Dave Kendall
I am a journalist and producer at the Bangkok Post, and over the last 30 years I have created and hosted content for television, radio and online. I created the groundbreaking “120 Minutes” for MTV, produced and hosted numerous other TV and radio shows, and project-managed corporate website construction and maintenance.
I began my career as a journalist and editor, conducting interviews and writing hundreds of features and reviews for American and British newspapers and magazines, including Melody Maker, Spin and The New York Post.
After relocating from my native England to New York City, I was hired by MTV to create the acclaimed music show “120 Minutes,” and spent seven years as an MTV writer, producer, presenter and news reporter.
I went on to host and co-produce the nationally syndicated television talk show, “Music Scoupe”, host the internationally simulcast concert “Soccer Rocks The Globe” with Angie Everhart, and anchor the “Woodstock ’94” pay-per-view.
I have also worked extensively in radio, writing and hosting several local and nationally syndicated radio shows. Hot 97’s “Planet Traxx” was the first electronica show on commercial radio, while the syndicated shows “Left of the Dial” and “Cross Currents” covered the alternative music scene.
In 1995, I shifted my focus to the Internet. I created the first music site to stream video, alterworld.com, and joined THINK New Ideas, Inc. as a producer and project manager. My accounts included msnbc.com, mita.com and berlitz.com, while THINK itself achieved a successful IPO during my tenure.
In 1997, I began to edit and host Columbia Records’ streaming music news show, “The Daily Dish”. A year later, I relocated to Los Angeles to develop an Internet strategy for Raygun Publishing, Inc., the Santa Monica-based publisher of Raygun and Bikini magazines.
In January 2000, I joined Soundbreak.com as Director of Content, and was soon promoted to Executive Director of Content Development, supervising a 20-person team of writers, producers, engineers and video editors.
My duties at Soundbreak included formulating and developing “Sweetspot” video interviews and an interactive music news show, conceiving a site redesign architecture, developing competitive analyses and viral marketing plans, and forming strategic alliances with Real Networks, Microsoft, Sonic Foundry/Juno, Earthlink and others.
I have also worked extensively as a club DJ, with a seven-year residency at New York City’s Limelight, two years at Sinamatic in Los Angeles and appearances across the US. My nonstop mix CD “A Voyage Into Trance, Volume 2” was released worldwide on Hypnotic/Cleopatra Records in January 2002.
I have been interviewed by the BBC, CNN, “Modern Rock Live” and several network affiliates, and featured in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, In Fashion, Spin, Creem, U and Alternative Press. I have been a frequent panellist, moderator and guest speaker at numerous Internet and music conferences, including the New Music Seminar, CMJ Music Marathon, Emediatainment and Internet Content West.
In 2002, I switched back from online to the TV world, writing, producing and story-editing shows for TechTV/G4, Sky, Channel 4, Travel Channel and Animal Planet.
In early 2005, I relocated to Chiang Mai, Thailand, volunteering and fundraising for RejoiceThailand and Freedom House. In 2008 I was recruited to host”Party 360″ and other shows on SiriusXM’s First Wave channel, and then began freelancing as a writer and story editor on documentaries for US networks such as “I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant” for TLC.
In 2011, I moved south to Bangkok to present and produce “Destination Thailand” — a travel show that airs in hotels and on cable and satellite networks in South-East Asia — and produce advertorial and TVCs for Capital TV in Bangkok.
By 2013 I was on the move again to Hong Kong and then Shanghai, where I taught and worked as a camera operator at live events for Jaguar LandRover, Disney and Bloomberg.
Since 2017 I have been at the Bangkok Post, where I write and edit stories, produce multimedia online content and anchor programmes. I also continue to host radio shows for SiriusXM and freelance as a journalist and cameraman. I recently began to sub-edit for the NGO Digital Reach.
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