"Early Bird Breakfast" and "Saturday Night Cool Classics"
Aug 3 2010 1:11PM
Posted 568 days 11 hrs 59 mins ago
He grew up thinking he was going to be a professional wrestler, the next "Nature Boy," world champion. When that didn't work out because he had this fear of being hurt (yes wrestling is "entertainment" but you can still get hurt, BAD) he decided on a career that seemed much safer, radio. Keyword there is "seemed". Over the years Jon has rubbed elbows with country stars, had dinner with Bob Kingsley (CT40) and The Wilkensons (26 Cents), got drenched with the Bellamy Brothers, talked about the Opry on Bill Anderson's bus, and about the Andy Griffith Show on T. Graham Brown's bus. Actually, he's been on that one twice because Mel McDaniel (pictured with Jon above) barrowed it from T. Graham Brown when he came to town for the Shriner's show.
Jon is the one that keeps the party going on Saturday night (and has for over 11 years) with your favorite classic country requests. We call it the "Saturday Night Cool Classics." Big Jon calls it a chance to go out on Saturday night and "party" without his wife arguing about it... I mean because he's working... right? :)
During the week, Jon is the voice you hear before Carol Metz and the More Music Morning Show. Kinda of opening act for Carol, Jon brings you his "Believe it or Not," tid-bits about your favorite country stars, and those little things that can make life interesting with the "Early Bird Breakfast."
When he's not "playing" on the radio, he's busy "playing" with his three beautiful daughters. Which he says can be a full-time job on its own!
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Yeah, we all want to be responsable citizens and recycle - - but should we go to this extreme? Click on the picture to check out what this guy did with 3000 cans of Vault soda!!
'Big Brother' technology which monitors mobile phones remotely - without warning you that this is happening - is already in use in many major British retail chains, MailOnline can reveal.
The technology has quietly been in use in the UK for four years in several 'major' High Street malls and department stores, with little or no publicity.
It raises serious questions about privacy - and this weekend the launch of the technology in the U.S. for the post-Thanksgiving sales was been greeted with a storm of controversy... more.
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