Jim LawsonProgram Director
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July 12, 2021
10 Questions with ... Jim LawsonBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
- On air at: WDEK/Dekalb, IL; WAZY/Lafayette, IN, WRXR/Chicago; WNUA/Chicago; WBBM-F (B96)/Chicago; WLUM (HOT102)/Milwaukee.
- APD/MD: KALC/Alice 105.9/Denver, KIMN (Mix 100)/Denver
- Program director: WVIC/Lansing, MI; KALC/Denver, KFMD/Denver, KOSI/Denver.
- I also spent 11 years as VP/Programming-Hispanic radio for Clear Channel/iHeart and then SVP/Programming for Colorado; Denver, Colorado Springs & Ft. Collins for iHeart.
- Joined KOSI 101.1 in January of 2018
1. How would you describe your first radio gig?
Low pay and I did everything asked of me, no matter what it was. I was on-air, worked fill-in for any shift, ran the public affairs shows, set up remotes, worked in the research department, changed light bulbs…seriously. I wouldn’t trade that experience for anything.
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July 6, 2021
10 Questions with ... Leigh Ann Adam
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started at KPNY/Alliance, NE at 16. After graduation I headed to 99KG in Salina/KS. I was there for almost 2 years when the most amazing thing happened. Joel Folger was driving through town on his way from Dallas to Minnesota and heard me. ...
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June 28, 2021
10 Questions with ... Em
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started recording at age 12 and writing at age 16. I’ve made several albums over the years but it wasn’t until 2019 in Woodstock where I finally got to make a solid album that I was able to call my own and have developed the way I desired. ...
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June 21, 2021
10 Questions with ... Shayne Ward
1. What has this past year been like for you? This past year has been absolutely crazy for everybody. Full of different types of emotions, scared of course, emotional, uncertainty. And all of us just wanting to get back to normal life, if we can call it normal. But ...
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June 14, 2021
10 Questions with ... James Baker
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I began my career in research at KYUU/San Francisco, then college radio at KOAK Menlo College and WUOG/Athens, GA. I also worked as an intern at the Gavin Report, and in promotions at 610 KFRC. My first commercial stops included WRFC and WBKZ ...
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May 24, 2021
10 Questions with ... Big Mike Sangiamo
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I’ve had a lot of false start careers and even some not-so-false-start careers before landing here. The first job I had of any substance was at the Walt Disney World Resort. I was an on-stage attractions host in EPCOT. That is where I learned ...
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May 17, 2021
10 Questions with ... Jay West
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Mostly Top 40 & AC stations. Markets include Albuquerque KIVA, Milwaukee WLUM, Buffalo WKSE, Houston KNRJ & KLTR, Philadelphia WIOQ and WBEB, Norfolk WNVZ, WNOB and WVBW 1. Is the staff back in the building at this point, or is there still ...
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May 10, 2021
10 Questions with ... Eric Johnson
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Started by hanging out and finally working at South Jersey stations at age ’12 in 1974. By ’82 I was the night DJ at Top 40 WPST/Trenton. Then it was onto AC WSNI/Philly and Top 40 WAEB-FM Allentown. By ’91 I was PM Drive at AC Kiss ...
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May 3, 2021
10 Questions with ... Mat Mitchell
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I got my start during high school in my hometown of Wichita, Kansas at Oldies KQAM, and Classic Hits KEYN. I attended Kansas State University and spent time at Top40 KJCK/Junction City, KS and Country KXBZ/Manhattan, KS. After graduating a ...
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April 19, 2021
10 Questions with ... Jim Kelly
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Started on air at a small country station outside of Cincinnati, Ohio (WAXZ), then I moved to Q102 IN Cincy and spent 11 years there and have been at MIX 101.5 since 2000. 1. How has navigating the pandemic made you a better broadcaster? ...
