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10 Questions with ... Cagle
June 23, 2009
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NAME:CaglePOSITION:PDSTATION:WBTS 95-5 The BeatMARKET:Atlanta, GACOMPANY:Cox RadioBORN:Freeport, TXRAISED:Morrilton, AR
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
KKYK/Little Rock, AR (parttime on air) 1988-1990
WEZB/New Orleans, LA (Promotions Director/Asst. Music Director) 1990-1995
KQKS/Denver, CO (Music Director) 1995-1997
KXHT/Memphis, TN (Program Director) 1999-2001
Jcor Records (A&R) 2001-2002
KPAT/Santa Maria, CA & KWWV/San Luis Obispo, CA (PD) 2002-2003
WFOX/Atlanta, GA 2003-2004,
Transferred to sister-station WBTS in MARCH 20041. What was your first radio gig?
Part time on-air/promotions at KKYK/Little Rock, AR
2. Being an on-air jock was never really your thing. Ever have a jock question your on-air background when it came to working with the jock's on-air performance...how did that work out?
Never has been an issue with jocks. Spielberg doesn't act, but knows how to direct the actors. Not comparing myself to Spielberg or anything...just an analogy
3. What's your favorite thing about living and working in Atlanta?
Working in hip hop, there's no better town to live in right now. This is the epi-center.
4. Let's play word association...I give you a word and you give me the first thing that comes to mind. "PPM"
Frustration...looking at weeklies can make you want to pull your hair out.
5. Your morning co-host, Murph Dawg, made a nice jump from afternoons in Greenville, SC to mornings in Atlanta. How are Murph and co-host, CJ doing?
They are doing very well...they are consistently top 3 in our demo and really connect with the audience. It's been fun to watch them grow over the past couple of years.
6. Tom and his younger sister were fighting. Their mother was tired of the fighting, and decided to punish them by making them stand on the same piece of newspaper in such a way that they couldn't touch each other. How did she accomplish this?
What's a newspaper?
7. Who do you see as the hottest new and perhaps undiscovered artist in Atlanta?
I am digging this group called The Constellations...they have a hot song with Asher Roth.
8. Back to word association..."Mami Chula"
See answer to question 4...just kidding....not really...
Mami Chula is a star.
9. What's the first rule of Blackjack?
The cards are what they are...play accordingly. There's no such thing as "a gut feeling."
10. Radio has been hit hard by the recession. A number of jocks and programmers are looking for work right now. As a programmer who has had your share of ups and downs leading to a great position, in a great market, what advice can you offer to radio professionals struggling right now?
Hang in there and keep your name in people's ears...out of sight, out of mind. Keep yourself relevant.
Bonus Questions
If you had to leave the country and live abroad for the next five years, where would you go?
Depends on where the radio gig was...
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