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January 19, 2021
10 Questions with ... Laura LeeBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
Interned at WXRK (now WNYL)/New York, started in overnights at KWOD/Sacramento then moved across the street to do weekends and be the assistant morning show producer for the Rob, Arnie and Dawn show at KRXQ. First full-time gig was morning co-host at KRFR/Bakersfield. Hopped across the street to do afternoons at KRAB. After that, stops in Milwaukee, Tampa, Atlanta, Charleston SC, Fredrick, MD, Wilmington, NC and now Columbus, OH. (fun fact... I’m REALLY good at putting IKEA furniture together).
1. 2020 was quite a whirlwind for you. You spent the first half of the year On The Beach after getting downsized at WRMR/Wilmington. Take us back to last summer with the sudden passing of PD Mase Brazelle. I know Mase was a friend, so this was a real bittersweet moment for you to have the opportunity to join WWCD. What was it like succeeding Mase?
Losing Mase was devastating. He was truly a good friend. We’d talk several times a week while I was on the beach. If I was applying to a station where he knew someone, he’d reach out to them on my behalf. When he passed, I reached out to Randy Malloy and Tom Butler simply to connect with people who cared about Mase as much as I did. In early July, Randy reached out to me when he suddenly found himself needing help in the programming department. I drove the 9 hours to Columbus the next day. Later that evening Randy brought me to the station and showed me around. Sitting down in front of Mase’s computer was a very surreal moment. These were the biggest pair of shoes I’ve ever had to fill.
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January 12, 2021
10 Questions with ... Jim Maschio
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I grew up in radio, since I was a kid I was in and out of radio stations with my dad until I started working for his company (Coastal Broadcasting Systems) in 2008 as a board op out of high school. I worked with Coastal until 2016 when I went and ...
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January 5, 2021
10 Questions with ... Jeff Lynn
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I was fortunate to have begun my full-time career at what was and still is a great radio station, KRNA in Iowa City. After that there were stops in Des Moines, Omaha, Madison, and Milwaukee. During those times I worked for iHeart, Entercom and ...
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December 7, 2020
10 Questions – The Best Quotes Of 2020
This week, we look back at 2020 with the best answers to some of our best questions. Scott "dXn" Dixon APD/MD/PM Drive WAQX (95X)/Syracuse (1/7/20) "When scheduling music I pay very close attention to the quarter hours and making sure ...
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December 1, 2020
10 Questions with ... Daniel Merry
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Still have no idea what I’m doing. I just talk and have a damn good time hoping it’ll translate over to the audience. I mean the one person listening. This amazing opportunity fell into my lap and I’m still just riding the wave of “holy ...
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November 24, 2020
10 Questions with ... Randy Slack
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Started as a part-time talent and promo guy for WUBE, went over to iHeart in Cincinnati and worked for WLW and WEBN. Turned that into a bigger gig in Pittsburgh at WDVE and WXDX, and now I'm hosting my own shows in Wilmington. 1. How did ...
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November 17, 2020
10 Questions with ... Elliott Wood
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Started in radio in 1989. Lots of odd jobs. Gravitated to Radio research for 15 years – “I was research when research wasn’t cool.” Been with KTBZ since 2014. 1. 2020 has been a challenging year. You told me over the summer that ...
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November 10, 2020
10 Questions with ... David Ravikoff
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: First job: 2001, TVT Records, Promotion Assistant in NYC...then I headed over to Universal Records, also as Promotion Assistant in 2004. Eager to jump deeper into the promotion world, I was named DC Local and headed south. In 2006, I went ...
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November 3, 2020
10 Questions with ... Jason Spicoli
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Fortunate enough to work at the same station in my hometown my entire career so far. 1. How did you first become interested in radio? In high school, I was listening to this radio station at night, doing my homework, this DJ was ...
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October 27, 2020
10 Questions with ... Joe Siragusa
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: My first on-air job was at CHR 95XXX/Burlington, VT doing weekend overnights while going to college at SUNY Plattsburgh. In a couple years I worked my way up to afternoons and MD/APD before heading to 93Q WRQN/Toledo as APD and eventually PD. Then ...
