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.

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

• Airlift Productions, New Orleans, Louisiana

• mike@airliftproductions.com

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