“The effect hip-hop had on me was enormous. I was exposed to it by happenstance. My father worked at a radio station in New York called WKTU Disco 92. It was the first radio station in New York City to play disco in the late '70s.” FirstsPlayFatherCitiesEffectsNew YorkLateHip HopRadioEnormousHipsHopsStationsNew York CityExposedDiscoRadio StationsHappenstance Author:Michael Rapaport
“My father used to get me to read the newspaper to him, as if I was a radio. I would stand there and read the 'Times.” IfsUsedFatherRadioNewspapers Author:Annalena McAfee
“I started a radio show where I interviewed comics. And I interviewed Leno and Seinfeld and John Candy and Father Guido Sarducci and Garry Shandling, all when I was 16. And they kind of told me what to do.” KindShowsFatherRadioCandyGuidos Author:Judd Apatow
“I heard my first laughter on stage, when I was about 10 years old. It was gold pantomime and I remember I was playing Baron Fitznoodle, who was the father of the ugly sisters in "Cinderella." And I walked on and got a great big laugh and I thought that was fantastic, until I looked down and found that my flies were open. And so I always check my flies. I even check my flies on radio.” YearsFirstsBigsRememberFoundFatherLaughingHeardStageLaughterGoldDown AndRadioUglyChecksFantasticPantomime Author:Michael Caine
“What daughter thinks of her parents in flagrante delicto? Yet, my mother, even after years with him, dropped hints such as, 'You know, your father enjoys his matinees.' I never even saw them go to the movies together. What could she mean? All those afternoons, I thought she was upstairs listening to La Traviata, and those high notes apparently were not coming from the radio.” ThinkingKnowsYearsMeanTogetherMotherFatherSexParentEnjoySawsListeningDaughterNotesRadioAfternoonHintsUpstairsHigh Notes Author:Joy Behar
“I was about 16 years old years when my father took me to a square dance festival in North Carolina. For the first time in my life, I found there was music in my country that you never heard on the radio, and you didn't hear on the juke boxes, and in theaters. I fell in love with it, especially the long-necked banjos.” YearsFirstsLongCountryFoundFatherHeardFirst TimeTheaterRadioBoxesSquaresFestivalsCarolinaNorth CarolinaBanjosOld Year Author:Pete Seeger
“One of my strongest memories is my father playing bongos in the living room in Detroit listening to Motown radio. He was this skinny white bald guy, but he was really moved by blues and Motown and funk.” GuyFatherMemoriesWhiteRoomsListeningMovedRadioStrongestSkinnyLiving RoomDetroitFunkMotownBongos Author:Sufjan Stevens
“I grew up on the Southside of Chicago. What people don't realize is that my father was a multimillionaire who owned 12 hotels, motels, a steel mill, a radio station, a club, nursing home, and a law office. So I think it's safe to say I'm a little above middle class and I'm a daddy's girl.” PeopleThinkingLittlesHomeLawGirlFatherRealizingClassMiddleGrewSafeOfficeGrew UpRadioClubsMiddle ClassHotelStationsChicagoSteelDaddyNursingMillsRadio StationsNursing HomeMotels Author:LisaRaye McCoy-Misick
“My father is doing a radio program - classical music. He has a beautiful speaking voice and that's his passion in life, his music. My mother lives in Melbourne and is an avid photographer. She's also started writing for a magazine out there and she submits poems, very funny ones, and articles. In some way or other, my family is always doing something with the media.” WayWritingBeautifulMotherPassionFatherVoiceMediaProgramMy FamilyPhotographerRadioMagazinesArticlesSubmitClassical MusicAvidMelbourne Author:Olivia Newton-John
“My father was a local radio celebrity in the Albany area while I was growing up. That was his dream when he was a boy. I learned from him that some dreams are attainable and the penalty for inaction is regret.” DreamFatherBoysGrowing UpGrowingRegretAreasRadioLocalsPenaltiesInactionAlbany Author:Jonathan Weeks