I do thank you for the kind words.

I’ll tell you what. I remember when I was a kid growing up in the 80′s. I listened to the radio non stop, Hit Radio 14 WJET, K-104 you got it, Red Hot 102 WSEG. I loved not only the music but the DJ’s too. I would tape songs and leave it taping so I could get the DJ talking. JJ Sanford and Night Norb Anthony were my favorite local DJ’s. (Rick Dees was my national hero). I later met and worked with JJ. I still consider him a friend and have used him as a reference on my resume. Thank you Jim for being as great a guy as I always imagined you’d be.

Night Norb is a different story. I only met him once and that was years ago when I won an album from Jet (Rocky IV soundtrack) and he insisted that I pick it up so he could meet me. I used to call him every night for the Top 10 at 10. He always took time to talk to me. He was always so nice to this Wilson Middle school student and he didn’t need to be. He left an everlasting impression on me. I try to be as nice to my callers as he was to me. (it’s not always easy LOL)

As for thinking about the listeners, there is an old joke in radio that says “If it weren’t for the listener we’d be talking to ourselves.” I think we all try to relate to our audience. Only a small percentage of listeners will actually call a radio station so you work with what you can when you do trivia questions and request shows and what not. As many people who might enjoy listening to my style, others will hate it. Same with any jock. You can’t please everyone everytime as hard as we try. I have Joe Lang to thank for teaching me A LOT about how to do showprep and how to think about the listener in what I broadcast.

As for ego’s, some of the biggest names in the industry got to where they are because of their ego. Howard Stern and Rush Limbaugh come to mind. I don’t see ego as necissarily a bad thing. In fact, I think Rush’s ego is what makes him entertaining.

I guess my long winded post has nothing to do with this thread so I’ll stop now but I sill text back and forth from time to time with Aimee and consider her a good friend too. (BTW, I like Shannon too).