Frank Radice is a television industry executive, businessman and author. He resides in New York City and London, England.
Radice currently serves as Managing Partner of VIDA F.R. Company, a promotion, marketing, media, and consulting firm with offices in
New York City
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,
Los Angeles
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, and
London
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. Radice also serves as the Expert-in-Residence at
Definition 6
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About
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, an Atlanta-based unified digital marketing agency . He is also the Creative Adviser to
Thought Development and
ON-AIR Pro. Radice is a Member,
Directors Guild of America
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(DGA), Writer/Member,
Broadcast Music Incorporated
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(BMI) and on the Executive Advisory Board for the Broadway Walk of Stars.
Television Career (1972-2009)
Frank Radice was President and Chief Marketing Officer of the
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
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(NATAS) where he added a new category of National
Emmy Award
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for Promotional Announcements and transacted a deal with
Associated Television International
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to broadcast the Daytime Emmy’s on the CW.
From 1973 to 1991, Radice was a producer at ABC News for Nightline, World News Tonight, Good Morning America and The Last Word.
At
NBC
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, Radice was an executive vice president who helped develop the "NBC News: America's News Leader" campaign.
In 2007, he oversaw the marketing of “Where in the World is
Matt Lauer
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?" which became a successful online NBC Today Show franchise and was sold to Hyundai Motors under a sponsorship agreement. Radice also coordinated a deal agreement between NBC Universal and Procter & Gamble that launched ''petside.com'' a web site catering to the pet industry.
Book Publishing Career
In 2006, Frank and his wife, Vida, co-wrote "Sam Katz on the Loose" a pop-up children's book illustrated by
Charles Fazzino
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As described in the book about Fazzino title ...
and published by
Random House
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.
Music
Radice is a musician, songwriter and composer. During his early years, he sang and played guitar in several rock and blues bands including
The Righteous Brothers
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,
Peaches & Herb
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,
The Phil Flowers Band
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and
Sideshow
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Types
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*The Ten-in-One offers a program of ten seq ...
. Later in his career, Radice co-wrote the “America’s First Family” theme, and was Executive Producer of the Emmy nominated “Live For Today” and "Why I Love Today" themes, all for NBC’s
Today Show
''Today'' (also called ''The Today Show'' or informally, ''NBC News Today'') is an American news and talk morning television show that airs weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It w ...
.
In 2008, Frank worked with the legendary composer and producer,
David Foster
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, and "
Band from TV
Band from TV is a charity cover band whose members are all actors from American television series. They donate the proceeds of their performances and recordings to the charities of their choice.
Band history
Actor Greg Grunberg had the idea for ...
", on 2 cuts for the CD release of the music from the hit television series ''
House M.D.
''House'' (also called ''House, M.D.'') is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network for eight seasons, from November 16, 2004, to May 21, 2012. The series' main character is G ...
'' with proceeds benefiting various charities on the
House M.D. Original Television Soundtrack.
References
Sources
Nexttv , Programming, Business , Multichannel Broadcasting + Cable , www.nexttv.com
External links
FrankRadice.com
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American telecommunications industry businesspeople
Living people
1949 births
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School alumni
University of Maryland, College Park alumni