1) What was your first job in radio or the music business and who were some of your early influences or mentors? My first real radio gig was an overnight board-op job at WLIR on Long Island. It was midnight - 8am Sunday morning, so it killed my Saturday nights, but I ...

1) What led you to a career in radio and was there a defining moment that made you realize "this is it"? It's the usual story ... five-year-old kid goes to car dealership and sees local radio celebrity (KJR-A's "Emperor" Smith) wearing a crown and holding a scepter ... ...

BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Born: Frederick Thomas Krepps 1) What was your first job in radio and early mentors or influences? My first job in radio was working as an air personality. That's all I ever wanted to do growing up. Oddly, my first job could have been at ...

1) What was your first job in radio and early mentors and influences? My first "job" was volunteering at KXCI Community Radio in Tucson, Az. I produced a two-hour Hip-Hop show on Sat. 10p-12a. "Greg Rampage USA," now "Gregr" at The End in Seattle, I looked up to a lot. ...

1) What was your first job in radio? Early influences? My first job in radio ultimately was stunt guy for our morning show at the time called The Byl and Doug Show. About three or four months after I started doing that for free and sitting around on the couch in the ...

BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: E-MAIL: Jonathan McHugh & Gary Spivack 1) What made you want to get into the music business and who were some of your early mentors? Jonathan: I was a DJ and promotion director of the Tulane University radio station, WTUL/New Orleans. I loved ...

1. What made you want to get into the music business and who were some of your early mentors? Love of Rock music! I played bass guitar before, during and after college. Also, three years of college radio helped give me some insight into the business. After I moved to ...

1. What made you want to get into the music business? Were there any early mentors? Many of us in this business wanted to be on the other side, be the artist. We played the cards we were dealt. We still do, and some of us in promotion are artistic in our own respective ...

1. What led you to a career in radio? Was there a defining moment? A career in radio was always in my DNA, but it was theater/acting that originally got in the way. After seven years of theater I knew it was time for a change. The defining moment came when I heard radio ...