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September 19, 2017
10 Questions with ... Chris AustinBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
I started at 94.3 KILO in 1996 doing weekend overnights. I moved over to Clear Channel in Colorado Springs in 2001 where I did a little bit of everything from on air to websites, promotions and was the assistant production director for 99.9 KVUU, 96.9 KCCY, 96.1 The Beat/ Mother, and KKLI 106.3. Across town to Cumulus in 2012 to do middays on 92.9 Peak FM, and then back to the building I started at in 2014 to do mornings and imaging on 103.9 KRXP.
1. How did you first become interested in radio?
When I was 8 or 9 years old our neighbor was the night jock on 94.3 KILO. She was nice enough to give my mom and I a tour of the station and I was hooked! I wanted to work there for sure! Then as I got older listening to KILO jocks like Allan White, Red Noize, and Big Phil Lawless sealed the deal. I was fortunate enough to start my career at the station I grew up listening to thanks to Rock N Roll Peg Pollard who convinced then-PD Rich Hawk to hire me.
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10 Questions with ... Corey O'Brien
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