Cliff Dumas

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ABOUT CLIFF DUMAS

Cliff Dumas is a CMA, ACM, and CCMA award-winning Hall of Fame broadcaster whose career spans radio, television, podcasting, digital media, and executive leadership across Canada and the United States. He is the owner and operator of Alaska First Media, a locally owned broadcast and digital media company serving Southeast Alaska. Alaska First Media operates one of Southeast Alaska’s most established local media groups, with stations serving Juneau, Ketchikan, and Sitka. Its brands include KINY, TAKU 105, MIX 106, KXJ, KJNO, The Hawk, Gateway 106, KTKN, KIFW, and MIX 103, along with management of KFMJ in Ketchikan. Cliff’s career includes decades as a major-market morning radio host in both Canada and the United States. He is the only Canadian broadcaster to win either a CMA Large Market or ACM Major Market Radio Personality of the Year award. In Canada, he has been named Radio Personality of the Year 18 times by the Canadian Country Music Association, Radio & Records Magazine, and the Big Country Awards. Beyond radio, Cliff was part of the team that launched Toronto’s first Country FM station and helped launch the CMT Network in Canada, where he served for nearly 18 years as a writer, producer, and imaging voice. His television work includes co-producing, writing, voicing, and helping lead creative teams behind major Canadian productions, including The Tommy Hunter Show, 18 CCMA Awards broadcasts, The Gemini Awards, and music specials featuring Anne Murray, Paul Brandt, Terri Clark, Michelle Wright, and others. Cliff is IAB 360-certified in digital advertising, a multiple Mark Award recipient for excellence in broadcast television marketing, and the author of Broadcast2Podcast, an instructional guide to broadcasting and podcasting available on Amazon. His corporate and board experience includes serving as Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer of EverythingPodcasts.com, and as Chief Communications Officer, Executive Vice President, and Director of a publicly traded programmatic advertising technology company on the Toronto Stock Exchange. He has also served on the board of directors for the Canadian Country Music Association. Cliff’s work brings together broadcasting, podcasting, digital strategy, content development, advertising technology, executive leadership, and the building of high-performance creative teams across traditional and digital media platforms.