David Lawrence

New media expert David Lawrence is at the forefront of the podcasting revolution, having delivered daily RealAudio and MP3 "podcasts" via email from early 1994. All of his radio shows sport their own podcasts, and Lawrence counts over 350 Fortune 500 and private companies as podcasting clients, either as a podcast talent, producer, designer or consultant. Each night, he voices over 25 daily podcast episodes for clients, and frequently speaks at events, including the NAB, NAB Europe, CES and the Portable Media Expo, on honing the skills necessary to be an efficient, professional and profitable podcast talent.

Lawrence has been on radio for over 30 years as a top rated air personality on stations like WMAL, WMZQ and WRQX/Washington DC, WGAR, WGCL, and WDMT/Cleveland, KC101/New Haven, WTAE/Pittsburgh and WNCI and WLVQ/Columbus. He is also well known as a network and syndicated talent, having The Net Music Countdown, Online Tonight and the David Lawrence Show on both satellite systems and over 300 radio stations across the country. He is a founding member and was executive producer of the legendary radio comedy ensemble, the American Comedy Network. He wrote the best-selling Learn HTML on The Macintosh, the first web design book exclusively for Macintosh users.

His is the voice of America Online’s customer service lines, as well as the voice of over 1500 other interactive voice response telephone systems – he is one of the most often heard voices in the world, and is also a SAG and AFTRA actor, starring on television and in films, including the webisodic hit, Goodnight Burbank as Frank, the station manager - his past theatre and voice work include originating the role of Charles Bukowski in Sacred Fools’ LA’s award-winning Bukowsical!, Potter in It’s A Wonderful Life, the role of El Gallo in The Fantasticks, as well as parts in The Children’s Hour, The Good Doctor, Born Yesterday, The Fall of the House of Usher and starred as Barry Champlain in Talk Radio. He has performed on stage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and is a lifelong member of Mensa.

Lawrence makes regular appearances as an industry commentator on G4, CNN, FOX, CBS, MS-NBC, and Tribune broadcasting outlets as well as the CBC and the BBC, where he is a featured expert on Radio 5 Live’s Up All Night.