he is responsible for my guest this morning as he was back in february with donna lacey junior. the actor and comedian. i know this guest also will be stimulating and give us a lot to learn from his great gifts. we also have -- ahmat car. one of my favorite things is autobiographies and memoirs. i love people that have -- that tell the story. let's start there before we begin with your organization. >> i have been in radio for almost 20 years. 20 years next year. >> they call you the voice? >> yes. i don't know why. when i discovered that, i left here -- i am originally from the bay area. i left the bay area and went to los angeles to start my radio career. everybody was saying, you should do radio. i was like, okay. let's give it a try. i have been in love with radio since the old days. i took a chance. i took a risk. based on my confidence and said, i will move to la. so i went to la. i was in la maybe two months before i got my first radio job which was actually working for cbs radio. and that was the start of the wonderful radio career. >> let's back up. you grew up in alame