Alternative Famous Firsts

  • Famous Firsts with Joe D

    Joe DeTomaso

    Program Director and Middays

    WAQX (95X)/Syracuse

    Intern and promotions tech. It was right here working for the same stations I work for now.

    I’m not entirely sure because I went to several all right around the same time, so it was either Reo Speedwagon, Bob Dylan or Brother Cane. I’m not sure which was first. My friend’s Dad ran the Grandstands at the NYS Fair so he used to let us hop the counter and see whatever shows we wanted. That’s how I saw Reo and Dylan. Brother Cane was at a club.

    If we’re talking about vinyl, it was probably Silversun Pickups “Swoon” but if it’s just albums in general it was probably Run DMC “Raising Hell” on cassette. Too long ago to remember for sure.

    I used to host a metal show on Saturday nights and my first interview was with Max Cavalera of Sepultura/Soulfly/Cavalera Conspiracy. I was pretty nervous but he was really cool and easy to talk to.

    I was board oping for our PM drive guy at the time. He was on location at a concert we put on and it was my first time running the board on my own and everything that could have gone wrong did. There were several moments of dead air. 20 seconds of dead air feels like an eternity lol.

  • Famous Firsts with Miranda Daniels

    Miranda Daniels

    APD

    WRIS (The Resistance 106.7)/Madison, WI

    Weekend overnights at WJJO.

    Third Eye Blind and BoDeans at the MN State Fair in 1998. I was 13 and tried to pretend I wasn't there with my mom.

    I bought 3 at the same time... The Offspring "Smash", Limp Bizkit "Three Dollar Bill, Y'all", and Korn "Follow The Leader". My older brother said he was my guardian so I could finally get CDs with the parental advisory on them.

    Red Line Chemistry. It was live on the air and I had no idea what I was doing. Super awkward. They were great though. Very kind.

    I was working at my full time job when I got a call that there was dead air and my name was on the schedule. Horrible, horrible feeling.

  • Famous Firsts with Nick Chappell

    Nick Chappell

    PD/Afternoon Drive

    WROX/Norfolk

    Intern and Board Operator

    311 at The Boathouse in Norfolk

    Spin Doctors “Pocket Full Of Kryptonite”

    311. They were my favorite band growing up and still are. They say never meet your heroes, but they were so great.

    I was running a show we have called the punk show when I was just a board operator. The hosts did the show live from a local bar and I had to play all the songs off of CDs. Well, both of the CD players jammed during a commercial break and when the spots were done the CD players were still jammed. It took me about 1-2 minutes to fix it but it was the longest 1-2 minutes of my life.