Jim Templeton became a free-lance audio editor/mixer on
New Year's Day, 2005. He spent the previous 21 years as an audio production specialist at Craig Recording
Studios in Jenkintown and then Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. He started working
at the full-service audio company right after Labor Day in 1983.
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| Jim designed this logo when the studio changed ownership in 1993. |
Jim's audio career started at La Salle College when he created and developed
"Both Sides Now," an award-winning documentary-type radio program, during his senior year.
He was graduated maxima cum laude with general college honors from La Salle in May 1983 as "the outstanding senior in communication
arts."
Jim returned to the La Salle classroom in January 1989 as an adjunct professor of Radio (now
Audio) Production. "During the semester we explore the power that sound has through
the technical and creative aspects of audio," said Jim. "It's a fun, satisfying experience for the students, and
I am continually impressed – sometimes surprised – by the caliber of their productions."
Jim has worked
in radio as a news anchor and an on-air music personality. While working at WIBF-FM (103.9)
in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, Jim created, produced and hosted "The Spirit of Song," a contemporary
Christian music program which aired from 1989 through 1992.
At Craig Recording Studios, Jim recorded, edited and mixed
audio for local and national radio and TV commercials/programs; for small and Fortune 500 companies' audio newsletters and
sales/training tapes; for lectures, interviews, stories and books on tape; and for inspirational, motivational, and educational
programs. In 1992, Jim worked on an audio tour for the La Salle University Art Museum. He also edited and remixed music for
a number of dance schools and other performance groups, including the Philadelphia 76ers Dance Team.
Jim has continued working for "former" Craig Recording clients since the studio closed for
good on Friday, December 31, 2004. A substantial and extensive flood from a faulty sprinkler in August 2004 precipitated the
studio's closing. Jim, who sees and appreciates the irony in many situations (and purposely used the word "precipitated" in
the previous sentence), was on vacation in Niagara Falls when the overhead sprinkler burst and poured out water for countless
hours overnight, when no one was around the building.
Jim is also a free-lance writer who wrote about the Philadelphia radio market
for RadioDigest.com from January 1999 through July 2000. His popular "Philly Phindings: A Radio Report"
enjoyed a loyal, weekly readership.
"My most memorable audio-visual production is the one I put together
in October 1989 when I proposed to my wife, Anne," said Jim. "Now that was an award winner!" Jim and Anne –
who also is a 1983 La Salle alumna and a high school math teacher – have four children.
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