Alternative Famous Firsts
Scott Dixon
APD/MD
WAQX (95X)/Syracuse
Specialty host on Rock 105 The Dog. Bareknuckle Radio. Was a 2 hour show featuring hardcore, punk and metal core bands. Became midday host and PD roughly 4 months later.
Red Hot Chili Peppers Oct 1987 The Lost Horizon. I was 14 and snuck in.
"Mothership Connection" Parliament Funkadelic
DamagePlan
My very first show! The PD asked the night guy to sit with me for my first show and after the first break he asked me, "you feel like you've got it?" I said yes and he bailed. Nerves took over and I botched the next break and couldn’t fire the next element. It was an absolute soup sandwich!
Jonah Griss-Bush
Afternoon Host, Brand Manager, and Director of Content at Townsquare Media Poughkeepsie
WRRV/WRRB in Hudson Valley, NY
Street team at 92.3 NOW in New York City in 2009
Korn and Limp Bizkit in 1997. I was ten and wore an Elmo t-shirt... I never zipped a jacket up so fast when I saw the crowd inside
Prodigy's Fat Of The Land
Dustin Kensrue of Thrice. I had a weekend show on K-Rock's HD2 channel and decided to randomly reach out after they released Beggars and they were cool enough to respond.
Entire automation system crashed during one of my first years on a morning show. With no music to play we turned it into a talk show, took live calls, and luckily escaped with no FCC violations.
Kevin Mays
Program Director
WBTZ (99.9 The Buzz) & Classic Rock 106.7 WIZN/Burlington, VT
I was a senior in high school working at a Country station in Richmond, VA, WTVR-FM doing automated weekend overnights, Midnight-8am.
I think it was Duran Duran at Hampton Coliseum in maybe 83, I'm sure my parents dragged me to others but I remember asking to go to this one.
Was an 8-Track – Cars "Panorama"
Phone interview with Mike D from Beastie Boys while in college at Virginia Commonwealth University, that was real a mess.
Working overnights at that first gig in Richmond, it was reel to reel automated with live assist, so I had plenty of time to run to 7-11 on the corner during sweeps until one of the reels stopped while I was out. Had dead air for about 15 minutes, it was 3am so no one ever noticed, but I swore I would get fired for that one.
