AIRLIFT PRODUCTIONS · NEW ORLEANS
A lifetime behind the microphone.
One human. A few familiar names.
A whole lot of stories.
I’m Micheal Ziants. I founded Airlift Productions in New Orleans in 1984, bringing years of radio experience from Harrisburg, St. Louis, Nashville, Philadelphia and New Orleans. On air, listeners knew me as John Saint John and later Mike McCann.
My work has grown from radio and television production to audiobooks, audio podcasts and much more. My purpose is still personal: help someone be heard, and help someone else understand.
Explore the radio stories →THE SHORT VERSION OF A LONG STORY
John Saint John
WKBO in Harrisburg, KSD in St. Louis, WLAC in Nashville and WIFI in Philadelphia. My education in reaching people as a broadcaster.
Mike McCann
I became Mike McCann to Q-93/WQUE listeners in the Crescent City. New Orleans became my home.
Airlift takes flight
I founded Airlift Productions, with a focus on radio and television commercial production.
The human behind the sound
Voiceover, audiobook narration and production, podcasts, demos and studio sessions. My story continues.
History drawn from Airlift’s original biography and my first-person archive.
BEYOND THE ON-AIR NAMES
A human story.
Family included.
My archive holds more than studio credits: family, Pennsylvania roots, New Orleans life and the people who shaped me.
Read the story in my own words →About Airlift Productions
Discover the expertise behind every audio production.
Micheal Ziants Audio Shaman, Producer & Founder
Following a whirlwind radio career-through St. Louis (KSD), Nashville (WLAC), Philadelphia (WIFI), New Orleans (Q-93), and Harrisburg (WKBO)-accompanied by years of award-winning commercial work, Micheal founded Airlift Productions in NOLA in 1984. Originally specializing in radio/TV commercial production, Airlift Productions soon expanded into industrial training, educational software, voice-over demos, podcasts, and audiobook work. Today, Airlift Mike , as Mike McCann, serves as the national Imaging announcer for iHeart and Premiere Networks “Your Morning Show” with Michael DelGiorno.
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Airlift Mike Radio & Studio Days/Daze
The Radio Days/Daze, through the ’70s & ’80s, uniquely qualified and prepared Airlift Mike to helm Airlift Productions, known as Mike McCann in New Orleans… and John Saint John elsewhere.
Trusted by Grammy Winners
“Micheal Ziants & I have worked on a number of celebrity productions together. He’s a cool head in tight spots, keeping the talent moving ahead happily. He has a wealth of experience at the controls and behind the mic, and knows what he can and can’t get — a valuable and rare sense of proportion. Working at Airlift Productions remotely via Skype or phone patch is seamless. It’s like being in the next room.”— John F. McElroy, NYC-BASED GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING Audio Book Producer
Airlift Productions Profile
Founded: 1984Owner: Micheal G. Ziants
Areas of Expertise: Voiceovers, Audiobooks, Demo Productions & Podcasts
Airlift Productions’
Clients & Credits List Has Included:
- Nationwide Imaging Announcer for iHeart Radio’s MICHAEL DelGIORNO TALK SHOW
- Producer – GYPSY-ROSE BLANCHARD Audiobook “MY TIME TO STAND” for RB-Media
- Narrator/Producer – P. J. JONES’ “THE EVIL I HAVE SEEN” True Crime Audiobook
- Ochsner Hospital/Ochsner Cancer Institute – Website Podcasts Producer
- Narrator – James Patterson’s ‘THE CHEF’ Audiobook for Hachette Book Group
- New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
- EXHALE-HOPE, HEALING, & A LIFE IN TRANSPLANT,’ David Weill, MD, Audiobook-Producer
- Congressman Steve Scalise’s “BACK IN THE GAME” Audiobook for Hachette – Producer
- “CORRESPONDENTS” Audiobook, recording actress Necar Zadegan for Blackstone – Producer
- The History Channel
- Narrator – “MURDER IN COWETA COUNTY” Audiobook for Pelican Publishing
- Producer-‘The Good Dog Way: Love Them By Leading Them’ Audiobooks Volumes I & II with Internationally Known Dog Trainer Sean O’Shea
- Imaging Announcer for the Mike Church Veritas Network & Crusade Channel
- James Carville’s AudioBook, “IT’S THE MIDDLE CLASS, STUPID!” – Producer
- James Carville & Mary Matalin’s Audiobook “LOVE & WAR” for Amazon/Audible.com
- The Destination Network
- The New Orleans Hornets
- Quincy Jones/Fox Broadcasting
- The Louisiana Lottery
- The Learning Channel (TLC) – Discovery Studios, Los Angeles
- Tribune Broadcasting & Tribune Entertainment
- Pulitzer Broadcasting
- The House of Blues – New Orleans & Chicago
- Avondale Shipyards
- Louis Armstrong / New Orleans International Airport
- Shell Oil
- New Orleans’ Supernatural Novelist – Ms. Anne Rice
- Pan American Life Insurance Company
- Harrah’s Casino & Theatre
- Seacor Marine Worldwide Interests
- The Port of New Orleans
- “Dog Training Revolution” audiobook with Zak George, for Blackstone Audio Books
- The Lamarque Motor Company
- The I CAN LEARN Educational System
- Edison Chouest Offshore
- Morgus the Magnificent (“Uncle Sid” Noel Rideau)
- Amoco Oil
- Anheuser-Busch Brewery
- The Times-Picayune Newspaper
- The Late Three-time Academy Award-Winning Documentary Film-maker Charles Guggenheim
LET’S PUT A VOICE TO YOUR STORY
Something to say?
Let’s make it heard.
Voiceover. Audiobook narration. Radio. Audio podcasts.
A real conversation is a good place to start.
