Contact and Overview
Email Address
Office Hours
Monday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
And by appointment
Education
Atlanta School of Radio and TV Broadcasting
Teaching
Currently Teaching (Spring 2023)
COM 2313 WASU Activity
Research Specialties
Radio Broadcasting
Creative Work
- Work with broadcasters nationally including iHeart, Beasley Media Group, Curtis Media, Entercom, Urban One, Cumulus, and others through the National Radio Talent System
- Contributor to various broadcast publications
Publications
Contributed to
- Creating Powerful Radio, a Communicators Handbook" & "The Powerful Radio Workbook"-Valerie Geller "Music Research
- The Silver Bullet to Eternal Success"-Tom Kelly
- "Wizard of the Wind"-Don Keith was dedicated to Dan Vallie and among other broadcasters
- "Good Day! The Paul Harvey Story" by Paul Batura (Dan contributed a blurb for the back of the book cover)
Recent Awards
- Golden Mic Award, Georgia Association of Broadcasters (2019)
- North Carolina Association of Broadcasters Wade Hargrove Award (2017) Award for Community Leadership
- The Rockwell Award for Inspirational Leadership and Accomplishment from Conclave Minneapolis (2016)
- Georgia Radio Hall of Fame (2016)
- Jacobs MediaRadio's Most Innovative Award (2015)
- Rockwell Lifetime Achievement Award, The Conclave (2015)

Title: Practitioner-in-Residence, General Manager WASU FM, Director of the Kellar Radio Talent Institute
Department: Department of Communication
Email address: Email me
Phone: (828) 262-7621