John McMullen Productions: Recent Episodes
John McMullen
For more than three decades, John McMullen has been a broadcast and podcast personality, producer, executive producer, program director, and creative director responsible for the creation and distribution of a variety of audio and video multi-media content. This channel is a showcase of those endeavors.
The new Fight Song for the Richie & John Show podcast from the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Enjoy the latest contemporary hit by the fabulous Johnny Mac discovery, Tailor Swiftknee.
In mid-2018, with Cannabis being one of the most rapidly growing... pardon the pun... industries in the Coachella Valley - you might saying businesses and consumers were popping up like weeds - iHub Radio with hosts Ana & Davin Fesmire launched the first news magazine audio potcast - American 420.
Abbreviated highlights from iHub Radio's John McMullen Show from an episode in 2021 featuring conversations with Desert Hot Springs City Councilman Russell Betts, Desert Water Agency spokesperson Ashley Metzger, and Larry Davis, Vice President of Forest Lawn's Coachella Valley mortuaries and memorial parks. [These are not complete interviews - For Demo Purposes only]
Four examples of 30- and 60-second radio advertisements written and/or produced by John McMullen. These spots are for: Russell Betts for Desert Hot Springs City Council; Ken Seeley Communities/Intervention 911; Rudy's Termite & Pest Control; and, Brite Smile. Among the other local and regional advertising clients McMullen has generated copy and audio/video creative for are: D'Place Entertainment (Mary Pickford Theatre), Jewish Family Services of the Desert, Lighthouse Dispensary, Palm Springs Cultural Center, General Air Conditioning and Plumbing, The Desert Sun/USA Today Network (Gannett), DAP Health AIDS Walk, Coachella Valley Economic Partnership, Palm Springs Gay Men's Chorus, Harcourts Desert Homes, Old Town La Quinta, Palm Desert Ace Hardware, Desert Dream Dentistry, Elmer's Restaurant, The Desert Symphony, 420 Bank & Lounge, and Southern Belle Restaurant.
Grape Encounters is the most successful and longest-running weekly radio program and podcast in the world on the subject of Wine. This is the program that takes pretentiousness and pours it down the drain and has become the listening mainstay of winemakers around the globe. Creator and Host David Wilson teamed up with John McMullen to executive produce and grow the program from a single affiliate in Central California to more than 100 radio stations across the USA and reach thousands more listeners via podcast. This 4.5 minute clip will provide you with the sound and spirit that has engaged the Who's Who of Vino and everyday wine loving consumers everywhere. The program has been running for more than a decade. A perfect blend of interviews and narrative storytelling, this program and its companion daily short-form feature Uncorked are accessible from http://www.GrapeEncounters.com (GrapeEncounters.com).
In July 2002, John McMullen became the first Director of Talk & Entertainment Programming at SIRIUS Satellite Radio. He also had the distinction of being the first Sirius-original talk show host and station manager when he created their political left channel Sirius Buzz, and LGBTQ channel Sirius OutQ. As the marquis host of the John McMullen Show, he interviewed hundreds of newsmakers, entertainers, authors, journalists, and community leaders. He also was the anchor, executive producer and logistics manager for major special events broadcasts on Sirius that included political conventions, election nights, extended breaking news coverage, and sports and arts/cultural festivals. On this 13.5 minute example, you'll hear clips from from a couple editions of his 3-hour daily current events program that include conversations with U.S. Presidential candidate and former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, star of stage, screen and song actor/playwright/musician (and human rights advocate!) Harvey Fierstein, and the notorious homophobic (now-deceased) pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church, Fred Phelps. There is also a testimonial advertisement that was part of the first automotive industry campaign on Sirius which McMullen secured with Subaru in 2004. He was a national LGBTQ community spokesperson for the brand until leaving the company in late-2006.