Background
McClear, Richard Vance was born on November 21, 1946 in Jersey City. Son of Vance Albert and Margaret (Brew) McClear.
Public radio station executive
McClear, Richard Vance was born on November 21, 1946 in Jersey City. Son of Vance Albert and Margaret (Brew) McClear.
Bachelor in Political Science magna cum laude, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1968; postgraduate, Soochow U., Taipei, Taiwan, 1969; Master of Arts in Speech and Comm., University of Minnesota, 1975.
Announcer, engineer, Station WCAL-AM-FM, Northfield, Minnesota, 1965-1972;
president, Northern Community Radio, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, 1970-1980;
manager, Station KTOO-FM, Juneau, Alaska., 1980;
Chief Executive Officer, general manager Station KCAW-FM,, Raven Radio Foundation, Sitka, Alaska., 1980-1993;
coordinator, Coast Alaska, Juneau, 1994-1995;
Fulbright lecturer in mass communications, U. Tirana, Albania, 1995-1996;
resident advisor pro media program, International Research and Exch. Board, since 1996;
graduate teaching associate University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1968-1970. Board directors Alaska Public.Radio Network, Anchorage, 1984-1993, Chairman of the Board, 1991-1993.
Member long range planning committee Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission, Juneau, 1991-1993. Anowner Station KLEF-FM, Anchorage, since 1987. Member CPB Public Radio Task Force, 1994-1995.
Consultant on strategic planning, fund raising, grant writing, and general management and broadcasting in post-communist countries Native Broadcast Center, Anchorage, Superior Radio Network, Duluth, Minnesota, public radio statistics, Radio Tirana, Albania, Radio Iwvar, Khabarovsk, Russa, also others. Former instructor U. Alaska S.E., Sitka, St. Cloud (Minnesota) State University.
Chairman Sitka Economics Development Commission, 1986-1993. Member Russian committee Sitka History Society, 1991-1993. Chairman Sitka, 1985.
Member Alaska grants review panel Grotto Foundation, St. Paul, 1983-1985. Member National Federation Cmty. Broadcasters (national board directors 1986-1990, treasurer 1989-1990), Sitka Chamber of Commerce, Sitka World Affairs Council, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Susan A. McClear, June 10, 1968. Children: Brian Boru Michael, Kevin Seamus Padraic.
