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Moby The Man
The
Moby in the Morning radio program has always
featured strong listener interaction, parody songs and visits
from recording artists all tied together with Moby's genuine
and humorous approach to events of the day and his patented
exclamation, Yeah, Baby!.
Born
in Crossville, Tennessee, at the age of 15,
he landed his first radio job on WCSV/AM
in Crossville.
Moby attended Belmont College in Nashville
with the dream of becoming a H.S. band director. But radio
was under his skin, so he quit and went back to Crossville
and got a job at WAEW for 2 years. Then to
Columbia, Tennessee and finally to Nashville
to work for two stations in Nashville, one of which was WAMB
,a big band station where he made $100 a week.
He moved to the FM band in 1974 at WKDA-FM,
which became WKDF, then to WKQB (WLAC
FM) in Nashville.
The first out of Tennessee move came at 98 ROCK
in Tampa.
Moby
moved to Houston in 1981, and worked for
KSRR-FM (97 Rock) in Houston where he was
number 1 for 5 years. In 86 KEGL-FM in Dallas
for just under 2 years.. He retuned to Houston & KLOL
in 1988 and then moved to Atlanta
to join WKHX in Atlanta in 1991. This was
his first dive in country music (where he
had really always belonged). Within a year, he hosted the
top rated country morning show in the market. He was Billboard
country DJ of the year for 5 consecutive years, and
won the ACM DJ of the year award.
The
Biggest Small Town In America syndicated show started
in July of 2004. And the story continues.
Moby
loves community service projects and lends his talents to
sports arenas. He has also sung the National Anthem on many
occasions for the Atlanta Braves and Hawks
games. He has performed the National Anthem for the NFL,
NBA, NHL, NASCAR,
and major league baseball.
Plus many military events.
Questions to Moby
1. Who
is Your Favorite NASCAR Driver
The winner!!
2.
Favorite Color
The blue eyes of my wife, and the brown
eyes of my daughter.
3.
Favorite
TV Show/Programme
CSI & Law & Order
4. What
are your best Country Artists of the following Decades.?
60’s: George Jones
70’s: Merle Haggard
80’s: Alabama
90’s: Brooks & Dunn
Current: Too Many to mention
5.
Favorite
type of Drink?
Ice Tea
6. Best
“On Air” Moment?
Too many to mention over 35 years. There
have been many wonderful “on-air” moments.
7. A
Sad “On Air Moment”
It’s a long story, but getting
the wives/girlfriends of a group officers air fare to the
funeral of a fallen SWAT team member
8. Have
you made any major bloopers (Mistakes) on air?
A listener did it, but there was a horribly dirty word that
got on the air in Houston when a digital delay unit malfunctioned.
So, these days, it’s just a funny story tell
when
we’re swapping stories
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