Mike Answers 5 FAQ
Here are 5 of my most frequently asked questions about working in the radio business.
- 1
Q: What time do you wake up?
A: 2:50 am M-F.
On the weekend I usually sleep in until 6 am.
- 2
Q: What time do you go to bed?
A: Between 9 and 9:30 pm
- 3
Q: How long is your typical work day?
A: I get to work by 4 am and prepare the show until we start at 5:30. We are in the studio until 10, then have meetings or production until about 11-1130 am. I'll typically do about 3 more hours of work, from home, in the afternoon, which makes about a 10 hour work day.
- 4
Q: What famous people have you met?
A: TONS! I've been lucky to work with over 150 of the biggest names in show business, including Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Gwen Stefani, Donald Trump, Steven Tyler, Sting, Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Bon Jovi...
- 5
Q: How did you get into radio?
A: I started when I was 14 years old, when I auditioned to do a weekly school update on a radio station in my home town in Georgia. The station offered me a job and I've been doing it ever since, working at 8 radio stations in Atlanta, New York and New Jersey over my career.