I always wanted to be on the radio. And since my father was a guidance counselor, I assumed college was the way to do that. But the summer after graduating from Mt. Lebanon, I landed a job reading news for a small FM station in New Kensington, then hosted the morning polka party on WZUM, and soon after was hired as production director at WDVE. At 18 years old I was the youngest person ever to hold a management position at an ABC radio station. I never made it to college.

After 5 years at WDVE, I quit radio altogether to pursue another dream … to become an actor. I studied in NY at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and with Uta Hagen at the HB Studios, I acted in lots of Off-Off Broadway plays and a bunch of extra work in movies and TV, but alas … no acting career. It turned out to be for the best. In 1979 I joined NBC’s new rock network, The Source, and hosted the national syndicated Today in Rock History. Three years later, I formed my own syndication company, Radio Today, which I sold to the ABC Radio Networks in 1998. I stayed at ABC for 14 years as VP/Creative Director. I recently left and formed a new company, RTE Media, where I produce the classic rock series Time Warp. I authored a book, Rock Chronicle, in 1982.

I met my wife, Ashley, in a terrible play in 1994 and married her the following year. She now writes children’s books, and together we’re raising two teenagers in Saddle River, NJ. I play lots of tennis, am a USTA official, and hope to work the US Open this year. Or next.