Steve began his career in broadcasting in 1978 as an engineer at TV station KAMR-TV, an NBC affiliate in Amarillo, TX, and as an engineer and announcer at directional AM KIXZ 940. Steve moved through TV and radio engineering jobs in various markets, and in 1982 signed on as Chief Engineer at a Tulsa AM/FM radio combo owned by a small company known as “Clear Channel Broadcasting”, which at that time owned only 6 radio stations and was privately held.

Steve’s first task was to install a new 4-tower AM array (DA-2) in Tulsa on 1300 kHz. Soon came docket 80-90, and the Arizona Waiver. This meant Clear Channel started adding stations, and building/upgrading towers (and eventually went public, in 1984). Steve oversaw the design and construction of new multi-station tower sites at many of Clear Channel’s markets, personally handling much of the installation on site, and was promoted to Corporate Director of Engineering while still retaining local Director of Engineering responsibilities.

In 1996 the Telecom deregulation act passed, national ownership limits were eliminated, and 8 commonly-owned radio stations were permitted in many markets. Steve was promoted to the corporate-only position of Vice President, Engineering for Clear Channel Radio.

When Clear Channel, AMFM and Jacor merged, Steve was named Senior Vice President, Technical and Capital Management. In that role he developed a capital budgeting system used throughout the enterprise, built an extensive in-house FCC filing and regulatory compliance team and system, and oversaw the creation of an Electronic Public File Audit System and team. Steve has had various roles in the budgeting, design, and oversight of over a hundred studio consolidation projects undertaken by Clear Channel, as well as numerous RF projects. At the beginning of 2005, Steve Davis was named Senior Vice President of Engineering for the combined Radio group. Steve has been with Clear Channel since 1982.

Steve Davis is an SBE member and Certified Senior Radio Engineer, serves on the NAB’s Program Committee, the Media Security and Reliability Council, and the Federal Communications Commission's Independent Panel Reviewing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Communications Networks. Steve is married to wife Melinda and is the father of two.