Otis DayMusic Director/APD On air
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July 6, 2021
10 Questions with ... Otis DayBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
1990/91 Intern at WZEE Z104 Madison
1992-1995 KKRX Lawton, OK On air through multiple format and management flips. Left to do mornings across town at KZCD Z-94 with Ken Saunders.
1997-present WIXX Green Bay/Appleton/Oshkosh, WI
1. How would you describe your first radio gig?
My mass media teacher at Madison West High school in 1990, Mary Moen, said, ‘If you don’t go apply to be an intern at Z104 I’ll fail you.’ So I did. I hung out in the studio with then night superstar Johnny Danger (now mornings at WJJO Madison) and learned that this was something I needed to do! Watching him splice up reel-to-reel calls so fast and messing with all the callers seemed like my kind of job. Eventually I started to dress up in their costume character mascot and did parades and bar appearances.
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