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Mike Street

IT'S SYDNEY!

About Me


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- I GOT MY START IN RADIO AT WDCE 90.1FM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH MANY MOONS AGO. I LIKED IT. IT STUCK. I STARTED THE "URBAN" PROGRAMMING ON THE STATION (IF YOU HEAR ANYONE EVER REFER TO WDCE 90.1, THEY DIRECTLY OF INDIRECTLY CAME THROUGH MY DOOR) "THE U.R. HOUSE PARTY" WAS SOON BORN. A MIX SHOW LIKE NO OTHER AT THE TIME. A "WHO'S WHO" OF RICHMOND RAPPERS AND FUTURE RADIO PERSONALITIES GOT THEIR FIRST "SHINE" ON THE SHOW (THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE PUBLICLY RECOGNIZED THE U.R. HOUSE PARTY AND ME AS INFLUENCES ON THEIR LIFE PATH, THOUGH A WHOLE LOT SEEM TO LEAVE THIS OR THE FULL STORY OUT OF THEIR SELECTIVE MEMORY BANKS- FOR THIS OVERSITE, THEY ARE EXCUSED. THEY KNOW, AND I KNOW. HELL, MAYBE ONE DAY I'LL PULL THEIR CARD ON IT PUBLICLY. ONLY THE GUILTY NEED WORRY. LOL) THE NEXT STEP WAS THE 5'OCLOCK MIX ON WCDX POWER 92 (THEN 93) WITH AARON MAXWELL (A MEETING SET UP BY LES JONES) THE NEXT STEP WAS A SHOW THAT I DUBBED "FRIDAY NITE/ SATURDAY NITE FLAVA" WITH STRESS (CURRENT MIDDAY HOST ON POWER 92). A FEW YEARS LATER I RECEIVED AN OFFER TO DO AFTERNOON DRIVE AND THE MUSIC DIRECTOR DUTIES AT POWER 92. I ACCEPTED AND PROSPERRED. DUE TO DECEPTION ON THE PART OF THE PARENT COMPANY OF THAT STATION (AN ACCEPTED BUSINESS PRACTICE) AND THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW STATION IN RICHMOND, I MOVED MY THINGS OVER TO WBTJ 106-5 THE BEAT TO DO NIGHTS. CURRENTLY I DO WHAT I DO IN THE AFTERNOON DRIVE SPOT AS THE HOST, MIXER, MUSIC DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT PROGRAM DIRECTOR. NEXT...YOU'LL SEE! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxx SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GIVE BACK. ON JUNE 1ST I DECIDED TO DONATE MY HAIR, WHICH I HAD BEEN GROWING SINCE 2001, TO LOCKS FOR LOVE. FOR INFO ON HOW YOU CAN DO THE SAME CHECK OUT WWW.LOCKSFORLOVE.COM. IT'S WORTH IT!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/22/2006
Band Website: WWW.1065THEBEAT.COM
Band Members: MIKE STREET (YOUR BIG HOMIE), YOUR FAVORITE CELEBRITIES, ALL OF CENTRAL VA!
Influences: MY EARLY RADIO INFLUENCES INCLUDE (BUT NOT LIMITED TO): KIRBY CARMICHAEL, THE Z-ROCK CREW (BRAVADOR AND FRESH) THE ORIGINATORS OF THIS VA MIX SHOW THING, & RED ALERT. ************************************************************ ****** MY MIDWAY RADIO INFLUENCES INCLUDE: TERRY LEWIS (HOOKED UP MY FIRST COMMERCIAL MIX GIG, MAGIC 99- ORIGINAL FUNK BROTHERS), AARON MAXWELL (HOOKED UP MY FIRST COMMERCIAL ON-AIR GIG), ICE TEA THOMAS, E. LEE, BOODAH BROTHERS ************************************************************ ****** RECENT RADIO INFLUENCES: LISTENERS
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SOME OF MY FAVORITES
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Getting your record played on the radio (pt1)

Prologue: I'm taking the time to type this (at 3am), because I realize that there are a lot of people who JUST DON'T KNOW how the music industry as A WHOLE works. They know how to rhyme, or they know ...
Posted by Mike Street on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:01:00 PST