Re: My Personal Do-Over

I just sat down and figured it out. In my radio days, I lived at (excluding moves from one local place to another, better place or a purchased home) eleven residences in that many radio markets between 1971 and today.

I've been here since late 1985, since late 1980 until I moved from VA. Thirty years in two markets, with ten years or so in ten others, an average of one year per market.

My kids both remember us getting into the car after the movers took it all into boxes and saying "Here we go, on another adventure!"

We did that too much, although we had fun here and there.

Financial cost: nothing, never paid for a move. The new station always paid. That doesn't happen anyomore.

Personal cost: an exploding ex-wife who thought that our career in radio would make her rich. It didn't and when my workaholic ways displeased her, she tossed me out and life went on.

Next/Final wife: Mother of two daughters, and as much a workaholic as I ever was. We still get it all done on schedule.

She's become the real Mom for my kids as well as hers.

I have to consider myself mighty lucky.

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