1. What was your first job in radio and early influences? My first job in radio fell in my lap by an unexpected stroke of luck. While in college, I called up 100.5 The KATT in Oklahoma City to ask where and when to get Aerosmith tickets. I spoke with the Mid-day jock ...

1. What was your first job in radio and early influences? Let me tell you the story of HOW I got my first gig. I was attending Madison Media Institute (now defunct. I think they defrauded students or something), and the Program Director for WJJO, Glen Gardener, was ...

1. What made you want to get into the music business and who were some of your early mentors? Just before I started my sophomore year in college, I was reading a back-to-school edition of Rolling Stone. There was an article about people that worked in different areas ...

Left to right- Leland Sklar (Bass), Waddy Wachtel (Guitar), Danny Kortchmar (Guitar), Russ Kunkel (Drums) and Steve Postell (Guitar) 1. I appreciate you taking the time to answer a few questions for All Access. Let’s start with a little history. You’ve ...

1) What were some of your early radio influences? I grew up between the Chicago and Rockford radio markets, so there were lots of great options to listen to. The personalities that had the biggest influence on me early on were Jonathon Brandmeier, Kevin Matthews, and ...

1) Let’s start at the beginning…how did you first get bitten by the radio bug? Growing up in Southern California I was a Top 40 kid (KHJ Boss Radio), until I turned about 13 and discovered FM Rock radio, KMET and KLOS. Jim Ladd and Bob Coburn were my favorites and ...

1. What made you want to get into the music business and who were some of your early mentors? I know I’m not the only person that got the initial spark from listening to American Top 40. Casey Kasem exposing a world of music beyond what I heard the rest of the week ...

1) What was your first job in radio and early influences? My actual first job in radio was helping out at a college radio station (not the broadcasting school I went to) just a gig making sure everything was up and running. My interest in radio started when I was a kid ...

1. What made you want to get into the music business? I was very fortunate to grow up in a major metropolitan market with not one, but TWO incredible Rock radio stations in it (WMMR & the late, great WYSP)…and so, my love affair with both radio, and rock n’ roll, ...