Marc Cohen
Encyclopedia
Marc Cohen is a radio personality
who has spent over 30 years as a prominent Southern California
announcer. He has performed on both television and radio and has a long running technology show, which is not only well respected, it is one of the most listened to shows on technology in the country. He has made many keynote speeches at technology conferences and he is called upon by the top technology companies like Microsoft
, Sony
and Gateway, Inc.
to do early technology testing. In addition,
he has been a judge for the Codie Award
judging the top software in the country.
and graduated from Cal State Northridge. He is married to Leslie. His daughter Allison is a psychotherapist and his son Darryl is a Managing Director at a leading financial institution. Marc was formerly President of the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation
and a current board member of NAAAA, the National Association of African American Athletes .
Radio personality
A radio personality is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio show that may take calls from listeners, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather,...
who has spent over 30 years as a prominent Southern California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
announcer. He has performed on both television and radio and has a long running technology show, which is not only well respected, it is one of the most listened to shows on technology in the country. He has made many keynote speeches at technology conferences and he is called upon by the top technology companies like Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
, Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
and Gateway, Inc.
Gateway, Inc.
Gateway Computer Corporation, is a computer hardware company headquartered in Irvine, California, USA which develops, manufactures, supports, and markets a wide range of personal computers, computer monitors, servers, and computer accessories...
to do early technology testing. In addition,
he has been a judge for the Codie Award
Codie awards
The CODiE awards are annual awards issued by the Software and Information Industry Association for excellence in software development within the software industry....
judging the top software in the country.
Personal
Marc Cohen lives in the San Fernando ValleySan Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it...
and graduated from Cal State Northridge. He is married to Leslie. His daughter Allison is a psychotherapist and his son Darryl is a Managing Director at a leading financial institution. Marc was formerly President of the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation
Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation
The Starlight Children's Foundation is a 501 non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for children with chronic and life-threatening medical conditions. The foundation has chapters and offices located throughout the United States, with the national headquarters located in...
and a current board member of NAAAA, the National Association of African American Athletes .
Career Notes
- Marc's show airs weekly on wsRadioWsRadiowsRadio is an Internet talk radio which started broadcasting on August 15, 2001 with 5 shows and has grown to over 120 shows....
.com with co-host Marsha CollierMarsha CollierMarsha Collier is a well-known author, radio personality and educator specializing in technology and training individuals how to use and make money on eBay and online....
author of eBay for Dummies. - Marc Cohen was the host of the KABC (AM)KABC (AM)KABC is a Los Angeles radio station, and a West Coast flagship station for the Cumulus Media company. A pioneer of the talk radio format, the station went "all-talk" in 1960 and was one of the first stations to do so...
Computer and Technology Show from 1998 to 2008 after hosting a regular technology segment on the KABC Morning Show with Ken MinyardKen MinyardKen Minyard is a radio personality. He was featured on KABC radio's morning Newstalk show in the early 1970s, but he is best remembered as a partner on the radio with Bob Arthur...
. - Marc and Marsha were heard on KTRB860 in the San Francisco Bay Area from 2009 until sometime before the station went into receivership.
- Marc is a Managing Director at a leading Financial Institution in Westlake Village California
- Marc's reviews of computer software and hardware are often quoted by technology companies worldwide.
- Until KABC and Marc Cohen split, Marc's computer and technology show was the longest-running radio technology show on a single station in Los Angeles, he started his show on KABC in 1998
- Marc was a sportscaster and newsman on Boss Radio KHJBoss RadioBoss Radio was the name of two radio programming formats, both launched in the early 1960s: One in the United States, and one in the United Kingdom. Although the names were the same, the formats were quite different.-Boss Radio in the United States:...
and has been a featured reporter on KCAL-TVKCAL-TVKCAL-TV, channel 9, is an independent television station in Los Angeles, California, USA, owned by the CBS Corporation. KCAL-TV shares its studio facilities with KCBS-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.-Digital...
News as their technology expert. - He is a host of the Distinguished Speakers Series in Los Angeles and has hosted many international celebrities including Bill ClintonBill ClintonWilliam Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
, [Tony Blair] Mikhail GorbachevMikhail GorbachevMikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...
, Ariel SharonAriel SharonAriel Sharon is an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel’s 11th Prime Minister. He has been in a permanent vegetative state since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006....
, Senator John GlennJohn GlennJohn Herschel Glenn, Jr. is a former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and United States senator who was the first American to orbit the Earth and the third American in space. Glenn was a Marine Corps fighter pilot before joining NASA's Mercury program as a member of NASA's original...
and Bob WoodwardBob WoodwardRobert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist and non-fiction author. He has worked for The Washington Post since 1971 as a reporter, and is currently an associate editor of the Post....
.
External links
- http://quickbase.typepad.com/blog/2005/05/it_is_with_grea.html
- http://www.kabc.com
- http://wsradio.com/radio_showspage.aspx?id=10
- http://www.cohenwealthmanagementgroup.com