A little bit about myself.  I grew up on a farm near Wapakoneta, Ohio.  I have three brothers and two sisters.  After my high school graduation, I attended The Ohio State University.  I took medicine for four years.  I feel much better now. 

I first dreamed of being a radio announcer (don't call me a disc jockey) back in 1967.  I was listening to Bob Seivers, a popular announcer on my favorite radio station, WOWO, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  I distinctly remember thinking what a fun job that would be. So, from that day forth, I dedicated my life to becoming a radio announcer by drinking coffee in large quantities and ceasing to lift anything heavier than a small stack of albums.

My dream of radio fortune was derailed for a time by a three year hitch in the Army (ours).  Through a series of odd circumstances and quirks of fate, I ended up in Military Intelligence.  I spent 13 months in South Korea helping keep the North Korean Commie hordes at bay, then I was transferred to the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.  I think they transferred me there to keep an eye on me after the infamous noodle incident.  (By the way, they were never able to prove it.) 

My military career over, I started my first radio job at a small station in Celina, Ohio at a whopping $75.00 per week.  The Porsche would have to wait.  More radio jobs followed in Columbus, Ohio and Lexington, Kentucky.  Then in 1982, my dream came true.  I was hired at WOWO, Fort Wayne and worked with the announcer who inspired me to become an announcer.   (See paragraph 3.)  Well, what does one do after their dream
comes true?  Get another dream, of course.  After all, aren't dreams just unfulfilled wishes.  (Did I just quote Cinderella?)  Anyway, my dream now is to wake up every morning.  If I can do that, the day is off to a great start.

After six wonderful years at WOWO, there were two not so wonderful years in Toledo, then on to Dayton, Ohio in 1990.  It was there that my wife Deborah and I decided to stay while our three kids were in school.  Speaking of my kids, they are the greatest.  Ben lives in Los Angeles and works for Fox Sports, Erin is a registered dietitian at a hospital in Kissimmee and Andrew is in college in Ohio pursuing his dream.  (He hasn't told us what that dream is yet, but we hope it doesn't have anything to do with moving back in after he graduates.)  Our move south is something Deborah and I have planned on for a long time.  We both hate those cold midwest winters.  I hope to be at Soft Rock 94.1, playing music for you for a long time, or until I win the Lottery.