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March 13, 2023
10 Questions with ... Freska GriarteBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
I started as a mobile DJ wanting to work in production. The first station I worked at was WILD 107.7 which is now WILD 94.9 KYLD in San Francisco. I got hired in their research department and worked my way around interning in every department that would let me. Eventually, I ended up in programming. My first on-air gig was at KIKI in Hawaii. I got my night show, AMD, and mix show coordinator stripes there. I returned to Wild 94.9 and dabbled in TV then got picked up to do mornings at KSFM in Sacramento. I couldn't stay away from San Francisco and have worked at KMVQ 99.7 NOW, Q102 KRBQ, KFOX Classic Rock, and I currently do MIDDAYS on 96.5 KOIT and Mornings on 102.9 KBLX. I also do radio imaging.
1. How would you describe your first radio gig?
My first radio gig was very expensive ha! I racked up so many parking tickets. It was like 3 mins for every quarter or something - I just gave up. Everything I made at WILD went to parking meters, parking tickets or records. I just couldn't get enough though. I absolutely loved being in that building (55 Green Street). I felt at home there more than any other place outside of my home and high school band room. I loved being around all the equipment and music. It was electrifying to me. If you're talking about my first on-air gig as a jock that would have to be KIKI/Honolulu. It was definitely a grind. I learned to grow a thick skin and that only the strong survive in this business.
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March 6, 2023
10 Questions with ... Angela Steco
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started part-time in radio during my senior year in college at Penn State. After graduation, I worked several part-time jobs: radio host/producer, live camera operator with WPSU, live video production crew with Penn State Intercollegiate ...
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February 27, 2023
10 Questions with ... Terry O'Donnell
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: 1994-2004 WPYX/WTRY Clear Channel Albany 2004-2011 WFLY Albany Broadcasting Company Albany 2011-2012 WQSH Townsquare Media Albany 2012-2014 WPKF/WRNQ/WKIP Clear Channel Hudson Valley 2014-2015 WHYN/WRNX iHeartMedia Springfield, MA 2016-2021 WKKF ...
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February 13, 2023
10 Questions with ... Parmalee's Matt Thomas
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Platinum-selling band Country band Parmalee has earned more than a billion on-demand streams since emerging from the North Carolina music scene. They've also notched three #1 hits, "Carolina," "Just The Way" (with Blanco Brown) and last year's ...
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February 6, 2023
10 Questions With ... Jeff McCartney
As programmer JEFF MCCARTNEY celebrates his latest anniversary with iHEARTMEDIA in SALT LAKE CITY, he reveals to ALL ACCESS' JOEL DENVER, that it was about ten years into his stay - and just after he met the woman who would become his wife, when he realized, "I was ...
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January 30, 2023
10 Questions with ... Julie Dunn
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I went to SUNY Brockport to study broadcast communications, in hopes of pursuing a career in movie production. I ended up getting sucked into the college radio station, and got "bit by the bug." TV and movies went out the window, and I dove ...
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January 23, 2023
10 Questions with ... Molly Cruz
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: WZSR-FM 2010-2015 - Promotions Coordinator/Afternoons WMYX-FM 2015-2018 - Assistant Program Director/On-Air Middays WMYX-FM/WXSS-FM 2018-Present Assistant Program Director/On-Air Middays WMYX-FM/WXSS-FM/WKXJ-FM 2021-Present Regional Brand ...
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January 9, 2023
10 Questions with ... Erik Zachary
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Growing up in a family that owned an Entertainment company, I started DJ and MCing by age 7 actually. I started an internet radio station in high school and then went to Columbia College Chicago to studio Radio and Television Broadcasting, that ...
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December 12, 2022
Best Hot/Modern/Ac 10Q Moments of 2022
This week, we look back at 2022 with the best answers to some of our best questions. Mary Cenci PD/Morning co-host WEZF (Star 92.9)/Burlington, VT 1/17/22 As a programmer, what does it mean to you to get yourself in there every morning and set ...
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October 31, 2022
10 Questions with ... Josh Tielor
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I fell in love with radio at 12 and spent too much time recording myself on cassette tapes pretending to be a radio DJ. After high school I attended the Academy of Radio & TV Broadcasting in Phoenix, AZ. Graduated from the program and landed my ...
