"After KVI, I become the original GM of KUBE-93, and later added KJR-AM and FM into a partnership that I co-ventured with Ackerley in the mid 90's.
"There, I hired 15-year-old-Glenn Beck from Bellingham's Sehome High School to become KUBE's weekend overnight jock.
"Glenn Beck grew up in Mount Vernon...but when he was a teenager (after his mom's death) his dad remarried and they relocated to Bellingham. Glenn finished his high school at Sehome.
"When Charlie Brown and I launched KUBE in '81 we posted an ad in R&R looking for a weekend overnight jock. Glenn sent us a tape that was 'OK'...but he closed deal by being willing to work for $2/hour (then the legal minimum wage). So he got the gig.
"Charlie and I thought he was a student at Western - he looked like a college kid - we hired him to do overnights on Friday and Saturday nights.
"When his dad had to drive him to Leschi for his shift, we found out that he was only 15! He'd do the overnight, bunk out in the conference room, then do another shift on Sunday. Later, he would take a Greyhound from Bellingham to downtown Seattle and transfer to a city bus...again bunking out in the stations.
"After he graduated I helped him get a full-time job with our company's Provo, Utah station, doing mornings (we were part of Dick Marriott's First Media Corp).
"From there he went on to Houston, Providence, Philadelphia...all doing morning-zoo type shows.
Then he started doing talk for Clear Channel in Tampa, Florida. It was the 9-11 attacks and Clear Channel's decision to take his talk show regional on a half dozen Florida stations that actually 'launched' him onto a national platform."
Glenn Beck's rise and fall was meteoric.
Posted by: Mike Barer | November 12, 2011 at 07:35 AM
Good for him! That's how you do it! You have a dream and you chase it, no matter what the obstacles involved. Now he has his own network and media corporation! Kudos to Glenn Beck for pursuing his dreams and not listening to those who want (and wanted) to tear him down.
Posted by: JimF | November 12, 2011 at 12:46 PM
Oh, and Michael O'Shea: Jack Evans says hello!
Posted by: JimF | November 12, 2011 at 12:47 PM
Glenn Beck's rise and fall was meteoric.
Posted by: Mike Barer | November 12, 2011 at 07:35 AM
Reports of Glenn Beck's demise have been greatly exaggerated by wishful thinkers. Like him or dislike him, this self-proclaimed rodeo clown looks like he is around to stay.
Posted by: KS | November 12, 2011 at 01:49 PM
I can admire his drive and persistence in following his dream, but I still disagree with what he says and stands for.
Posted by: Norah | November 12, 2011 at 02:05 PM
@Norah: It's show business, nothing more.
Posted by: JimF | November 12, 2011 at 02:26 PM
KS I think you would support just about anyone who spewed the party line. Am I wrong?
Posted by: Jovita | November 12, 2011 at 05:01 PM
i wonder if that;s the same radio station in Leschi that is now or at least a few a years ago was a Spanish language station.
Posted by: Tommy008 | November 13, 2011 at 10:26 AM
What do you means by the so-called party line ? Could I not say that you support the party line, Jovita ?
More vague terminology searching for a gotcha.
Posted by: KS | November 13, 2011 at 12:01 PM
Now we know who to blame.
Posted by: Ellywood | November 14, 2011 at 06:05 PM
Beck is a bad dude, but since he came from WA, he's "our bad dude".
Shame on him for talking down folks like Cloward & Piven, George Soros, Cass Sunstein, Van Jones, the President - on occasion and the Occupy Insurrection inhabited by numerous Occutards.
Posted by: KS | November 19, 2011 at 09:27 AM
Beck is one of a kind, but he is not as venomous as the Mike Malloy types. Those who listen to Malloy do so to get their biases confirmed and their hate stoked.
Pretty much anyone who listens to Malloy for 'information' is really tuning in more so to rev up their emotions and not their intellect.
But Malloy has a crowd of loyal listeners, the 'low information' type.
Beck is someone to laugh at, especially when he pulls out the chalkboard and starts to diagram political events. He's that crazy Uncle we all have making asinine predictions.
Malloy isn't your crazy Uncle. He's that misanthrope who lives down the corner from you. One day he may get one of his looney listeners --and you know who you are-- to 'take action.' Sad that their is an audience for that crap, but it is true.
Posted by: Puget Sound Blathers | November 19, 2011 at 01:06 PM
Mike Malloy is one of a kind, but he is not as venomous as the Beckerhead types. Those who listen to Beck do so to get their biases confirmed and their hate stoked. Pretty much anyone who listens to Beck for 'information' is really tuning in more so to rev up their emotions and not their intellect. But Beck has a crowd of loyal listeners, the 'low information' type. Malloy is someone to laugh at, especially when he pulls out the quotes of the wacko right wing. He's that crazy Uncle we all have making asinine predictions. Beck isn't your crazy Uncle. He's that weirdo guy who lives down the corner from you. One day he will get another one of his looney listeners --and you know who you are-- to 'take action.' Sad that their is an audience for that crap, but it is true. It's already happened.
Interesting, isn't it, when you flip it around. You could replace Beck with Hannity or the Oxycontin One and it still works.
Posted by: Sam Pelligrino | November 19, 2011 at 06:49 PM
Two questions; Do you read Media Matters for the truth ? Did you participate in Occupy Seattle ?
Posted by: KS | November 19, 2011 at 07:16 PM
Except, of course, that Malloy has a track record of hate filled speech towards his 'enemies' ...but Sam, I thank you for the Low Information attempt on your part.
It was quite amusing.
Posted by: Puget Sound Blathers | November 19, 2011 at 07:21 PM
Oh yeah, the plagiarism without attribution reminds one of a School Teacher who really should know better.
I'm just saying... :)
Posted by: Puget Sound Blathers | November 19, 2011 at 07:24 PM
2 answers No and Yes.
I own a small business in Gig Harbor. You couldn't pay me enough to go through what teachers do nowadays. And since I copied what YOU wrote, who's attempt was low information? There, I just gave you credit.
Posted by: Sam Pelligrino | November 19, 2011 at 07:52 PM
Sam as a small business owner, tell me what would you do if a hundred or so came out to your business with signs protesting your involvement in OWS Seattle and blocked your customers from coming in and buying something?
Posted by: Progblogjunky | November 20, 2011 at 09:49 AM
Turn the fire hoses on them as they are probably 1 per centers who should be out helping the Junior League or some other lace hanky group. Remember ladies, in case of terrorist attack, go straight to the country club as they don't let just anyone in.
Posted by: Helen Hokinson | November 20, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Helen, thats so 60's. Catch up lest you be labeled a racist by the Progressives.
Posted by: Progblogjunky | November 20, 2011 at 04:56 PM