> More interesting to me is the fact that this guy launched
> the whole "on-air tailgate" deal we all have come to know
> and love every Penn State Game. Kinda interesting to me
> though that the article essentially starts off saying he
> always wanted to be coming "from your speakers", yet he
> pioneered a format that runs essentially Jockless?
> Interesting.
>
> But nice to see another "local type" who made it big.
> Thanks for posting the article.
Gee, thanks for noticing guys! Of course, I don't think the article mentions that the first time we did the big show, it was for the Kickoff Classic with the Lions playing the Cornhuskers. Being from Lincoln, I wore a NEBRASKA t-shirt to produce the show. (Figured I'd get a rise out of the owner - Bob Zimmerman). However, halfway into the game, Tina Hay, our sports director calls in to say that she needs another mic in the locker room. I was the only one not doing something at the time, so I hopped in my Nittany Blue WRSC Toyota truck and headed down to Beaver Stadium the back way. I realized what I was wearing sort of clashed with the color of the truck and stopped to flip it inside out before pulling into JOEPA land.
As to the "jockless" JACK-FMs, many JACKs do have jocks. We didn't have them originally on the prototype because it was just that. We figured we would have jocks. The folks that bought into the format found that most listeners like it just fine as is. Go figure!
CJ
