Neil Fiorito: from radio to movies!

I first interviewed Neil five years ago, and his work situation has changed since then. He is no longer at the hotel (where I interviewed him early in the morning), and now teaches broadcasting and radio, in addition to doing traffic at WBBM Newsradio. This interview includes breaking news: Neil is going to be in the movie, Never Stop Talking, which will be released at the end of the year. He also talks about his partying parents, his wonderful wife, Chicago, and more. This is from a livestream that we did; watch the full interview here.

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG181.mp3

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Bart Shore: from Chicago to North Carolina

Bart Shore was one of the early guests on this podcast 12 years ago, and he was my first livestreaming guest last week. He is still doing traffic in Chicago in the morning with Melissa Forman and hosts weekends at WLIT. Lately, he's also been on various music stations throughout the country.

Click the link below to play, or download it by right-clicking (on a PC) or holding down the CTRL key and clicking on it (for Mac). http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG180.mp3

I interviewed Bart in 2010, so if you want to know more details about his career, you can listen to that interview here. 

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Neil Fiorito: pump up the volume

Neil Fiorito does traffic on WBBM Newsradio and hosts "Neil’s News" for the Marriott in River North, and has done traffic at US99 WUSN, WIND Radio, for radio stations in Houston, Minnesota, St. Louis, and more. He started doing music radio at Triton College, and he talks about his varied career that includes working for his dad’s business, being on the air at Loyola’s WLUW Energy 88.7, Lite 103 in Rockton, WXLC in Waukegan, WRXQ and Star 96.7 in Crest Hill, and WCCQ 98.3. He also talks about why Dick Biondi is so wonderful, why he has a good personality for hotel work, why he likes acting, why he feels he’s living the dream, why he loves working at the hotel, what Mr. Marriott is like, why he likes doing radio, his theater experience, why he likes talking so much, his family, why he loves people, and more.

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG153.mp3

Jim Moran: Radio Guy and Future Libertyville Mayor?

Jim Moran has done talk, traffic, and news for various radio stations, including WLS and WBBM in Chicago, and talks about the difficulties and joys of the biz, including working with Jay Marvin, Steve Scott, Cisco Cotto, Chip Egan, and Lenny Palmer. He wrote a book about Libertyville and is currently a Village Board Trustee there...but will he eventually be its Mayor?

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG58.mp3

RG Meet-Up: Online Radio, Evanston, Traffic, and Turmoil in Wisconsin

Yesterday I had an RG pod get-together with some interesting people: Marty Zivin from Zecom Radio, fellow Evanstonian and traffic guy Tom Gaines, Bart Shore from Time Warp Radio, and Scott Becher, who drove all the way from Madison, Wisconsin to talk about the drama there.

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG49.mp3