Brian "Sludge" Haddad: in the zone

Brian Haddad is the Creative Director and on-air host at sports radio 94WIP in Philadelphia and talks about how he handles show prep and production responsibilities; writing with Spike Eskin; how he comes up with effective imaging, including drama and storylines for promos; his work at WRCX Rock 103-5 (where Dave Richards was a great boss) and Q101 WKQX in Chicago; making the transition from music radio to sports radio; what made radio fun; what Metallica is like; Chris Farley in the Hancock; how his agent Steve Mandell has helped his career; why he went to WXCD The Zone from Q101, and how he dealt with being out of work after The Zone’s demise; his brief gig with Adam Carolla; why people should have more than one skill; his successful morning show in Richmond at WDYL Y101; doing mornings in Phoenix at KDKB-FM; how he landed at WIP; what makes a good sports show; how listeners responded to him when he was first in Philadelphia; working in Toledo Ohio at WIOT FM-104; how he got into radio; what's great about Detroit; advice for people who've lost jobs; how he realized that "every day I'm with myself," and more.

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG137.mp3

Jimmy "Mac" McInerney: Busy Radio and Podcasting Guy

Jimmy "Mac" McInerney does the hugely popular Forcecast, for which he's interviewed several famous people connected to Star Wars, including George Lucas, Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, and Dave Filoni (director of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars"). He's also been working in radio for several years, including WCKG and WLUP "The Loop" for Jonathan Brandmeier's show in Los Angeles and Chicago. He currently does production at WERV "The River" (formerly WKKD, where weather guy Tom Skilling started out) and where Mitch Michaels is on the air. Two other podcasts he's involved in are Snyde Remarks Radio with his wife, Wendy Snyder, and Bondcast, which is about James Bond. Plus he's got production gigs on the side. He is a very busy guy!

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG88.mp3