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“We think of ourselves as a major radio station and don't worry about what New York is doing. You've got to have a product that stands up to some of the biggest brands in their formats in the world, whether it's CBS FM, Z100, or Q1043.”

A lot of people say it, but I think this company and this station really walk it in terms of local personality-driven community-engaged radio.

 ”I think it's fricking cheeky as hell of radio to go we need to target the younger demographics when we flat abandoned them 30 years ago when we decided that advertisers only wanted 25 to 54.

"I want everybody in Minneapolis, and it doesn't matter what station you're on, I want personalities."

Atlanta is arguably the Hip Hop center of the United States, so curating the station comes with a lot of eyes, ears and responsibilities.

The state of the state on Top 40 at the moment seems to be coming out of the doldrums that we've heard so much of over the years.

We're coming up on our 40th year of being Country here on QDR. We flipped from a rock format back in ‘84.

I am very aware, and I certainly don't take where I work for granted. We are very lucky to have ownership here that still invests in the station.

The library of a Classic Rock station is kind of the great American songbook. Americans grew up with these songs, and now you're getting into what I call second-generation classic rock listeners.

Before the Internet, we were the Internet for the African American community. We were music. We were gospel for inspiration. We were the newspaper, and we still are that world.