So it's officially been one week that I've been in the New Bern/Jacksonville, NC area. I left Youngstown around 9:30pm back on July 11th and after many bathroom stops, 2 wrong turns, and 12 hours... I arrived at my new home!
My family helped me move, which I greatly appreciate! Without them this move would have been tuff in more ways than one.
I started at Rock105 (WXQR) on Monday, July 14th. The place is great. My co-workers are awesome and willing to help me while I learn the ropes. It's amazing that even though I'm not at WWIZ anymore that I have found the same personalites in the people down here vs. back home.... which is nice.
I started my on-air shift on Tuesday - an hour late, I'm supposed to be 2-7p, due to some issues with spots. I've been working 11-12 hour days, which is what I was doing in Youngstown. I've got some great ideas for the station and you will hear the difference in a few weeks. For those who want to listen... log on to www.CarolinasPureRock.com, click "Listen Live", select the 64 or 32 bit streams, and enjoy!
I was at the station on Saturday to get some odds 'n ends taken care of and ended up being there most of the day off and on. Tropical Storm Cristobal formed back on Thursday and was supposed to hit NC late Saturday/early Sunday. I had to keep updating the weather as new info was coming out about the storm... no complants though... we are a "public service" station as all radio is... plus I didn't have much to do anyways.
I am still learning the area. Went to Jacksonville for the first time on Friday for an event at the Party Zone, from there went to Hooligans Music Hall - which is a nice venue, can't wait to do some shows there.
So there's a quick update. I'll try to do one a week for my first couple weeks down here. Hit the new MySpace page (www.MySpace.com/StylesRadio) and check out some of the new pictures I've posted from my time down here, so far.
Hope all is well for you!
Rock On!
~Wes
