What was that College radio? Thats were you play the tape in reverse and no-one notices..lol
No. Real radio. I was the top all-night (midnight-6 a.m.) guy in the city for years. My shift of choice because there were no playlist restrictions at the time. That was in Rochester, NY, WCMF...great music city back then and one of the ten best radio stations in the U.S. at the time. A lot of labels used Rochester as a city to test market/break new acts, so we got a lot of great bands playing their first US gig there. I remember Kraftwerk, in particular, doing its first US show and playing the entire "Autobahm" album live.
We also did weekly (sometimes several a week) live radio simulcasts of concerts in town. Not just local stuff but national acts too from local clubs and colleges....Brand X, Gentle Giant, even The Grateful Dead. Somewhere there is a huge 6-ft file cabinet with hundreds of 10-inch reels of these shows. We were also the station that got Spiro Gyra signed in a local band hunt we held. Same with the first at doing local "Homegrown" radio show and albums featuring local talent. We also had the downstairs of the radio station converted into a "studio" and did weekly broadcasts from there with a live audience of 50 or so listeners...not BS acts either...we had Robert Fripp, Journey (1st LP lineup) and other acts labels were trying to break. I was the youngest on-air guy they ever hired at 19 y.o. and it was just a killer experience. I'd never even applied for the job. My college roommate was an intern there and gave them a demo tape of my college radio show I'd done without my even knowing and they hired me without...total dumb luck. Besides the radio stuff, I also got to go to every concert in town for free and also hosted/MC's events.
After four years I ended up going to a competing station, mainly because I held the record for being fired the most times by the program/music director...but the general manager kept hiring me back because of my ratings. I later found out that the firings were because the program director was doing some illegal shit (long story) and thought I knew about it (I was the last on-air guy left from before he was in charge.) Actually, I hadn't a clue but he was sure trying to get rid of me. I also guested at CHUM in Toronto and WKBW in Buffalo.
So, I was doing that and gigging on my spare nights. Engineered/produced some local acts and then left for NYC when our first album was done.
I did a lot of the voiceovers on many of the NAMM-TV commercials that ran at the '90s NAMM shows and still do some voiceover work.
Fun times.
Pics or it didn't happen!
Man....that was sooooo long ago. I'm not even sure where to look for that. I actually might have a copy. If I run across it I WILL post it. An audio copy of the entry would be funnier but that's likely in a case of old reel-to-reel or cassette stuff with the oxide flaking off.