AIRLIFT PRODUCTIONS · NEW ORLEANS
A lifetime behind the microphone.
One human. A few familiar names.
A whole lot of stories.
I’m Micheal Ziants. I founded Airlift Productions in New Orleans in 1984, bringing years of radio experience from Harrisburg, St. Louis, Nashville, Philadelphia and New Orleans. On air, listeners knew me as John Saint John and later Mike McCann.
My work has grown from radio and television production to audiobooks, audio podcasts and much more. My purpose is still personal: help someone be heard, and help someone else understand.
Explore the radio stories →THE SHORT VERSION OF A LONG STORY
John Saint John
WKBO in Harrisburg, KSD in St. Louis, WLAC in Nashville and WIFI in Philadelphia. My education in reaching people as a broadcaster.
Mike McCann
I became Mike McCann to Q-93/WQUE listeners in the Crescent City. New Orleans became my home.
Airlift takes flight
I founded Airlift Productions, with a focus on radio and television commercial production.
The human behind the sound
Voiceover, audiobook narration and production, podcasts, demos and studio sessions. My story continues.
History drawn from Airlift’s original biography and my first-person archive.
BEYOND THE ON-AIR NAMES
A human story.
Family included.
My archive holds more than studio credits: family, Pennsylvania roots, New Orleans life and the people who shaped me.
Read the story in my own words →About Airlift Productions
Discover the expertise behind every audio production.
Micheal Ziants Audio Shaman, Producer & Founder
Following a whirlwind radio career-through St. Louis (KSD), Nashville (WLAC), Philadelphia (WIFI), New Orleans (Q-93), and Harrisburg (WKBO)-accompanied by years of award-winning commercial work, Micheal founded Airlift Productions in NOLA in 1984. Originally specializing in radio/TV commercial production, Airlift Productions soon expanded into industrial training, educational software, voice-over demos, podcasts, and audiobook work. Today, Airlift Mike , as Mike McCann, serves as the national Imaging announcer for iHeart and Premiere Networks “Your Morning Show” with Michael DelGiorno.
More
Airlift Mike Radio & Studio Days/Daze
The Radio Days/Daze, through the ’70s & ’80s, uniquely qualified and prepared Airlift Mike to helm Airlift Productions, known as Mike McCann in New Orleans… and John Saint John elsewhere.
Trusted by Grammy Winners
“Micheal Ziants & I have worked on a number of celebrity productions together. He’s a cool head in tight spots, keeping the talent moving ahead happily. He has a wealth of experience at the controls and behind the mic, and knows what he can and can’t get — a valuable and rare sense of proportion. Working at Airlift Productions remotely via Skype or phone patch is seamless. It’s like being in the next room.”— John F. McElroy, NYC-BASED GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING Audio Book Producer
Airlift Productions Profile
Founded: 1984Owner: Micheal G. Ziants
Areas of Expertise: Voiceovers, Audiobooks, Demo Productions & Podcasts
Airlift Productions’
Clients & Credits List Has Included:
- Nationwide Imaging Announcer for iHeart Radio’s MICHAEL DelGIORNO TALK SHOW
- Producer – GYPSY-ROSE BLANCHARD Audiobook “MY TIME TO STAND” for RB-Media
- Narrator/Producer – P. J. JONES’ “THE EVIL I HAVE SEEN” True Crime Audiobook
- Ochsner Hospital/Ochsner Cancer Institute – Website Podcasts Producer
- Narrator – James Patterson’s ‘THE CHEF’ Audiobook for Hachette Book Group
- New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
- EXHALE-HOPE, HEALING, & A LIFE IN TRANSPLANT,’ David Weill, MD, Audiobook-Producer
- Congressman Steve Scalise’s “BACK IN THE GAME” Audiobook for Hachette – Producer
- “CORRESPONDENTS” Audiobook, recording actress Necar Zadegan for Blackstone – Producer
- The History Channel
- Narrator – “MURDER IN COWETA COUNTY” Audiobook for Pelican Publishing
- Producer-‘The Good Dog Way: Love Them By Leading Them’ Audiobooks Volumes I & II with Internationally Known Dog Trainer Sean O’Shea
- Imaging Announcer for the Mike Church Veritas Network & Crusade Channel
- James Carville’s AudioBook, “IT’S THE MIDDLE CLASS, STUPID!” – Producer
- James Carville & Mary Matalin’s Audiobook “LOVE & WAR” for Amazon/Audible.com
- The Destination Network
- The New Orleans Hornets
- Quincy Jones/Fox Broadcasting
- The Louisiana Lottery
- The Learning Channel (TLC) – Discovery Studios, Los Angeles
- Tribune Broadcasting & Tribune Entertainment
- Pulitzer Broadcasting
- The House of Blues – New Orleans & Chicago
- Avondale Shipyards
- Louis Armstrong / New Orleans International Airport
- Shell Oil
- New Orleans’ Supernatural Novelist – Ms. Anne Rice
- Pan American Life Insurance Company
- Harrah’s Casino & Theatre
- Seacor Marine Worldwide Interests
- The Port of New Orleans
- “Dog Training Revolution” audiobook with Zak George, for Blackstone Audio Books
- The Lamarque Motor Company
- The I CAN LEARN Educational System
- Edison Chouest Offshore
- Morgus the Magnificent (“Uncle Sid” Noel Rideau)
- Amoco Oil
- Anheuser-Busch Brewery
- The Times-Picayune Newspaper
- The Late Three-time Academy Award-Winning Documentary Film-maker Charles Guggenheim
LET’S PUT A VOICE TO YOUR STORY
Something to say?
Let’s make it heard.
Voiceover. Audiobook narration. Radio. Audio podcasts.
A real conversation is a good place to start.