It was a cold damp December 27^th way back in 19*% when I came into this world in the beautiful city of Roses, Portland, Oregon.  (By the way, don’t exceed $50 on my birthday present.)  I have been a Portland boy my whole life attending Vernon Grade School, (whew, made it through the 8^th grade).  In the 7^th grade I made my radio debut on KBPS (located at Benson High School where I starred as “Bobby” in the radio play “Spark, of the Pony Express”.  That experience led me to apply to attend Benson Tech where I enrolled in their KBPS radio program.  That’s where I really caught the radio bug.  News casting, Sports casting, jocking and reading commercials. 

            After I graduated from Benson I did a short stint at Mt. Hood Community college where I took television production.  Back then we had to lug a “port-a-pack” with reel to reel video tape.  Look how far we have come.  From Mt. Hood I was off on my radio journey.   Working as a full time store detective at Newberry’s, J.K. Gill and Woolworth’s I landed a part time radio gig in Lebanon, Oregon reading news on the weekends at 5am.  Three months later in November of 1977 I was hired at the legendary 62KGW in Portland.  Once I got the key to THAT building, no one was going to take it away.  I spent the next 4 and a half years working part time climbing the ladder.  I fulfilled one dream of mine, while part time at 62KGW I worked afternoons at KSWB is Seaside, Oregon and lived right on the beach.  I did that for a year until I discovered the smaller the radio town the smaller the paycheck. 

            Finally, after short radio stays in Salem and Dallas, Oregon I worked my way into full time Skyview Traffic at 62KGW.  Total time at Super 62 was eleven years.  I worked every shift from overnights to afternoons to mornings.  In 1989 the “Big 62” went “all-talk” and I went “bye-bye”.  Crossed town and worked at K-103 with my buddy Craig Walker doing traffic.  After one year at K-103 I ended up in the “Emerald City”, Seattle, Washington where I worked at K-Lite and KJR-FM.  Since our radio company owned the Seattle Supersonics, I had to keep my loyalty to the Blazers a secret.  (Especially since we all got free season tickets.)  Five years and about two hundred trips up and down the I-5 freeway it was time to come home.  I’ll never forget stopping the U-Haul on the West Seattle Bridge and saying goodbye to a city that treated me very well and I had grown very fond of.   Sad as I was at that moment, when I rumbled down the freeway and caught a glimpse of the big ole’ Trojan Nuclear Tower, I was elated.  I knew Oregon and home was less than an hour away.  This time I was home for good.

            You may remember a morning show in Portland starring “Scotty and Marie” on Q-105 and then on “Mix 95.5”.  “S and M on the A.M.” Marie Dodds was my radio partner then and has been one of my best friends for over twenty five years.  In 1998 I became a KISN Good Guy on 97.1 KISN FM. 

            My wife Adele and daughter Veronica live in Portland with our dogs Thunder and Cinnamon and cats Shadow and Diamond.  We love riding our bikes, going to Sunriver and we really, really love DISNEYLAND!