audio biography

The Headline Almost Read… (MM #136)

In the 6th and final chapter of my audio biography “I Am The Big Fat DJ”, we’ve come to the final stop in my broadcasting career, WQMX in Akron, OH. I really thought like the other stops in my career I’d be there for two years and move on. While I spent a little over…

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Taking On Chuck Norris (MM #135)

I’m not thinking many radio people were ever instructed to fight TV toughman (and karate champion) Chuck Norris, but it actually happened to me in 1994 when I was Program Director at WFMS, Indianapolis. In today’s installment of my audio biography “I Am The Big Fat DJ” we almost come to blows with the man…

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Devastation (MM #134)

In Chapter 4 of my audio biography “I Am the Big Fat DJ” I’ve moved south to Huntsville, AL for my first job as Program Director. I definitely experienced a lot at WBHP-AM, both good and bad, but it was also where I lived through the event that most impacted my career…

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Stopping Traffic (MM #133)

For a brief time (1987-88) I took part in one of the most competitive radio battles in country music history: WLVK vs WSOC In today’s Chapter 3 of “I Am The Big Fat DJ” I look back at those fun times in Charlotte.

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Between The Breaks (MM #132)

In part 2 (or Chapter 2) of our audio biography “I Am The Big Fat DJ” I’m working at the legendary country radio station WCMS in Norfolk, VA. And in this story circa 1986 I didn’t let a night of partying get in the way of doing my job…

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Locked In (MM #131)

Today, in Chapter One of my Audio Biography: “I Am The Big Fat DJ” We travel back to the summer of 1984 where I was the overnight personality at WPSK (PSK 107) in Pulaski, VA…

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I Am The Big Fat DJ (MM #130)

When people find out that I spent nearly 3 decades in radio, they often want to hear some of my “war stories”. Some have even suggested I write a book about my radio years…

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