JT John Thomas
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May 22, 2012
10 Questions with ... JT John ThomasBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
I started at age 15in a small market in CO, doing Top 40. By 21 was in Los Angeles ... by 28 I was a PD in Dallas. I've been on-air and/or a PD in L.A., Dallas, Detroit, Denver and more. Formats: Classic Hits, AC, Country, Hot AC, Classic Rock. Dayparts: All, including solo and team lead mornings. 10+ years off the air in radio software development (Music Scheduling/Research)
1) What do you do to maintain a positive mental attitude and stay motivated?
My voice work has been on fire, so I'm extremely grateful for it ... that's really helped. Just another learning experience. It's not like I'm living in poverty in a Third World country in a war zone. Think about it ... perspective is a good thing. It can ALWAYS be worse so, even though I'm a true realist, I tend to be optimistic about this.
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May 15, 2012
10 Questions with ... Eggman
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Mornings, KRXO/Oklahoma City, 1990 - 1991. Mornings, WVTY/Pittsburgh, 1991 - 1992. Mornings, KRXO/OKC, 1992 - 1994. Production Director, Charlotte, NC, 1994 - 1996. Mornings, WWMG/Charlotte, 1996 - 2004. Production Director, Entercom Denver, 2005 ...
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May 8, 2012
10 Questions with ... Jason Burley "Savage"
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Eventually moved up and down the dial in PA (Altoona, State College, St. Marys) and then ended up as PD/MD/mornings for Cumulus in Albany, GA. Laid off in 2007 (budget cuts) and have owned and operated my own business since. Trying desperately to ...
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May 1, 2012
10 Questions with ... Buster Satterfield
1) Some people get discouraged or enlightened with the business when they actually step out of it for a while. Tell us your observations from the outside. Hopefully I'm not out for long enough to have my views on the business change too drastically, but I think you get a ...
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April 24, 2012
10 Questions with ... Govia
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started off interning at KISS-FM in Chicago with Tic Tak. After parting ways there in 2006, I went with Tic Tak to Peoria, IL to launch KISS-FM, WPIA/Peoria. I did the 3p-midnight shift there until 2009, then got a phone call regarding the ...
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April 17, 2012
10 Questions with ... Jack Spade
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started out in Wilmington, NC at Q92, where I worked my way up to night jock. After an ownership change, format flip and station move, I became APD/afternoons of The Beat of Carolina in Greenville/New Bern/Jacksonville, NC and became PD in 2001. ...
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BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started in 1999-2000 worked at Country 102.9 in Hutchinson, KS and did weekends and select overnights, moved onto KSKU-KGGG-KXKU in Hutchinson doing everything from board op to filling in. Eventually I resurfaced in Salina, KS after many years ...
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April 3, 2012
10 Questions with ... Erica Cobb
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I am a Chicago girl, born and raised. In 2004 I graduated from DePaul University in Chicago where I majored in Communication and minored in American Studies. During my time at DePaul I interned at KISS (WKSC/Chicago) in 2001 for the "Pyke at ...
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March 27, 2012
10 Questions with ... Dave Nelson
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: It seems I always wanted to be in radio. Some of my earliest memories were of my sisters and I doing "shows" into our tape recorder. Next came the Mr. Microphone, which I extended the range of and did actual broadcasts throughout my neighborhood. ...
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March 20, 2012
10 Questions with ... Steve Jackson
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started at KUBA in Yuba City decades ago, then became a Boss Jock at KOBO in Yuba City, where I became PD. Then I was the first PD/morning host at KKIQ in Livermore CA. I worked for lots of stations in the Central Valley of California: KROY-A, ...
