WPOC/Baltimore Morning Host Laurie DeYoung Celebrates 35th Anniversary Today

DeYoung (Photo: Cassidy Toulan)

ALL ACCESS sends congratulations to iHEARTMEDIA Country WPOC/BALTIMORE morning personality LAURIE DEYOUNG, who is celebrating her 35th anniversary in a.m. drive at the station TODAY (9/29). She is a 2010 inductee into the COUNTRY RADIO HALL OF FAME, and was named the COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION’s (CMA) Large Market Personality of 1994 and CMA Major Market Personality in 2014.

Talking about her longevity in the market, DEYOUNG told ALL ACCESS in a recent interview, “I owe a lot of it to the people of BALTIMORE. This community is very loyal. They embraced me, [and] I’ve felt that, because I have done radio in other markets. I remember when I worked in SAN DIEGO many years ago, it was hard to get people to care about radio, let alone you, because there were so many things to distract people … and you were just kind of part of the noise. But in BALTIMORE … it’s something about this town. It's how the people are wired here. They're very loyal. If they love you, they will love you forever.”

Look for the full interview with DEYOUNG coming in the next few weeks in our “10 Questions” feature.

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