In
a wonderful email from Tom he tells us about his career.
My
radio life began back in '66 when my dad took me to visit a friend of his, who
was working the night shift at WWOG-(FM 99.9) in Boca Raton and after going thru
the door, I immediately knew what I wanted to do with the rest of my
professional life. I pestered the owner, who also happened to be the chief
engineer, GM, and custodian, to give me a job doing ANYTHING. I wound up
sweeping floors and emptying garbage cans at cross-town WSBR(-AM
740) for $1 an hour, and eventually worked
my way on the air, leaving as news director about two years later! After a
few months in Stuart, FL, I was hired at WJNO(-AM 1290) in
West Palm where I had the joy of working with the talented likes of Dave
Edwards, Ray Marsh, Pete Kaye (who is STILL
there!), Steve Armstrong, Jim Kern and a host of others. Sheesh, I was
barely 18! After a few years, I went to Miami's WIOD(-AM
610), then left the state for seven years at
General Electric's WGY(-AM 810) in
Schenectady, NY. Back to Florida in the 80s at WDBO(-AM 580) in
Orlando for several years, then back to the NE. In Hartford for a few,
unsavory years, then, like the nomads we radio people sometimes are, I moved to
western Washington state where I worked for over 20 years. I ended my
fifty year career doing morning news for WHO-AM in Des Moines, Iowa and on my
66th birthday, retired. That's my radio life in a few paragraphs. I have a
small voiceover business on the side; Wonderboy Productions
under my real name, and enjoy restoring old cars to keep me out of the fridge
and off the couch!
Find out what Tom's up to, at his site www.tomnoller.com
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