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Pittsburgh is such a vibrant, dynamic city. There is so much going on, and things are changing very quickly. The transformations in this city through its three renaissance movements have been well-documented. But with that, this city is now home to some remarkable, brilliant people and fascinating companies. I want my listeners to meet those people, and to get to know them as neighbors.

It is sometimes very difficult to tell a comprehensive, balanced story in a minute and thirty seconds. I can take 15 minutes, or an hour, or all three hours if necessary. The other thing I want the show to be known for is balance and civility. I will talk with people from all walks of life, all types of political views, and perspectives.

I may not agree with them, and some of the audience may not agree with them. Will there be hard questions? Will there be some awkward exchanges? Your background is primarily in television.

What challenges have you found in being effective crossing over to radio? I anchored the news at the top of every hour, tore stories off the teletype machine, and wrote and read those stories on the air. It was my job to anchor world, national, state, and local news every hour, then play music on reel-to-reel tape decks and play the commercials during the breaks.

I also got my first taste of live sports coverage as they station covered Grove City High School. From there, I went to college at the College of Wooster. One of the big reasons I chose Wooster was for the radio station it had on campus. It was entirely student run and programmed. Because I had three years of commercial radio experience when I walked onto campus, I pretty quickly rose thought the ranks.

I was Sports Director my sophomore year and did college basketball and football. I was the General Manager my junior year and was responsible for a staff of more than students.

It also means FCC requirements and underwriting campaigns to pay for equipment and engineering needs. It was my responsibility to be the liaison between the College administration, station faculty advisor and the staff. After graduation from Wooster, I went into sales for several years.

Sold copiers and business machines for a while, then went to work for an IBM Business Partner selling computer systems and software to candy and tobacco wholesalers across the country.

That ultimately led to a full-time job with Capitol Broadcasting in Raleigh. They were the parent company of the North Carolina News Network.

I was also responsible for recruiting affiliate stations to carry the show. All that sports and radio background taught me about preparation, about how to get ready to call a game by knowing the back-stories on players and coaches. But more than anything else, it taught me how to think on my feet, to paint pictures with nothing but my voice and the sounds coming through a microphone. It taught me how to interview people at their highest and lowest times of their careers.

In what ways do you plan to engage your listeners? One of the highest compliments I have been paid in my career came from Henry Winkler. I interviewed him on live TV several years ago here in Pittsburgh. It was about a 6- or 7-minute segment. You knew things about me and asked questions I have never been asked before. I could have talked with you all morning. Many times, when we finish the interview, they tell me how at ease I made them feel.

They felt like they were heard. The felt safe talking with me. And this comes has come from Republicans and Democrats from people of all races and religions. Callers have told me the same thing when I have done call-in shows. We may not agree on the subject matter, but we can have a civil conversation. You treat them with respect. I try very hard to live my life by the Golden Rule that I learned in Sunday School many years ago in church.

My experience has taught me that by doing that, the engagement with listeners and guests becomes much easier. Pittsburgh is a market full of many talented radio personalities and many are fighting for the same audience that you are. How do you plan to stand out? By being genuine to who I am and what I believe. I am not a yeller. I am not going to call names. I am not going to puff out my chest and tell everyone how great I am. My job is to work hard, to prepare, to find great guests through my years of experience as a journalist, to get those guests to be on KDKA Radio with me, and the allow them to tell us what they know and what they think.

To allow them to be the teacher for the segment, to help make us smarter, kinder, better, more informed. I believe people are starved for a level of civility that is lacking in our culture today.

Finding younger listeners is something that many in news radio and news media in general feel as a high priority. What are your overall thoughts on that? How will you bring new listeners to the party so to speak? My wife Jenny and I have three amazing sons. They are 24, 22, and They studied three very different things. Our oldest was a double major in Biology and Cognitive Science at Case where he also played baseball. He was a four-year starter on their baseball team. He now works as a financial analyst in Charlotte, NC.

Our youngest is a junior at Allegheny College. I say to because Jenny and I have spent a tremendous amount of time with them and with their friends and their teammates who are from all across the United States.

I also spent nine or ten seasons hosting Hometown HighQ on television here in Pittsburgh. It is an academic quiz show for high school students. I love those kids and have kept in touch with many of them through social media and conversations with their parents and teachers after their graduation.

I feel a connection with those kids. They teach me about what is important in their lives, about what is happening in their schools, about the things that matter to them and their friends. I have hosted more than a hundred assemblies in area high schools about safe driving through the Ford Driving Skills for Life Assemblies. Talking with kids face to face about the hard decisions they will face being the wheel — and about the consequences of bad decisions has been an eye-opener for me.

How do you overcome the challenges of delivering stories that cut through the clutter?