When I first got to FUV, after many years working down the dial in commercial radio, I wasn't quite sure how I would fit into the unique, non-commercial world of 90.7 FM. Well, five years and over 1,200 shows later, it feels like a great fit.

The first thing I did when I came down here was dial numbers for American Legion posts, ... A few of us made phone calls to national and wanted to know why there was no post in this area and found out others had asked as well.

An analogy would be when you're scanning the radio dial and you get the same station separated by a small blank space. The size of the blank space is directly proportional to the strength of the magnetic field at the location in space where the station is being broadcast.

I know radio has changed with the death of WNEW and things that have happened with other stations. But I don't rant and rave about commercial radio. I made a good living there. I still have friends there. I just consider myself lucky to be where I am.

There were times when it was quite chaotic. It was very busy with a lot of luggage around. Sometimes it was literally a fight to get a boarding pass.

You're never quite sure how they're going to react during the first part of the year.