Ron Cutler is a radio personality and entrepreneur best known for being the co-founder of the podcasting platform
Parcast
Parcast was a digital media firm and podcast network, that specialized in producing scripted podcasts and audio dramas. It was founded in 2016 by podcaster Max Cutler and his father Ron Cutler in Los Angeles California.
In 2019, it was acquired ...
as well as the founder of Cutler Productions and the Cutler Comedy Networks (now a part of
iHeartMedia
iHeartMedia, Inc., or CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc., formerly Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a company founded by ...
).
Biography
Cutler was raised in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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. He began his early career hosting teenage dances in Pennsylvania starting in 1961.
[ He eventually transitioned into radio broadcasting as "DJ Ron Diamond", becoming one of the first disc jockeys to play both contemporary music and oldies on ]FM radio
FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting that uses frequency modulation (FM) of the radio broadcast carrier wave. Invented in 1933 by American engineer Edwin Armstrong, wide-band FM is used worldwide to transmit high fidelity, high-f ...
.[ After moving to ]San Jose, California
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, Cutler and a partner, Mel Gollub, took over KUFX in 1970, renaming it to KOME
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An unrelated FM station ...
in 1971.Rick Dees
Rigdon Osmond Dees III (born March 14, 1950), best known as Rick Dees, is an American entertainer, radio personality, comedian, actor, and voice artist, best known for his internationally syndicated radio show '' The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Coun ...
, Tom Joyner
Thomas Joyner (born November 23, 1949) is an American radio personality, host, philanthropist and former musician. Joyner is the former host of the nationally syndicated '' The Tom Joyner Morning Show'', and also founder of Reach Media Inc., the ...
, and Cousin Brucie throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In the early 1990s, he eventually opened his own radio station, KTUN-AM, which focused on playing movie and show tunes.iHeartMedia
iHeartMedia, Inc., or CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc., formerly Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a company founded by ...
.Max Cutler
Max Cutler is an American entrepreneur, creator, author and businessman best known for founding the podcast studio Parcast in 2016.
Spotify acquired Parcast in 2019. Max Cutler has been featured on ''Fortune'' 40 Under 40, The 40(ish) Most Powe ...
, Cutler started Parcast
Parcast was a digital media firm and podcast network, that specialized in producing scripted podcasts and audio dramas. It was founded in 2016 by podcaster Max Cutler and his father Ron Cutler in Los Angeles California.
In 2019, it was acquired ...
, a podcasting network and distribution platform, in 2016.
References
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American comedy podcasters
Living people
Spotify people
Year of birth missing (living people)