Hello all. Lee John here. I guess my history in this business is not unlike others who fell in love with radio from a young age.

As a child, I would sit at our kitchen table and listen to the old radio on our counter belt out the sound of the morning "Disc Jockey". He would introduce the Top 40 Hits, give the weather forecast, talk to the "Characters" that called in, do interviews and contests. Radio was very "Magical" to me.

I began pretending I was a "Disc Jockey" when I was about ten years old and actually have a tape of me when I was twelve, hosting the " Lee John Morning Show", doing interviews, comedy, telling stories and giving a "Play by Play" account of the "GUY LOMBARDO NEW YEARS EVE PARTY" on the TV. All while sitting in my pajamas in my living room.

I started to do impressions when I was a kid, like Ed Sullivan, W.C. Fields, Kermit the Frog, etc. By the time I was 16 years old I did over 100 voices. I entertained at parties, fairs, and in theater productions in High School and did some voiceover work for my local radio station.

Eventually I went to college for Radio and Television Broadcasting. I did a number of College radio shows, and hosted Cable Television Programs. I continued with my love of Theater as well, and was in numerous productions in college and community theater.

I got my first job in Radio during my first year in College. I have worked with different Radio formats including "Music of Your Live", " Classic Rock", and " Adult Contemporary".

After decades of broadcasting I still feel like the little kid sitting at the kitchen table. RADIO is just as MAGICAL to me today.

Take care.
Lee John

Where it all started: I was born and raised in Dunkirk NY. That's where I started working in radio in high school.

To be honest, I actually had a radio station in my attic at home, but it consisted of a record player, an old reel to reel tape machine and a plastic microphone I found in our basement. So I guess that doesn't count. I worked at WDOE in Dunkirk, and WBUZ in Fredonia (before the FCC yanked their license). I am a SUNY Alfred grad, and a SUNY Fredonia grad.

I was also fortunate enough to work at WPHD-FM in Buffalo. I worked in beautiful Punta Gorda, Florida for a year before returning back home to work in Jamestown. I've done just about every shift in this town, broadcast PBP sports, and hosted a news/talk show. Now that I think about it, I've done the morning show on SE-93, WKSN, WHUG, and 103.1 The Fox. Wow! This guy just can't hold a job!

Where I am now: I love hosting the mid-days on the Fox! I can relate to so much of the music and find myself singing along to the songs! (lucky you can't hear me, or you'd turn quickly to another station!) I do find I appreciate all kinds of music...from jazz to classical to rock to today's dance stuff. In my other job I really need to know a little about a lot of different kinds of music to be successfull.

My other job: I have my own business, Dan Warren's Entertainment Express. I provide music for parties, weddings, school dances and such. I also have a
complete karaoke set-up which I take out quite frequently. Maybe I'll see you out and about some time, or if you're in need of a disc jockey for an event, give me a holler!

Why I'm still in this area: People ask this a lot. It comes down to this...for all that's wrong with this area, it's still a great place to raise a family! The quality of life is great, the people are wonderful, and I've been treated well in the many years I've been here. If I have to work a bunch of jobs to support my family (and my nasty eating habit!) so be it. To me it's worth it.

What you might not know about me: I once sold Little Debbie snacks and Entenmen's donuts! (I was eating more than I was selling, so I had to give it up!)

Thanks!
Talk to You on the Radio....

Dan

Nights with Alice Cooper airs Monday-Saturday from 7pm-Midnight on Jamestown-Warren's Rock Station 103-1 The Fox. The show is hosted by rock and roll artist and shock rock pioneer Alice Cooper. The show airs on nearly 100 radio stations in the USA, as well as on radio stations in Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Denmark, Sweden and New Zealand. Listen each night as Alice Cooper plays his favorite songs and often interviews celebrities such as Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Brian Johnson of AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Meat Loaf, Rob Zombie, Glenn Danzio, Def Leppard and Jerry Springer.

Nights with Alice Cooper features many segments, including Tuesday Bluesday, Freaky Factoids, Movie Music Madness, Cooper's Covers, Same Name (two different songs with the same name), Closet Classic, The Quiet Room, Lockdown Rockdown (songs for Alice's jailed listeners) and Songs We Just Don't Understand. Alice also plays his own rare songs and tells the stories behind them in the Alice's B.O. (Beyond Obscure) and Alice's Lost Hits segments.

Holidays are big events on Nights with Alice Cooper, especially Halloween. The radio show offers numerous contests and giveaways, including a flyaway trip to see Alice in concert; a trip to see Led Zeppelin in London; and in October, 2008, the giveaway of a signed ESP guitar. Alice is also a huge trivia buff, and gives away signed pairs of his own pants to listeners who correctly answer his questions, most about rare rock or movies.

Nights with Alice Cooper is produced by music journalist and former Rockline producer Katherine Turman.

When the Win Your Own Fishing Show contest came to Warren, Pennsylvania, Gary Wert’s friends told him he had to enter. "You’re a kook. You’d be perfect for it," they told him.

He had experience in front of the camera, shilling in TV commercials for the auto dealership group where he works in customer relations and sales training.

But work is something he does to feed his fishing addiction. Even on the day he was going to audition before our camera, he had to fish first. "I knew the folks from The Outdoor Channel would be there until 5 PM so I wasn’t planning on showing up until 4." He headed to his favorite spot, the Kinzua Dam area of the Allegheny Reservoir, around 2 PM and started hooking into the walleye, northern pike and catfish that abound there.

Gary is not an angler who dreams of exotic destinations. To him, paradise is a 15-minute boat ride from his house. "My real goal is to get folks to come here and promote my own home town," he said.

He’s active in the Kinzua Allegheny Walleye Association and in organizing its annual Disabled Veterans Benefit tournament.

He has gotten quite a bit of attention already. He has been on the front page of several local newspapers and on the local television news. The front page of the Kinzua Allegheny Walleye Association’s Web site urges visitors to view Gary’s video and vote for him.

His fishing obsession started early, when he was four or five years old and went fishing with his brothers. A few years later, the boys would hop on the streetcars in Pittsburgh with their rods and tackle and head out the local rivers. "We caught mostly carp and catfish," he said. "Back then, the rivers were dirty and you didn’t get the walleye you do now."

When he is not on the water, he is watching his favorite fishing shows on The Outdoor Channel: Winkelman's Good Fishing, Fishing With Shelly and Courtney, Ronnie Kovach’s Fishing Ventures and Angler on Tour.

This summer, Gary filmed his episode with Outdoor Channel camera crews. His show, Gary's Goin' Fishing aired in August [2004].

White hair, one eye, thank God he can talk! And talk he does! Ron Smith has been in the business longer than most of The Fox's listners have been alive! Smith is best known around here as the voice of Statelien Speedway. He screamed over race cars for 15 years, giving up the mic in 2001. He was voted as one of the top 10 best track announcers on the East Coast by Dirt Track Magazine in 1994. For years, radio listeners, and TV viewers couldn't get away from him. His voice was what you heard on Erie Sports Store commercials, Marine Bank, Loblaws,. University of Buffalo, Tontine Carpet and Tile, John Ragala Chevrolet, and Mahan Motors.