Donna Halper: Rush and Radio

Donna Halper is best known for bringing Rush to the USA, but she's had a long career in radio. She talks about the radio business; her start in radio at Northeastern University, where she was the first woman on the air; her consulting biz; if radio can be revived; overcoming obstacles; her books and essays about baseball and the media; women in radio; being weird; how she got on the air; Arnie Ginsburg; why she hated Cleveland; getting fired for not doing drugs; sexual harassment; being persistent; WMMS in Cleveland, where she introduced Rush to the United States; why Rush is different; her friendship with them; why it took a long time for Rush to get into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; what Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart are like; the Alex Harvey Band; Bruce Springsteen; WRNW in Briarcliff Manor, New York, where Howard Stern started out; being a Mercury Records talent scout; WLIR in Long Island; WRVR in New York (a jazz station); Barney Kessel; Phil Woods, who played on a Billy Joel song, Boston, and lots more.

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG119.mp3

Sherman Kaplan: living well in radio

Sherman Kaplan talks about his long radio career, which
started in Ohio: as a music disc jockey at WAEF in Cincinnati, as "Mike Sherman the Night Creature" at WSAI in Cincinnati, then in Columbus, Charlotte, and WBBM Newsradio in Chicago, where he's been for over 40 years. He talks about job security, culture, travel, being a restaurant critic, his favorite restaurants, getting hired by Drew Hayes to do the Noon Business Hour on WBBM, and more.

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG91.mp3

Alan Cox: FM Talk Star

Alan Cox has a very popular afternoon drive show on WMMS in Cleveland, and he talks about how he got there from Chicago, where he was on the air at the now-defunct WKQX (Q101). He also talks about his career including working for Jonathan Brandmeier, what he thinks is good talk radio, how he preps, his career in Pittsburgh and Michigan, comedy, the radio biz, why it's good to have an agent, how he got his WMMS crew, Chicago vs. Cleveland, Lake Erie vs. Lake Michigan, and a lot more.

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG86.mp3

Java Joel Murphy: Wired on Radio

Joel Murphy (aka Java Joel) is on the air in Cleveland at 96.5 KISS-FM, and is also the Music Director at 106.5 The Lake in Cleveland, afternoon talent on 94.7 Hits FM in Montreal, and an all-around fun guy. He talks about his start in New York and his Chicago career, which included an interesting run at 103.5 KISS-FM, a short one at WCKG, his infamous interview with Justin Timberlake, getting fired, living in uber-suburban Wheaton, then getting hired in Cleveland by Kevin Metheny, the awesomeness of Julian Nieh and Jay Niice, and more.

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG83.mp3

Randy Norris: Ohio Radio Guy

Randy Norris is the Creative Services Director for Cumulus stations Warm 98 WRRM, 103.5 WGRR, 96 Rock WFTK, 94.1 WNNF Great Country, and WOFX The Fox in Cincinnati. He talks about his career and gives advice to people who want to work in radio. He grew up in Ashland, Ohio (where Ken Jennings also grew up), went to school in Ohio, married someone from Ohio, and has worked in Ohio his entire career. So he's Mr. Ohio!

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG81.mp3

Mike McConnell: from Cincinnati to Chicago

Mike McConnell was a very popular talk show host at WLW in Cincinnati for 25 years. Then he decided to leave and go to WGN in Chicago. He talks about his political views, Clear Channel, what he thinks of Chicago and Cincinnati, why he made the change, what he thinks of radio and syndication, and more.

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG38.mp3

How Ken Jennings Overcame His Fear of Toyota

Ken Jennings, who's been working in radio and TV for years, talks about how he overcame his fear of buying a Toyota. This was recorded before the highly publicized Toyota recalls, and since then, Ken has not reported any problems with his car. BTW--this isn't an ad for Toyota because they don't sponsor this podcast, but it's timely, since it's pretty much today's top news.

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG15.mp3