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December 2, 2019
10 Questions with ... Mark ElliottBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
Forty-plus years on-air, programming and consulting WKRQ/Cincinnati, WYNF/Tampa, WKKX/St. Louis
Worked with over 40 stations as a marketing/promotion consultant
Most recently WIKY/Evansville, WRQN/Toledo and now WLXT/Petoskey-Traverse City (as well as WDJO/Cincinnati) as morning show host.
1. How would you describe your first radio gig?
I was working at the college radio station when the GM/PD at WIZE/Springfield, OH came down to our studios looking to hire an all-night guy. I was the only one there, did an audition and started the next week. Years later, I discovered that the station's insurance company was ready to cancel their policy because there was no security in their building at night. But a guard would have cost a lot more per hour than a minimum wage disc jockey. So I learned quickly that radio was not going to be a lucrative career.
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November 25, 2019
10 Questions with ... Kenny WeaverBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started in radio in 2014 as a part-time board op, running and producing a play-by-play baseball broadcast on a low-power AM station in Lancaster, PA. After two seasons of that, I was promoted full-time to run Promotions for WLAN, WLAN-A, WRFY and ...
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November 18, 2019
10 Questions with ... Rick Astley1. You've had an action packed 2019. How would you break down your year? Pretty good. It's been pretty busy but I'm not complaining. It's kind of crazy to be honest. I think this time of year, the autumn leaves are falling and all that business. And you guys are ...
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November 11, 2019
10 Questions with ... Aaron SantiniBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: First cracked a microphone in 1994 while in high school. My first full-time gig was overnights, then MD/nights at WKPK/Gaylord, MI (Traverse City market) From there I moved on to KSMB/Lafayette, LA for APD/MD/nights. My next stop was a long run ...
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November 4, 2019
10 Questions with ... Michelle LewisBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter Facebook Instagram Morning Show Host & Music Director at FM100 in Memphis, TN: November 2012-Present MD/APD/Morning Show Producer/On-Air Personality/Social Media Strategist at WRMF/West Palm Beach, Florida: May 2010 - ...
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October 28, 2019
10 Questions with ... Steve O'BrienBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started part-time at the Oklahoma News Network in OKC, then moved on to KMUS in Muskogee, V-100 in Topeka, KVSO in Ardmore and Magic 95 in Lawton before moving back to OKC in 1985 and I've been at 104.1 ever since. 1. You've been at Magic ...
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October 21, 2019
10 Questions with ... April RuebkeBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook @radiogirl1 Instagram @livinontheair Twitter @aprilonradio WZZL/Paducah, KY WMIX Mt. Vernon, IL The Breakfast Show 92.7 VZA South IL Middays 97.7 The Bear South IL Middays Rock 105.1 TAO South IL Wes and ...
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October 14, 2019
10 Questions with ... Jessica GreenBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook, Snap: Jessica_Z925, Twitter: @Jessica_Z925, Insta: Jessica_Z925 I started out on Z92 (KZRX) in beautiful Dickinson, North Dakota on mornings and later transitioned to Co-Host of Jessie & James in the Morning on Roughrider ...
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October 7, 2019
10 Questions with ... 'Captain' Chris DidierBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started my radio career in the basement of our home at the age of 13 on my brother's pirate radio station. While in high school, I got my first part-time job at a real radio station. I've worked at WQHK (The Hawk), WMEE (1979-1980), WGL (my ...
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September 30, 2019
10 Questions with ... Nate Adams CholevikBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Moving fresh out of school from Granite City Illinois (just outside of St. Louis) I started at WRSA/Huntsville in May of 1997. While working at WRSA a local partnership with WHNT 19 TV CBS affiliate WAAY 31 ABC affiliate gave me the opportunity to ...