I have been a dj for wedding receptions, proms and special events in Arkansas and Oklahoma for nearly two decades and have been in the disc jockey business in Arkansas and Oklahoma since 1980.
I became interested in being a disc jockey while visiting my uncle in North Carolina. He was a radio disc jockey there and took me on a tour of the station. I thought it was pretty neat and wanted to get into the business myself.
In 1980 my aunt who worked at the University Of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas told me about a summer radio program going on at the campus radio station (KUCA 91.5 FM) where people could get some experience in radio. I was still in High School and thought it would be pretty fun to do that for the summer. I took the coarse and made a demo tape to take to some local stations.
I got my first commercial radio DJ job at KZRK radio in Ozark, Arkansas. There I worked on the air, wrote and voiced commercials, did news, weather, some sales was public service director and installed and repaired the equipment.
Over the next few years I worked at several other local stations including KLEO in Caulksville, Arkansas and KAYR/KXXI in Van Buren, Arkansas where I got to meet race car driver Mark Martin.
In the summer of 1984 I went to work on the air as a disc jockey at KTCS AM/FM In Fort Smith, Arkansas and stayed there for over 18 years. I did everything there from working on the air to doing commercials and doing technical work on the equipment. It was a great experience and a bunch of fun as well! I got to meet several country music artists including Randy Owen of the group Alabama, Debra Allen, Lee Greenwood, Pam Tillis, Brooks N Dunn, Billy Ray Cyrus, The Bellamy Brothers, Steve Wariner and a few others.