CHAPTER 7 THE HISTORY OF RADIO RANDY : YOU AIN'T FROM AROUND HERE, ARE YOU BOY?
Our temporary studio in the Cornfield. As I write this, during the worldwide pandemic, approaching Christmas 2020 , I have been reflecting on this next chapter a great deal. My time at WIVQ had been extremely rewarding and I learned a lot. Almost everything by trial and error and I had a boss who let me do that which I have always been grateful for. That was Ben Granger, who was only a couple of years older than me but had already accumulated quite of bit of radio experience. We became partners really, with a goal of making the station better. Ben let me take the lead and backed me up often when it came to making changes and I have always appreciated that. It gave me confidence. Even though I was just a first time PD Ben treated me like I was an expert in programming which of course I was not. He was the first of many GM’s I worked for over the next 40 years and he was certainly one of the best. As it turned out, he would be the first of many radio people who I would...