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January 20, 2020
10 Questions with ... Mike LuomaBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
WWPV College Radio at St. Michael's College, Winooski, VT 1983-87; WIZN 1987-2006 (overnights to MD to nights, Middays, afternoon drive, APD, Creative Director); WNCS 2006-2009 (production/afternoon drive), 2010-2018 (MD/Middays); WBKM.org 2018 - Present (PD/MD/middays).
1. How did you become interested in radio?
Grew up listening to the radio in the suburbs of Boston. My dad loved the radio, always listening to Jess Cain in the morning on WHDH. I'd record tunes off the AM radio with my little Sears tape recorder and make "mix" tapes (before we called them that). In high school, I used to love listening to afternoon drive on WAAF - Harvey Warfield was the jock. I can still remember his catch phrases, like "Trying not to fall in" and "maintaining equilibrium," and, of course, he was the "Supreme Allied Commander of the Rock and Roll Air Force." When I got to college, I saw a sign for shifts at WWPV, the college station - signed up and never looked back.
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