I was born in Canton, Ohio and from an early age I was interested in music and radio.  As a child I spent countless hours watching my Dad's band "the one night stand" practice, this instilled a strong love of music, performing and studio workings. I had a Webcor 4 track reel to reel recorder that I would interview my friends with and later got a Yamaha mixer and would practice being a D.J., recording mixes, playing them back and analyzing my work.  I spent a lot of my teen age years hanging out at the local radio station "WRQK", watching and trying to learn as much as I could about broadcasting.

      It wasn't until 1995 that I finally got into radio as a way to make a living, I attended the Connecticut School of Broadcasting in Atlanta, Georgia.  While there I Interned at "WGST" in the News Department and later at "Z93" in the Programming Department. I worked for several small Atlanta stations until I got my first on air position as Assistant News Director at "WRGA" in Rome, Georgia - leaving after the station was sold. I ended up back at "WRGA" several years later running board for the local "Georgia Bulldogs" broadcast and doing a Saturday morning airshift at sister station "South 107". I eventually started doing weekend overnights at "WSKZ" In Chattanooga, commuting the 140 mile round trip every Friday and Saturday. The last place I hung my hat was at "WSB" 750AM in Atlanta where I worked for several years as a technical producer.