He was best known as announcer and producer of the weekly Sacred Classics radio program, which originated on WBVM, in Tampa, Florida, and was live streamed on the internet.

[1] His company, Atlas Communications, based in Baltimore, Maryland, produced private label CDs of various choirs and organists appearing on the show.

[4] He is the grandson of radio evangelist Rev G. E. Lowman and related by marriage to Emmy Award-winning video editor Walter Balderson.

After attending Towson High School, he graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Science degree in transportation.

[5] His career has enabled him to meet several political leaders, including many recent American presidents and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

He originally began producing both King of Instruments (1983–1985) and Choral Masterpieces (1985–1995), for the old WXCR radio station.

[8][9][10] This led to the formation of Atlas Communications in 1991, which also produced CDs and concerts in addition to broadcasting programs, including Sacred Classics.

[12] Howes also negotiated a 15-year lease with United Parcel Service in 1994 for its Florida air freight hub and expanded the airport's 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) industrial park.

[15] Howes and the Bermuda Transport Ministry team developed a strategic plan to attract low-cost carriers and increase traffic.

[24] More than one thousand persons attending the beachfront event were given souvenir T-shirts and pins proclaiming "Bermuda Airport – #1 in Service", along with food and live entertainment.

[25] After the $35,000 cost for the event was criticized by the opposition political party and The Royal Gazette, Howes released a statement addressing the controversy, saying: "Astute management in any large organization realizes that there is far more to motivating employees in the pursuit of excellence than a paycheck alone".

[28][29] When Howes issued a statement saying that arrangements had been made to assure no interruption of service, the Royal Gazette lampooned him by showing the airport manager atop the control tower in a Boy Scout uniform controlling the airplanes with signal flags, with the ministers of transport and labour underneath.

He wrote that Howes' "leadership skills and managerial acumen ... proved his value to the airport and Bermuda's air service in myriad ways".