Famous Firsts with Jay Michaels
Jay Michaels
Brand Manager
WHJT-HD2 (Rock 93.1)/Jackson, MS (also CHR Y101 & AC Mix 987)
My first job was incredible. I was at UT Austin and interned at KHFI KISS FM in the late 80s and eventually elevated to Music Director and Nights and found my calling. What an incredible time to be in radio. The phones never stopped. I still have this love and passion to this day.
The Police in Denver as a kid. The Go-Go’s opened and at the moment the Go-Go's became my all time favorite band even to this day.
This is a hard one but I would say the Grease Soundtrack plus early 80s Human League, Eurythmics, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Siouxie And The Banshees, Go-Gos, Duran Duran and Adam and the Ants. It's actually hard to pick out the very first as I was obsessed with vinyl and spent a lot of time at the famous Wax Trax in Denver buying tons of records and picture discs. Moving around with college and jobs I had to get rid of most of it which I really regret today! I was an 80s New Wave kid!
It’s hard to think back that far but the interviews really kicked in the early 90s from Pearl Jam to Jewel Sugar Ray to New Kids On The Block. So many incredible iconic artists from all formats.
This happened doing the night show in Austin at KISSFM in the late 80s doing the night show and working the reel to reel machine. Talk about complicated, running callers back all night was an experience and the dead air always happened when the tape on the reel-to-reel snapped. Complete panic! I still have dead air nightmares now to this day which I think many radio people can relate to!
