Famous Firsts with Mike Jones
Mike Jones
Tour Guide for the Afternoon Adventure
WWDC (DC101)/Washington
Board Op for CBS Radio in Baltimore. Weekend overnights running the board for ESPN Radio / babysitting the other stations but I got to learn a lot quickly about everything with so much time on my hands!
My family went to Carowinds Amusement Park and, after a day of roller coasters and fun, we took in the Robert Palmer concert. I was too young to appreciate the whole show but I do remember singing along to “Simply Irresistible”!
I got Metallica’s Black Album and Rush’s greatest hits collection Chronicles on the same day and they’re still two of my favorite things to listen to.
Aside from a few local musicians for college radio, my first for commercial radio interview was Matt Sharp from The Rentals / former bassist for Weezer. It ended up being a good chat but I was nervous as a hooker in church!
Oh it still haunts me! I accidentally took Jack-FM in Baltimore off the air by shutting the wrong computer down. There wasn’t much dead air, because we had the CDs and the printed log to follow, but one of the engineers had to come in to fix things. On a Saturday. CHRISTMAS EVE Saturday. I felt terrible and I hope the guy doesn’t hate me because he did not have a pleasant attitude about it. SORRY!
