Shadoe Stevens
- Actor
- Music Department
- Producer
Shadoe Stevens
started off in radio at 11-years-old in his hometown of Jamestown,
North Dakota. Urban Legend has it that LIFE Magazine picked up the
story that he was on the air as "The World's Youngest Disc Jockey." He
graduated from high school, then for three years majored in Art at the
University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, before switching to Drama
and Journalism at the University of Arizona for another two years, all
the while working full time in radio to help put himself through
school.
It was then that he was given the chance to move to Boston to become a
DJ at WRKO. On his way to Boston, his name was changed to Shadoe in a
phone call from Alamogordo, New Mexico. In one year, his huge number
one success at WRKO in Boston led him to Los Angeles.
With his resonant voice and command on the airwaves, Stevens became one
of the City's most popular radio personalities. He then began his first
major television career move as the sidekick/announcer for "The Steve
Allen Show." Back in radio a short time later, he would become a
legendary Program Director, creating and launching "World Famous
KROQ-FM.
Leaving radio after creating three number one L.A. stations - KRLA,
KROQ-FM, and KMET-FM - Shadoe went into advertising. He created the
Branding, Advertising and Marketing campaign for a West Coast home
electronics company called The Federated Group. The campaign increased
sales 500%. In four years, the Federated Group grew from 14 local
stores to 78 superstores in 5 states. It was one of the most successful
regional advertising campaigns in U.S. history and the first regional
ad campaign ever to have received a 2-page spread in Time Magazine. His
Awards in advertising include Clio Awards and the Big Apple Award. In
radio, he received the Billboard Magazine Personality of the Year
Award.
Shadoe's more than 1,100 different television commercials for Federated
led first to a 3-picture deal with Dino DeLaurentis Entertainment and
the cult movie "TRAXX," to the number one TV series "Hollywood
Squares," then to the Fred Silverman produced one hour CBS series "Max
Monroe: Loose Cannon," followed by the hit CBS sitcom "Dave's World."
Along the way, Shadoe replaced Casey Kasem as the host of "American Top
40." This became the biggest radio show in the world with one billion
listeners a week in 110 countries. During this time, Shadoe was a guest
star on more than a dozen television series including "Beverly Hills
90210," "Baywatch," "The Larry Sanders Show," "Caroline in the City,"
"Clueless," "Fast Track," and "Burke's Law."
In motion pictures, Shadoe played the title role in "Traxx," Fred in
"Mr. Saturday Night," Maxwell in "Bucket of Blood," and Djony Dakota in
"Shadoevision" for HBO.
Shadoe was the Founder, Chairman, and President of RhythmRadio - "The
Sound of the World in a Good Mood," that was the first world-wide music
network and delivered programming on the radio in 30 countries and
programming on the Internet delivered in 7 languages.
Shadoe created "Cabo Wabo Radio" for rock star Sammy Hagar, designing
an "all up-all the time" rock music format with studios in Cabo San
Lucas, Mexico and Bel Air, California. It became the number one
Alternative Music format online in the world.
Shadoe was the voice of "The Late Late Show with Craig
Ferguson" from 2005 to 2015, and has continued to be the voice of countless
commercials and television shows including The Grammys, The Emmys, and
Comic Relief.
Shadoe created and produced 85 episodes of a podcast series, called, "Blackout Television," Improv-Comedy-Theater episodes with the All-Black Cast famous for the legendary "Black Version" improvisational theater series.
Shadoe then created series "MentalRadio," - mentalradio.net and the free app mentalradio - more than 12 hours of stories, parodies,
and adventures, and nearly 300,000 downloads. It has been described as:
"Word Jazz & an Audio-Visual Acid Trip of Spiritual Crack."
Shadoe has been "enthusiastically married" since 1986 to his third
wife, Beverly. His daughter, Amber Stevens, is a successful actress,
having starred in the ABC Family series "Greek" for four years, and the
movie "22 Jump Street" in 2014. Shadoe's daughter Chynarose is in accounting and money management in Los Angles. His son Brad, from his first marriage, works at Boeing in Ogden, Utah in aerospace and defense.
Stevens continues to work in multi-media art, painting, writing, production, radio, and has written 5 children's books.
