Curriculum Vitae

Scotty Saks

Contact Information
Scotty Saks
3830 Valley Centre Dr. #705-704
San Diego, CA. 92130
630-667-7417
sovereignradio@prontomail.com

Personal Information
Date of Birth: 12/19/1959
Place of Birth: Chicago, IL
Citizenship: United States of America
Visa Status: Current- Mexico
Marital Status: Divorced
Children: Daughter – Age 13

Education: B.S. Marketing -Northern Illinois University 1981
Glenbrook South High School – Glenview, IL. 1977
Mentored by a US Marine & Veteran of Korean War (Father Edward)

Professional Career
1976-1981
Scotty was fortunate enough to begin his Professional Career while in High School by working with his Father Edward, a Television and Radio Producer. At age 17, Under the tutelage of his father, Scotty was working on a Syndicated Television Production with Broadcast legends Arthur Godfrey & Art Linkletter. Performing duties as a Grip on the Set of the “Arthur Godfrey Variety & Entertainment Special”, as well as in the boardroom with his father negotiating the syndication of the show to TV Stations. Being involved at such a young age with this Godfrey TV special, Scotty was hooked, and attended Northern Illinois University knowing he wanted to continue a career in Broadcast TV &. He graduated with a BS in Business.

1976-1981
While attending Northern Illinois University, Scott continued his pursuit of a Broadcast Sales & Marketing career working in Sales at the Local College Radio station and becoming involved in several Political campaigns. The first was a successful campaign to Run as Senator representing his District in the Student Government. Next, Scotty acted as Campaign Manager and ran the Campaign for a group Running for Student Government President, VP and Treasurer. The same year, Scotty was involved in The Presidential Campaign of Illinois Congressman John B. Anderson, who ran against Reagan & Carter in 1980. The time in Student Government and working on Campaigns would also be life shaping experiences and get the Political Juices flowing.

1981-2000
Upon graduation from NIU in 1981, Scotty started his Media Management company. The company would go on to work with Local, Regional and National Advertisers and handle all Advertising / Media Negotiations with Broadcast TV & Radio stations and networks.
The company grew to managing Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in media including General Market and Hispanic Advertising, Sponsorship and Syndication of TV & Radio properties, and Sports Sponsorships. Client Projects included:

Broadcast TV & Radio Media Management:
Mercedes Benz
Toshiba
Sony
HBO/Thorne/EMI
Nissan Parts & Service
Mr. Submarine
Play it Again Sports
USA Baby
Timex
National Land Partners.

Advertising & Sponsorship deals include working with:
MLB,, NHL, NFL, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, , NBC Sports, (Many other Cable Networks)
CBS Radio, iHeart Radio, Sirius Radio & Townsquare Radio.

Television & Radio Syndication
*Johnny Cash America Folklore. (200 Radio Stations)
*James Brown – Live at Chastain Park (Over 100 TV stations)
*Success Factors- Radio Syndication of a Radio feature segment based on the Book by the same name authored by Eugene Greisman.
*Air Shows & Stunts International. (Air Shows on Regional Cable Sports)
*Off Shore Boat Racing (ESPN)

Scotty’s role included Executive Producer – Funding the Projects through Sponsorship Sales and handling Syndication of the Programming across TV & Radio stations throughout the USA & Canada

2001-2020
In 2000 Scotty recognized the emergence of the internet and Digital Media. He developed an online Data Collection model that was sold to a Public Company looking to enter the Digital Marketing Space. Scotty spent the next two years spearheading the sales of the data collection platform to National Major Brands including:
*Petco
•Sports Illustrated
•Burger King
•Bose
•Meredith Publishing
•Geico Insurance

Under the e-commerce Solutions business model, Scotty led the company’s stock growth 1600%. This led to Scotty becoming involved in the Advertising & Marketing space of emerging technologies including Mobile Marketing, On Line Streaming (OTT) and various digital marketing platforms.

In 2009-2010 Scotty moved behind the microphone to host a Talk Radio Show in the Phoenix Market. The show focused on Business & Sports talk. He also went on in 2014 to start a Radio Network “The Expert Radio Network”, giving voice to experts on Radio in Real Estate, Finance, & Personal Development. The Network was sold to a Canadian firm in 2015.

In 2016 Scotty worked on the Presidential Campaign for Donald J. Trump in Southern California. He did both Election canvassing, telemarketing and even Set up for a big Trump Rally in San Diego.

In 2020 He continues to operate his small, privately held Media Management company, Media Market Services Corporation providing Media Management Services to Small & Mid-Size Companies, bringing Millions of Dollars in Advertising & Sponsorship revenue to the Main Stream Media (Something Scotty loses sleep over ). Being completely woke in 2010, he was uncomfortable supporting MSM ,but already 30 years into building a successful Broadcast Media & Digital Media business. In April of 2020, Scotty returns to Radio to host the Talk Show “Sovereign Radio”, on KYYW News Talk 1470 in Texas.

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