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10 Questions with ... The Rev (a.k.a. Roy Sizemore)
November 2, 2021
Have an opinion? Add your comment below. I have some benchmark things I post but honestly if I find something cool or something new hits you will see it there. I don't like boring stuff or stations that don't really engage with other users.
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BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
KDJK and KHOP/Modesto 1995-1997, KFRR/Fresno 1997-2005, KRZR/Fresno 2005-2010. KMPH-TV (FOX 26) 2014-2019, KVPT-TV (Valley PBS) 2019- present, and back at KFRR 2020-present.
1. How did you first become interested in radio?
College radio! I could get the college station from Stanislaus State in Turlock. They played all the cool stuff nobody else was playing and that wasn't even stocked at the record stores in Modesto. I actually had a show on there for like three years. then they found out I wasn't a student and never even took a class there. LOL
2. What brought you back to New Rock 104.1 in 2020?
I've known Hammer forever. I work around the corner at Valley PBS (My TV show tentatively titled Roy's World will debut in Feb. ‘22) and we went out to lunch one day and he offered me a job.
3. Tell us about your nickname The Rev. I hear you’re an ordained minister.
Yeah, oh man, sooooo when I was at KDJK I heard that The Universal Life Church was actually in Modesto. This is the church everybody would get ordained through, so I drove over and got ordained. I have done about 13 weddings I want to say. The biggest was on a giant bank track roller derby rink in L.A.
4. How would you describe your on-air style?
Honestly, I don't know. Funny and stupid? Weird?
5. What do you love most about being on-air?
It all started with a huge passion for music, but I also like to write a lot of jokes and stuff. When I was doing mornings, it was the best. It was a lot of work but loved working with Doug Ray and writing out things etc.
6. What is your favorite part of your job?
I had a bartender at a restaurant tell me the other day that she loves my show and listens to me driving into work every day. That's what’s all about. Let me make your commute better and turn you onto some new music.
7. How are you using social media to augment what you’re doing on-air?
Like Friendster? No, I am on FB and the gram every day. I have some benchmark things I post but honestly if I find something cool or something new hits you will see it there. I don't like boring stuff or stations that don't really engage with other users.
8. Who is your favorite on-air personality not on your staff and why do you like them?
Back in the day Don And Mike would crack me up. Rodney Bingenheimer and Aaron Axelsen are two guys that really get music.
9. Other than being an Ordained Minister, what else would surprise people most about you?
Oh, Well I am an avid, if not RABID bass fisherman. For real. It's honestly on my mind more than music or anything else and has been for years. I try to go almost every weekend. Drive 2- 2 1/2 hours each way a lot of time.
10. Fill in the blank: I can't make it through the day without _________?
Tacos. Its nearly a daily thing.
Bonus Questions
What are weekends like for you?
Fishing or my director/photog and I jump in the SUV and go tape an event like or cool location for my show on Valley PBS.
What are your favorite places to eat in the area?
We have soooo many Mexican joints around. Fresno is awesome that way.
Favorite food?
Tie between Indian and Mexican with Chinese right there.
Favorite drink?
Iced Tea
Rank your sports teams in order of passion.
Professional Bass Fishing (Skeet Reese, Seth Fieder, Mike Iaconelli) then The Steelers.
First record ever purchased?
I think it was a John Cougar 7 inch at the fabric store in my little hometown that sold a little bit of everything. Then I think Human League, Dare
First concert?
Club show was Operation Ivy and 7 Seconds. Arena was The Replacements and Tom Petty.
Favorite band of all-time?
Ah man! Grandaddy and Pavement probs tie there.
Favorite new band over the past year?
KennyHoopla, I dig that guy.
Anything else you would like to add?
Sad to see Live 105 die. That really killed me.
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