Radio Guy Reflections

On this edition of Radio Guy Reflections I talk with another radio veteran who started in Colorado then started a long career in Logan Utah. Today Bill Walter wears many hats. He s Wild Bill the afternoon voice on Kix 96. He also is co host on KVNU's For The People where he is the news voice and producer. Bill also writes news for Cache Valley Daily and for KVNU.

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On this episode of Radio Guy Reflections I talk with Claire Beverly about radio news and traffic reporting. Her carrer path changed after reading a book.

On this edition of Radio Guy Reflections, we go back to last year to repeat a show about small market radio. Up first Ken Walker a former radio news director who made the unusual switch to newspaper. We also talk about serving the community. I was reminded that January 9 2023 a great radio tradition starts again. The Helping Hands Radio Auction has been a yearly tradition in Paris Tennessee for as long as I remember raising thousands of dollars each year for public service and charitable organization in Henry County. I talked with last years President John Berryman about the history of the event and how WTPR- AM gives airtime to support this yearly event.

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On this episode we are joined by Lesly Lotto who has worked in radio and TV news, music and film She is the President and lead anchor for Remote News Service a company that supplies a local news voice for radio stations around the country along with other products for todays radio. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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Radio and politics have had a relation ship since KDKA signed on the air. The Fairness Doctrine meant radio must present both sides of an issue but with the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine we saw radio become more active in local politics. Today on Radio guy reflections we are joined by Jason Williams a talk show host on KVNU AM FM in Logan Utah. This is a great conversation about the role talk radio takes in todays politics. The changes in how you cast your ballot and why early voting has affected the way a candidate spends his ad money. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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Todays guest, is a man I met 27 years ago after taking a position of Program Director of KGNT-KNFL FMTHE COUNTRY GIANT in Logan Utah. As you will hear he was blessed with a tremendous voice, bu had had very little training. He went on to become a news anchor at channel 2 in Boise Idaho and channel 8 in Idaho falls, Idaho. M guest now works in marketing and inside sales for The Automation products group. He and his wife Carrie have five children including triipletts. His name is Shaw Merril. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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Today on Radio Guy Reflections I get to talk with the Executive Director of the Nashville Songwriters' Association International (NASI) Bart Herbison. I worked with Bart at WTPR in Paris, Tennessee. He spent 14 years behind the mic before he started working for a governor and a congressman. Then his career changed again to his current position with NASI. We will talk radio and the music industry and how both have changed because of technology, plus a peek at what might be ahead. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Radio Guy Reflections Three W news. In under 10 minutes you get the Weird, the Wacky and the Wild news that hits us every day. Today lots of money, lots of bee's and a lot of shaking. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Radio Guy Reflection Three W News. the Weird, the Wacky and the Wild news that hits us every day. Today Sammy Hagar , a little goodwill goes a long way and a cool summer treat….. maybe not --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today on radio guy reflections we travel back to some of my early days in radio as the program director of WTPR- AM and Fm in Paris Tennessee. One of the announcers on the station joins us he worked in radio for 12 years and moved on to other things in his life today on reflections This is Jim valentine --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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Today we talk radio with a talented man who not only is an announcer, but he is also a drummer and a pilot. We talk about his years in the Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Indiana and his love of Milwaukee Wisconsin and San Antonio. Joining me today, Tom Carr. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

