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10 Questions with ... Fat Kid a.k.a. Jeremy Powell
August 12, 2008
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NAME:Fat Kid a.k.a. Jeremy PowellLAST WITH:WDOD 96.5 The Mountain / Chattanooga, TNPHONE:(678) 595-5897
Please begin by giving us a brief career history ...
While in high school I started running a board for "Country Gold Saturday Night," then weekends on-air and HS basketball play-by-play. After high school I was hired full-time as a co-host of an afternoon show in Rome, GA. Then I was talked out of radio by my future mother-in-law. When I got the chance to intern at 99X in Atlanta, I jumped on it and I was eventually hired full-time. I was let go when Susquehanna died and I did nights at 96.5 The Mountain in Chattanooga for just over a year. Now that they have flipped formats, I am looking for a new job.
1) How are you occupying your time, besides looking for a job?
Crappy part-time jobs, and I did a weekly show on the local college station for a few months.
2) Do you plan on sticking with the radio industry?
Absolutely. Radio is the only thing I am any good at.
3) What's the longest stretch you've had on the beach?
This one ... 10 months.
4) What's the craziest thing you've ever done to get a job?
I was Fred Toucher's stunt guy at 99X in Atlanta. The first year was unpaid. Even Fred regrets some of the things they did to me.
5) What is the next job you'd like to obtain?
Afternoons or nights on a Rock station ... near a beach.
6) How are you finding the "courtesy level" at places you've applied? (Callbacks, e-mails, rejection letters, etc.)
I understand that PDs get many, many packages and e-mails, and I understand that they can't respond to them all ... but it still sucks to not hear anything back. Ever.
7) With consolidation, there are definitely fewer jobs. How do you separate yourself from the pack?
The fact that I sound like a 14-year-old girl is a good start. Past that, personality.
8) Are you spending as much time listening to radio as you used to?
No. I am a fan of personality radio. There really isn't much personality radio around here.
9) Is there anything specific that you regret doing while you were still working?
Maybe calling the morning show guys "douchebags" on the air was a bad idea....
10) If you were offered a similar position to what you were doing for considerably less money, would you seriously consider taking the job just to stay in the biz?
Yes, absolutely. I was arrested twice while doing hidden mic bits; I have a hard time getting a job that isn't in radio.
Bonus Questions
Care to contribute a low-cost recipe to our "ON THE BEACH" cookbook?
Wrap a Slim Jim with a fruit roll-up; it's my snack of choice.
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