Carlos DuranAsst. Operations Manager / PD / Morning Host
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March 31, 2021
10 Questions with ... Carlos DuranBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
I started my career at RHY/KKSS (Nights, Middays and everything in between), Mornings at (RHY AC) KMMG, Nights at KLZK (RHY), Various (Rhy) KYLZ and now KOBQ/Top 40 (Formally KKOB-FM).
1. How would you describe your first radio gig?
Exciting, the moment I walked in the door and I was able to take a glimpse behind the curtain to see Terry Young (TY the Fly Guy), and all the DJ’s I grew up listening to live and in 3D, cool and memorable experience.
2. What led you to a career in radio?
In my ‘gifted’ class in high school we had an opportunity to intern in careers we were interested in, I picked interning with a police officer (which was pretty insane, Albuquerque in the 90s) and interning at my favorite local radio station, and although I have tremendous respect for what police officers do daily, after the initial adrenaline shot, I felt when I heard my crackling pubescent voice on the radio, I never looked back. I caught the bug.
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March 16, 2021
10 Questions with ... Scott Ellis
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: While I am new to KOSP (92.9 The Beat) but not new to the building. I’ve been in house programming Active Rock/KQRA since Feb. 2020. I returned to the market after a stint in St. Louis as PD of Entercom’s former Top 40 (KNOU, Now 96.3). ...
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March 2, 2021
10 Questions with ... JoJo Wright
1. After hosting nights for 20 years at KIIS, what was it like getting the call for afternoon drive? Getting the call to do afternoons was quite the process. I was always hesitant to leave the night show, as I had put so much into it, but the timing seemed right. Once ...
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February 9, 2021
10 Questions with ... James Howard
1. How would you describe your first radio gig? I interned for the Buckethead Show at night on WJRR in Orlando, FL and then eventually got a weekend/swing shift in Orlando. I learned a ton from Jason Bailey. “Buckethead” and the whole team at WJRR were rad enough ...
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January 12, 2021
10 Questions with ... Danny Serrano
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started my career in 2000 here in Tampa at a small station named WTMP (AM 1150/FM 96.1). I spent several years learning and working for free there. I then migrated to WLLD (WiLD 94.1 Tampa) where I filled in and did part-time on-air work for ...
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January 5, 2021
10 Questions with ... Nikki Brown
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: In 30 years of radio I’ve been on the air on most all formats and have been a PD of Country, AC, CHR, Hot AC, Classic Country and News/Talk. I’ve had 3 different air names and have to use a post-it on the mic to tell me where I am, who I am ...
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December 8, 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. Bennett APD/MD/Afternoons WTDY/Philadelphia January 21, 2020 Your father (Mike Bennett) is a radio legend in the Hudson Valley. How did having a parent in the ...
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November 17, 2020
10 Questions with ... Susan Saunders
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Raised in the small town of Rochelle, two hours west of Chicago, I was learning TV/Radio production while still in high school through a unique 6 month “Live in your Illinois State Capitol!” career preview internship program. Having learned ...
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November 3, 2020
10 Questions with ... David Britton
1. At what age did you know that you were musically inclined? Growing up my family was very musical, and I recall singing together as early as 3 or 4 years old, eventually learning harmonies and singing quartets. I grew up on an island where my parents were Christian ...
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October 27, 2020
10 Questions with ... Jumpin’ Jeff Walker
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: My story is short. I left home in 1979 and put in a year of small town radio in Manchester, NH. I jumped at the opportunity in October of 1980 to be part of a new station called WKRZ in Wilkes Barre, PA … and I lived happily ever after! ...