He is an announcer, a programmer, a drummer, and a stand up comedian. He is Jim Sharon whose radio years were mostly in the EZ- MOR format. His years on the air in San Antonio Texas included some stand up and acting on stage. I had a great time finding our more about Jim and his interview with Tim Conway. Read more about that at this link http://www.sanantonioradiomemories.com/funniest.htm --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Burrito's, tasty tape and a we go on a witch hunt on Radio guy reflections Three W News! I reflect on three news stories that are weird, wacky or wild. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today on Radio Guy Reflections we have Three W news. Three news stories of the weird the wacky and the wild news that affects us every day. It's all about Hurricanes, Cars and Oops –Sorry. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today's guest is a radio hall of famer in San Antonio Texas. He has worked in several major markets including Kansas City Mo, Los Angeles and San Diego California, Pittsburg Pennsylvania and of course San Antonio Texas. In the show we talk about how today tech has changed the industry for the good and the bad along with the importance of knowing your market.Today we reflect on radio with Stephen O Sellers --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This is the first episode of Radio Guy Reflections Three W News. A podcast about the news of the weird, wacky, and wild news that you probably didn't know about. Today it' all about water with news about the western drought, the mob and a porta potty. THIS IS THREE W NEWS! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Todays guest has worked in several markets including Utah Idaho Arizona South Carolina Texas Alyce Ian. We talk about how difficult it is for a woman to be in male dominated industry but things are changing, Alyce has even had to deal with stalkers. She Jumps off bridges and enjoys the outdoors . All on Radio guy reflections. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today we are joined by a god friend of mine and a who did mornings with me at WTPR- AM in Pars Tennessee, I was program director and he was the news director. After ten years in radio he made the switch to being a news reporter for the Paris P.I. newspaper. We discuss how writing news is different for radio and newspaper and how social media is changing both. I will also be talking to John Berryman the president of a public service group called the Helping Hands and how they use radio to raise money for service organizations in Henry County Tennessee. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today we go to the great state of west Texas to speak to Aurora Cantu a member of the Texas radio hall of fame and the San António radio hall of fame. We talk about radio not only on the air work but behind the scenes and the music licensees. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this episode of “Radio Guy Reflections” we are joined by Cameron Dennison of Tuff City Radio in Tofino British Columbia a coastal community on the west coast of Canada. Cameron tells an incredible story of how a vacation changed his life. Cameron has an incredible story on a radio station that is not cookie cutter radio. Here is a link to a news article we talk about in the Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-covid-19-created-the-radio-star-how-a-tofino-station-brought-a/ Here are some more links you can use ) http://radioplayer.ca/app https://tuffcityradio.rocks http://radio.garden/visit/tofino/SwFSDOXS https://www.facebook.com/tuffcityradio.rocks https://www.patreon.com/tuffcityradio?fan_landing=true --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I recently joined a Facebook group for small market radio stations and announcers. Since most of my career was in smaller markets, I put out an invitation on the page for guest and have had several people reach out and we will be talking to a lot of them over the coming weeks. Today's guest is in my future, and I am in his past His name is Richard Buckle and he is literally on the other side of the world as Richard joins us from Thailand and Surf 102.5 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today we talk with a Radio Guy who started in upper New York with stops in Texas and Idaho and now he is the program director and talk show host of KNRS in Salt Lake City Utah . The role of news talk radio in local and national news. And can talk radio play a role in today's society. This is Rod Arquette. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I talk with five incredible guest on this best of 2021. Up 1st is a man who on January third of 2022 retired after a thirty five year career found him working radio in a small Idaho city to working for CBS NEWS and ABC News and being a TV news anchor in Houston Texas. He has reported on several of the top news stories of the past 49 years His name is Art Rascon. I also talk with an award winning talk show host in Richmond Virginia, Jeff Katz. Jeff talks about how broadcasting in the woke era can be difficult and some the ways he gives back to his community. Finally the death of Rush Limbaugh is the subject I talk with a lawyer, a college professor, and a current talk show about the legacy of Rush …. not his politics but his impact in radio history. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this edition we go to the moon and back. I talk with two radio veterans . First, it's Phil Moon a morning show announcer in Idaho Falls Idaho. Phil has worked with a radio legend and been successful in another profession to. Phil has done this while battling MS. Then a man who has worked all over the west From Wyoming to Texas with stops in Washington State and Iowa his name is JJ Jeffries. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This is a special edition of “RADIO GUY REFLECTIONS” all about ‘THE KING” Elvis Presley and how a legendary radio voice helped launch his career. A legend in Memphis Radio Jack Parnell. I had the chance to talk to Jack several years ago on the 80th anniversary of Elvis's birth. Also, I give memories I have of Elvis including my 5 favorite songs by the King. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this edition of the Best of 2021 ,we talk sports talk radio with 5 men who have made their mark in the format. Scott Garrard, Utahs sportscaster of the year in 2020 and play by play voice of The Utah state Aggie football and basketball teams. Bob Aphun who has done play by play at the University of Denver, University of Illinois, and Utah state but has covered all sports including auto racing the NBA and has a story about the 1st time a high school football game was played under the lights. Dave Marinio talks sports radio in Atlanta Georgia. Mike Traina who called play by play for one of the most successful Jr College programs in the nation. Ajay Salvesen whose life in radio in hitting high gear. And Paul LaPoint who took a background in Pro Wrestling, Roller Derby and MMA to hosting a syndicated radio show. Paul now is developing role playing card games. All on Radio guy reflections . --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this edition of the best of 2021 we celebrate women in broadcasting with three women who worked in radio but their career paths tool them in many different directions Up first Emily Gubler. A very successful voice over artist who's voice is heard all over the world. There is a great story that goes to Denmark to a small town in Utah. Then Helen Davis from working in radio then working in newspaper. Helen's story is that of survival, including being struck by lighting Finally, Kayleen Barton starts in radio and now heads a successful marketing firm in Oklahoma --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Time to look back at some on the past year of radio guy reflections. We talk with the host of the nationally syndicated program The Daily Beatle Break Dave Marino talks about working in radio and now doing voice work and meeting Sir Paul McCartney we will have part of that interview plus Tommy Smothers about the lost weekend and being part of the song “GIVE PEACEA CHANCE” . Then a husband-and-wife morning team from Clovis New Mexico joins us to talk the stresses and joys of working together and raising an autistic child . --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

