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Hi! I'm Mason. I talk between songs on the radios.
I <3 Grape Kool-aid, Grape Jello, 24, &DMB!
(Bonus points for easy to remember birthdate!)
Current Mood: Creative!
Back in the day… Tom and Barb had a child. He was a smart kid, attending
gifted classes by elementary school. That child was
not me, that was my brother, & I’m much cooler than Marty, anyways… HI! You want to read about me? I’m flattered. My name is
Mason, and I talk for a living, but it’s much more complicated than that, actually. I work a full day, I don’t just sit in a padded room and talk to myself for 4 hours a day, then party all night. I’m also the Assistant Program Director, and the Music Director for WBNQ! That’s the office side of things. I put in a full day, in the office early, on the air in the afternoon from 3-7, Monday – Friday.
I’m from a place in Michigan that is the kind of place your parents told you not to drive thru at night. The city, when I was growing up, wasn’t as bad as it is today. I remember playing on the rock in the front yard, well after dark. Now… well.. Let’s just say, I wouldn’t let
my kids play on that rock after dark. Anyhow… My parents separated (boo!) and Mom and my brother and I moved from the city, to Saginaw Township, where later, my parents got back together!(yay!) Back when I was 12, goofin’ off on the school bus, my friend Ryan McHenry said “You should be a comedian!” I spent the following years being a fool to make people laugh, while trying to graduate from grade school. I thought I wanted to do television, so I looked behind-the-scenes in the studios, taking some TV/Film production classes in High School. That’s where I met a kid named Tim, who said “wanna be an intern at the radio station with me?”
I figured, “That would look great on a resume!” and 12 and a half years later, here I am. Still goin’. I started as an intern, calling you during dinner, to ask your opinion on music. Workin’ for free, but I loved it, I even walked in my High School graduation ceremony, worked the overnight shift, and did the “on the street” morning show bit the next day, while still in my cap & gown. I would do whatever they wanted to get noticed, just to get my foot in the door. Then, I started getting paid! A wopping $800 a month, working 11pm till 11am M-F!(plus a Saturday Morning shift) I was 17, didn’t know any better, I just wanted it. Worked overnights, weekends, and doing Morning Show grunt work, ‘till I was about 20. Then, I worked a few different shifts, at a few different stations in a few different areas. Lived in South Bend, IN for a while, then back home to have my own Night Show for a few years. Took 6 months off, (not by choice), then returned with my own Morning Show. Quickly realizing that I do not like coffee, I got the call, packed, and now I call Central Illinois home!