i have in part of wfan since 1987. i have been in the same job since 1989. kind of warring.on. i used had a partner, i lost him about -- somewhere along the way. i look up and he was gone. i think he is working. i sent out notes. he is doing fine on a different part in doing a baseball show. all you read now is consolidation leads to death clusters, which to me is a dirty word, cut tax, nobody has a good word for radio anymore. i am here to tell you even now i am probably close to the finish, if -- back when i was pounding on the door to get in, it took me 18 interviews to get hired. i would be as bullish on radio and as gung ho about getting a career and feeding my family and radio now as it was then. i am just telling you. i will tell you why. i know you don't believe me. because all you hear now is that company. i work for a big company now and i fight with them. some of my executives are in the room. i have not talked to them in months. maybe years.

now i've been part of wfan since 1987. aye i've actually been in the same job since 1999, same hours, same time, same station since 1989. it's been a long time. i used to have a partner. i don't know where he went. i lost him somewhere along the way. after 19 years, i looked up, he was gone. i think he's working but i haven't been able to find him. i send out notes, everything. he's doing fine, though, on a different part of it. obviously it's serious and doing a baseball show. but all you read now is consolidation leads to death, clusters which to me is a dirty word, cutbacks. i mean, nobody nobody has a good word for radio anymore and i'm here to tell you even though i'm probably a little closer to the finish than i am the start. if i was -- back when i was pounding on the door to get into wfan and it took me 18 interview to get hired folks -- i would be as bullish on radio and as gung-ho about getting a career and feeding my family in radio now as i was then. i'm shoous why. i know you don't believe me. i'm telling you.

i have in part of wfan since 1987. i have been in the same job since 1989. kind of warring. same time, same station. i used had a partner, i lost him about -- somewhere along the way. i look up and he was gone. i think he is working. i sent out notes. he is doing fine on a different part in doing a baseball show. all you read now is consolidation leads to death clusters, which to me is a dirty word, cut tax nobody has a good word for radio anymore. i am here to tell you even now i am probably close to the finish, if -- back when i was pounding on the door to get in, it took me 18 interviews to get hired. i would be as bullish on radio and as gung ho about getting a career and feeding my family and radio now as it was then. i am just telling you. i will tell you why. i know you don't believe me. because all you hear now is that company. i work for a big company now and i fight with them. some of my executives are in the room. i have not talked to them in months. maybe years. you can read about it. it is out there. i will not discuss that today. i would like to but i will not.

though i probably closer to the finish that i am the start, back when i was pounding on the door to wfan -- and it took me 18 interviews to get hired folks, i would be as bullish on radio and as gung ho about getting a career and feeding my family is radio now as i was led to -- as i was then. [applause] mike: i know you do not believe me. i'm telling you. all you hear now is that companies -- listen, i work for a big company now and i fight with them all. you can see that some of my executives are the room. i've not talked to them once. maybe even years [applause] mike: i'm not going to discuss that today. i like to, but i will. -- but i won't. the point is yes, it's hard. it's much more fun. i'm a big believer, although we caps on and so many other people who have done so well and built brilliant industries and as this is doing network radio -- businesses doing network radio mine has always been life and local an immediate and i like this small city here as my home turf. i think of it as my own as a matter of fact, folks. but my point is coming yes, it has changed. it is not going to c