Who is bill simonson

I altered my ID not for drinking, but to be able to work for the school radio station. Freshman could not work at the station at that time. So I altered it to say sophomore. We can pick whatever I-word you want to use there. He had glasses. He was really stoic, kind of old school. It was awesome. And I took a radio job two years after in the middle of college and I kind of knew then that my experience would be better for my resume than a degree.

You just saved me two to six years left of the remaining college time. I still went to school part-time, but was at an oldies station. But here I am at only 19 then, 20, DJing at an oldies station, and from there I took a job with their company in Bakersfield, California.

Became a news director at 21, which was rare for a young guy. I want to do radio to finish out my life. I want that to be my career. It never left me. Well, one of the bosses had the idea for a post-game show after Panther football, and I think they were champions or whatever. Finally, the call rang. This was my first call ever in talk radio. The phone rings, I have to pick it up myself. So that was the first talk show, and then, when I needed that demo tape, I went to the Sing Sing Recording Studio, right down the street here from the Consumers Credit Union.

This is where you sang to the tracks. They had a big business going. And so the guy goes…. Is this guy an alien? Is that from Star Wars? Share on reddit. Share on tumblr. Share on whatsapp. Share on email. Share on print.

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