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August 27, 2019
I Am WAY-FM!C.J. Lusk had been canned from a morning show in Atlanta and I knew, because of his immense talent that it wouldn't be long before stations would be lined up to get him off of the unemployment line. The day that I checked in with him, there were, in fact, three stations that were interested in him, and one that he was pretty certain that I would tell him to stay away from.
As he listed his opportunities, major gigs; one in the Midwest and another in the Southeast, he then side barred that WAY-FM had reached out to him for their opening in afternoon drive.
Having just been fired by that organization, C.J. was probably certain that I was about to tell him to take one of the other gigs, and he admitted it caught him by surprise when I answered, "WAY-FM, no question, end of story, WAY-FM."
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