1) What was your first job in radio? Such a simple question with such a long answer! I was an intern in promotions at a station in Denver. The Promotion Director at the time took an extended leave of absence. This elevated the promotion manager to director and I was ...

1) What was your first job in radio? Ryan: It was a promotion job for Heidi Kramer at WGRF/Buffalo. I was the guy in the mascot costume once the original guy in the mascot costume got tired of it. I eventually begged enough and got to do overnight weekends. Andy: While ...

1) What made you want to get into the music business? Who were some of your early mentors? I was kind of young, my sister had some old Who and Zeppelin albums around. But it wasn't until I listened to Black Sabbath is when it really hit me. I was blown away and fell in ...

1) What was your first job in radio? Joe: My first job was doing a weekend show in 1989 on AM Country 1350 WXCL in Peoria, IL. The first song I played on the air was "Tear In My Beer" by Hank Williams Sr. Borna: I first cracked a mic on WDGC in Downers Grove, IL. Then, ...

1) What was your first job in radio? Early influences? Brittney: I did some copy writing for my hometown radio station (I once wrote a commercial for "Buck Lickers" and "Deer Cocaine" for a Country co-op), but my first on-air radio gig ever was co-hosting a morning show ...

1. What made you want to get into the music business? Were there any early mentors? I was brought up in a house full of music. My two older brothers who were five and six years my senior, played guitar and bass. My brother Matt talked me into learning how to play the ...

1) What was your first job in radio? Early influences? I was 15. I don't know how it worked but I faked an aircheck and found a guy that "kinda" sounded like me, interviewed with the PD and was hired on the spot at WFFX (now WBHJ/Birmingham, AL). My brother Rick (who ...

1) Congrats on the 20th anniversary of hardDrive. Let's start at the beginning. What were the origins of this show? Roxy: When I was hired at SW Networks in 1994, I was given two shows to produce. Pure Concrete and Street Heat. Pure Concrete, hosted by PD of Q104.3 Bob ...

1) What was your first job in radio? Early influences? Loper: My first job in radio was in 1994 at WBZT-A/West Palm Beach working on the Dick Farrel Show. Apparently there weren't any child labor laws in Florida during the '90s. My earliest influence had to be MTV and ...