kevin mason

Working 9 To 5 (MM #142)

For many people working 9 to 5 is a grind.  I’ve actually known people whose greatest goal was to simply work the day shift.  That’s not something I can even think about these days…

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Vice Grip (MM #141)

Whether we like it or not, we all have vices.  For some it’s drugs or alcohol, for others….

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Kiss (MM #139)

We all remember our first kiss, or at least we remember who that kiss was with.  I wonder whatever happened to…

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Idol Behavior (MM #138)

We’re not talking about American Idol.  We’re actually talking about meeting  the people you idolize… or perhaps not meeting them…

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Stuff (MM #137)

Last month in an episode titled “The Thrill Of The Hunt” (MM#102 You can listen here) I talked about my collecting. Some people understand, but one thing I found is that a lot of people don’t…

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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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