Famous Firsts with Jason Keller
Jason Keller
Afternoon Drive & Production/Imaging Director
WEQX/Manchester, Vermont
Weekend Overnights at 106.7 WIZN in Burlington, Vermont.
It was 1982, I was nine years old, my sister was eleven, and our parents, and uncle, took us to see the legendary Lou Rawls perform at Resorts International Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. Arsenio Hall, years before his talk show, did a great comedy set to open the night. Not exactly a kid favorite, I recall my sister and I being somewhat confused with the concert choice.
First vinyl as a kid: John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John, “You’re The One That I Want” from the Grease soundtrack. First CD as a teenager: Metallica “The Black Album.”
Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty. His genuine ability to be conversational really stood out to me.
I inadvertently turned off a sports talk station in a building I was working in. The studio was empty, they were running a syndicated show, and I thought I’d work on a production project. I carelessly hit a few buttons on the board and cut the feed of the show (for a few minutes). Our front desk person, Rebecca, quickly came down the hall to tell me listeners were calling and complaining about dead air on the sports station. I improvised an answer, took no responsibility for the issue, and reassured her that I could fix the problem. She left the studio, I simply hit one button to get the station back on, and I never did production in there again.