I was born in Erie, Pennsylvania on May 24, 1949. I lived most of my childhood on the beaches of Presque Isle and 'spinning the hits' at radio stations including the one I built in my basement. The broadcast range was only a few blocks but I kept the neighbors entertained. I had my first paying radio job at WJET. In 1967 I joined the Navy to be a photographer in 1967 only to find myself as a Seabee going to Vietnam. After serving in Quang Tri and Dong Ha with CBMU 301 and building an Armed Forces Radio station in Quang Tri, I was transferred to Alaska. I spent three years in the frozen tundra of Adak Island at AFRTS as a disc jockey, program director, TV newscaster and movie host. After discharge from the Navy I returned to Erie to work on radio, helped build WJET TV and WQLN radio and TV and attended Mercyhurst College. I left college to take a full-time position at a 5,000-watt radio station as the wild-and-wacky morning announcer. Maried Fran Portka who I met at Mercyhurst and then spent three years in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan near Mackinac Island. Moved back to Pennsylvania and spent 13 years as a morning man in Franklin, PA .That is where my children were born. Jonathan, Sarah and Marissa. We moved to Pittsburgh in 1989 and I was a freelance Videographer, TV producer for a program I created, 'Pennsylvania Adventures,' and also directed many sports events for Sports Channel America and KBL Sport Network.