How did the opportunity to join Z100 come about?
When I was fired from Q102 I looked around and the only station that had an opening that wanted to talk to me was Z100. [PD] Steve Kingston called me. Both Steve and Scott Shannon had called me earlier in my career, but I never had any interest in coming to New York. It was never on my radar. I guess I was nave. I didnt understand how important being in New York was. I was just having fun smoking pot and hanging out back in those days. So when I was fired from Q102, the only person who offered me a job was Steve Kingston at Z100, which is kind of funny, because I left Z100 for a minute after being there for a couple of years to go to Austin and New Orleans. It was a disaster tour for me. But at that time the only person who would hire me was, again, Steve Kingston! Luckily Z100 was the only place that would have me. Was hosting mornings something that you often thought about? It wasnt exactly hosting mornings that I wanted to do. I wanted to interact with people, and in this day and ag