In development is a live, theatrical version of his critically acclaimed audio theater
podcast series MentalRadio, in partnership
with Gil Smith, president of the Montalban Theater, MentalRadioLive is described as a Musical
Comic Book and will debut in 2024 in the heart of Hollywood.
started off in radio at 11-years-old in his hometown of Jamestown,
North Dakota. Urban Legend has it that LIFE Magazine picked up the
story that he was on the air as "The World's Youngest Disc Jockey." He
graduated from high school, then for three years majored in Art at the
University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, before switching to Drama
and Journalism at the University of Arizona for another two years, all
the while working full time in radio to help put himself through
school.
It was then that he was given the chance to move to Boston to become a
DJ at WRKO. On his way to Boston, his name was changed to Shadoe in a
phone call from Alamogordo, New Mexico. In one year, his huge number
one success at WRKO in Boston led him to Los Angeles.
With his resonant voice and command on the airwaves, Stevens became one
of the City's most popular radio personalities. He then began his first
major television career move as the sidekick/announcer for "The Steve
Allen Show." Back in radio a short time later, he would become a
legendary Program Director, creating and launching "World Famous
KROQ-FM.
Leaving radio after creating three number one L.A. stations - KRLA,
KROQ-FM, and KMET-FM - Shadoe went into advertising. He created the
Branding, Advertising and Marketing campaign for a West Coast home
electronics company called The Federated Group. The campaign increased
sales 500%. In four years, the Federated Group grew from 14 local
stores to 78 superstores in 5 states. It was one of the most successful
regional advertising campaigns in U.S. history and the first regional
ad campaign ever to have received a 2-page spread in Time Magazine. His
Awards in advertising include Clio Awards and the Big Apple Award. In
radio, he received the Billboard Magazine Personality of the Year
Award.
Shadoe's more than 1,100 different television commercials for Federated
led first to a 3-picture deal with Dino DeLaurentis Entertainment and
the cult movie "TRAXX," to the number one TV series "Hollywood
Squares," then to the Fred Silverman produced one hour CBS series "Max
Monroe: Loose Cannon," followed by the hit CBS sitcom "Dave's World."
Along the way, Shadoe replaced Casey Kasem as the host of "American Top
40." This became the biggest radio show in the world with one billion
listeners a week in 110 countries. During this time, Shadoe was a guest
star on more than a dozen television series including "Beverly Hills
90210," "Baywatch," "The Larry Sanders Show," "Caroline in the City,"
"Clueless," "Fast Track," and "Burke's Law."
In motion pictures, Shadoe played the title role in "Traxx," Fred in
"Mr. Saturday Night," Maxwell in "Bucket of Blood," and Djony Dakota in
"Shadoevision" for HBO.
Shadoe was the Founder, Chairman, and President of RhythmRadio - "The
Sound of the World in a Good Mood," that was the first world-wide music
network and delivered programming on the radio in 30 countries and
programming on the Internet delivered in 7 languages.
Shadoe created "Cabo Wabo Radio" for rock star Sammy Hagar, designing
an "all up-all the time" rock music format with studios in Cabo San
Lucas, Mexico and Bel Air, California. It became the number one
Alternative Music format online in the world.
Shadoe was the voice of "The Late Late Show with Craig
Ferguson" from 2005 to 2015, and has continued to be the voice of countless
commercials and television shows including The Grammys, The Emmys, and
Comic Relief.
Shadoe created and produced 85 episodes of a podcast series, called, "Blackout Television," Improv-Comedy-Theater episodes with the All-Black Cast famous for the legendary "Black Version" improvisational theater series.
Shadoe then created series "MentalRadio," - mentalradio.net and the free app mentalradio - more than 12 hours of stories, parodies,
and adventures, and nearly 300,000 downloads. It has been described as:
"Word Jazz & an Audio-Visual Acid Trip of Spiritual Crack."
Shadoe has been "enthusiastically married" since 1986 to his third
wife, Beverly. His daughter, Amber Stevens, is a successful actress,
having starred in the ABC Family series "Greek" for four years, and the
movie "22 Jump Street" in 2014. Shadoe's daughter Chynarose is in accounting and money management in Los Angles. His son Brad, from his first marriage, works at Boeing in Ogden, Utah in aerospace and defense.
Stevens continues to work in multi-media art, painting, writing, production, radio, and has written 5 children's books.
In development is a live, theatrical version of his critically acclaimed audio theater
podcast series MentalRadio, in partnership
with Gil Smith, president of the Montalban Theater, MentalRadioLive is described as a Musical
Comic Book and will debut in 2024 in the heart of Hollywood.