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s a kid I spent my summers working on my grandparent’s farm in North Carolina listening to my transistor radio late at night tuned to far off radio stations in New York, Boston and Chicago. I got my first job in radio in 1983 as a senior in high school here in RVA and it’s been radio ever since. I love the chance to inform and entertain!

I live in Richmond with my wife We have three daughters and one son. We love animals . . . including our backyard chickens and ducks, our two Labradors, six cats (that found us) and three rabbits . . .Our feed store LOVES us! I am a music lover!! I love all sports, NASCAR, NHRA, muscle cars, old pickup trucks, Jeeps and collecting old radios and clocks!

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