In addition, Ted has worked, over the years, teaching a Biblical 12 step program at the Shreveport Rescue Mission plus handling all the media advertising, Television Production and talent work for the mission and for the Salvation Army in Texarkana, Ark.
In 2007 Ted built a Christian Radio in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the war-torn province of Ituri. While there the tribal war continued and the area was hit by a 6.9 earthquake. In 2008 another project was started in Lagos, Nigeria, a city of 30 million.
Ted worked in Detroit Mich. (Motown) as China Jones on the Bartell Broadcasting station WDRQ...This station was the first Detroit FM to beat a dominant AM Top 40 station...in that The Q beat CKLW....
Ted speaks French fluently, very good Spanish, very good German, some Turkish, some Tahitian and a bit of Serbo-Croatian.
Louisiana State University was Teds school of choice at the age of 58, where he first studied improvisation and drama...gaining a basis for a successful acting 2nd career. Ted spent 41 years in radio before retiring at the age of 50 in 1999.
Ted lived for 6 Years in Paris, 3 Years in New Zealand, Several Missionary stints in The Democratic Republic of Congo and Vera Cruz in Southern Mexico, Abuja, Nigeria, Berlin and Papeete Tahiti. He was a broadcast consultant building commercial and religious radio station in each location.
