Sixty years ago this week, I landed my first radio job at 500-watt daytimer WMCW in Harvard, Illinois. I was 17 and worked through my college vacations by filling in the station's extended summer hours. I was delighted to find posts about my alma mater here, thought I'd drop in for old time's sake.
I ended my radio days earlier this month by holding a Zoom session of tips for young reporters at KVPR-FM in Fresno/Bakersfield. In between, all kinds of roles at 11 stations in Cleveland, Windsor/Detroit, Montreal, New York, Tokyo and Los Angeles. Along with two friends, we launched at 14-station wired news network on 14 California FM rockers in the 70s. Officially a dinosaur, I'm more of a brontosaurus than a velociraptor, but totally jurassic. 🦕
I ended my radio days earlier this month by holding a Zoom session of tips for young reporters at KVPR-FM in Fresno/Bakersfield. In between, all kinds of roles at 11 stations in Cleveland, Windsor/Detroit, Montreal, New York, Tokyo and Los Angeles. Along with two friends, we launched at 14-station wired news network on 14 California FM rockers in the 70s. Officially a dinosaur, I'm more of a brontosaurus than a velociraptor, but totally jurassic. 🦕