As we look back on 2021 we have highlights from 3 more podcast . Randy Ochsenbein who's radio career led to a more technical side working with satellite feeds. We talk about a situation that involved the CBS evening news and his work with a major religious organization. We talk with Jim Dillman a legend in southern California radio, Jimmer talks radio, tv stand up comedy and a major motion picture. David Fannin will talk his love of being as he called a rock and roll disc jockey and how that led to a news job where he witnessed presidential politics. Future podcast on the best of 2021 will focus on more radio announcers., sports casting talk radio and more thanks for listing to Radio guy reflections. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

As we wrap up our 1st year of Radio Guy Reflections I take a look back at some of the great moments. This is Part one of this look back with more on the way. Zane Petersen takes on the role of interviewer as he talks to me about me. Rebeca Cressman is next talking cancer and how she went on the “Midnight Train to Georgia” in Hawaii. Eric Cawley goes from Radio to TV to politics to consulting and meeting an old friend in an unusual place. In the near future we talk sports, the state of radio old and new, the influence or Rush Limbaugh not on politics but on radio, Tv news and production and stories of life on the air. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this edition of Radioguy Reflections we have 2 guest. We talk with a radio veteran and sportscaster Mike Traina. Mike talks about growing up in a big city then most of his adult life in a smaller town. Zane Petersen my co-host on Turnbuckle Trash joins us to talk radio, sports and pro wrestling. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today we talk to a radio veteran Phil Moon who works mornings on ARROW 107.1 in Idaho Falls Idaho. Phil has worked most of his lie in Idaho but has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry. Along the way life happens and Phil tells us about his life with M.S.

On today's Radio Guy Reflections the story of a native of Calcutta India who radio career is on an upward trend in the sports broadcasting world, His story includes meeting a true giant in Pro Wrestling. Today we talk with Ajay Salvesen.

Today on Radio Guy Reflections we are joined by a radio gal . She worked in Logan Utah for me at the country Giant and later at KIX 96 where I was in the same building but did not get to see her much. She's been happily married to Corey Barton who also did some behind the scenes work in radio while in school at Utah State University They have one child Landon who recently got married. She now lives in Oklahoma where she owns and operates her own marketing PR and Marketing firm Barton PR and Marketing. This is Kayleen Barton.

September 11, 2001, is a day that everyone has a memory of. A day that changed our lives forever. Today on Radio Guy Reflections we look back with memories not only myself but Bill Walters who worked for a competing radio station in Logan, but his memories remind us that life goes on. Jim Dillman a morning show host in San Bernardino California, Paul McCartney in an interview with Dave Marino. My sister Sandra who was in New York city. Finally, my wife Teresa shares her memories and a memory of a major decision in our lives together.

Today our guest is man who is one of the best sportscasters I have ever known, he's has reported on the High school sports NBA, Auto Racing, Major college football and Basketball and inside this podcast a report he did in 1978 about the very 1st sporting event to be played under the lights . This is Bob Appuhn

Today's guest started in radio at a small station, KRXK in Rexburg, Idaho. His career carried him to TV where he was a correspondent to the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather. As a reporter, he traveled the world, covering many of the top news stories including the Oklahoma City bombing, 9-11, hurricanes, wars, and political unrest. Now, he is an anchor for ABC-13 in Houston, Texas. He and his wife, Patti, have seven children. He has won many prestigious awards in broadcast journalism including an Emmy Award. Somehow, he found time to write a fascinating book called “On Assignment: The Stories Behind the Stories.” Today, I talk with Art Rascon. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Reflections Todays I am joined by a radio veteran who has worked all over the mid- west and west . We talk about creativity and how technology has changed radio broadcasting This is JJ Jeffery --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

How does a background in Pro-Wrestling , Roller Derby, and MMA translate into radio? We find out today with Paul LaPorte who took his love of those three sports and it became a radio show. Paul has created a game called :BOOK IT! THE PROWRESTLING PROMOTER CARD GAME “ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Past episodes of Radio Guy Reflections can be heard on Spotify, Google Podcast, Pocketcast, Breaker,Radio Breaker and Anchor. Today we will talk to an award -winning talk show host in Richmond, Virginia. He's hosted shows in Boston, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. Since December 2013 he has been at WRVA. He is extremely involved in his community and he has been on Turnbuckle Trash to talk pro wrestling. Today we talk Radio with Jeff Katz . --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This Episode of Radio Guy Reflections is the story of a woman whose time is radio led to years in the newspaper industry. But the real story is a story of survival. Lightning strikes, betrayal, and the struggle of being a single parent. She is one of the strongest people I have ever met. This is Helen Davis --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app