About me: The Big Show is aired on the Michigan Talk Network throughout the state.
Michael Patrick is the host of the big show and comes across the airwaves
every weekday morning from 6 to 10AM statewide on the Michigan Talk
Network.
He was the last producer for the late Hall of Fame radio star J.P. McCarthy,
who for over 30 years hosted Michigan's #1 morning news talk show. A J.P.
tribute CD he produced and marketed raised $500,000 for leukemia research; his
biography of McCarthy generated another $50,000 and was a regional
bestseller.
Shiels also worked with Marconi Award-winning morning radio funnyman
Dick Purtan,one of the longest-running radio hosts in Michigan, as well as Paul
W. Smith, Frank Beckmann, Roberta Jasina, and Mark Champion.
Michael Patrick Shiels has also authored and collaborated on seven books,
including: J.P. McCarthy – Just Don't Tell 'em Where I Am, Sleeping Bear Press
Good Bounces and Bad Lies – the autobiography of Ben Wright, Sleeping Bear
Press. Speak Wright – a Literate Guide to the Game of Golf, Ann Arbor Media
Works of Art – the Golf Course Designs of Arthur Hills, Downing Publishing
Golf's Short Game For Dummies, Wiley and Sons Donald Trump's Best Golf
Advice I Ever Received, Crown My Dad and Me (with Larry King), Random
House
Shiels has traveled to over 30 countries throughout the Middle East, United
Kingdom, Europe, Far East, Australia, and Asia – his travel articles and
columns have been read in publications worldwide, such as: Golf Magazine,
NICKLAUS Magazine, Northwest World Traveler, Midwest Airlines Magazine,
Cigar Aficionado, Business Traveler Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Detroit
News, Travel + Leisure Golf, World Golfer UK, SC Singapore, PGA Magazine,
Links Magazine, Michigan Links Magazine, Inside Hockeytown, Honolulu Star
Bulletin, Traverse City Record Eagle, Bermuda Royal Gazette, Automotive
News, Automotive Industries, Heritage Newspapers, and in PGA TOUR,
SENIOR PGA TOUR and LPGA tournament programs.
Shiels has also produced television segments for CBS Sportrs, WDIV, ESPN,
The Golf Channel, USA Network and Britain's Sky Broadcasting.
He is a father of one son, Harrison.
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