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June 18, 2013
10 Questions with ... Jared MorrisBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
2004-2012 WGMD FM 92.7 (Talk Host, 9-12, Operations Director) 2012-present WXDE-FM Delaware 105.9 (afternoon drive) 2008-2012 BBC Sussex contributor
1. How and why did you get into radio in the first place? What drew you to work in radio?
I got into radio because I needed a full time job that was '"creative'"- I broke up with a long time girlfriend and realized that bumming around playing in bands and not making money and living at home wasn't going to help me meet a woman. So I decided to go to college. So I needed a major. Music was my first love, but radio was a close second. I started listening to talk radio at 16 (Art Bell) and it was the only thing that really caught my attention that I thought I could probably make a living at. I had 17 other jobs before radio, and I was miserable at each one of them. What drew me to radio (specifically Art Bell) was that "electric" feeling in the middle of the night. I could sit awake in bed totally alone and feel like I wasn't alone. It was the callers. Hearing real people alive and awake... Man, TV could not compete with that. I was drawn to radio because it was real.
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