Those Were Good Times....

Mike Duffy, Director, Product Development, Tickets.com

Ask anyone that knew me in high school (and I mean anyone) if they thought that someday I would be a DJ and the General Manager of a radio station and they would laugh in your face.

I entered UC Irvine as a very shy nerdy kid quite unprepared for the college experience. I took the bold step of signing up to be a radio DJ at KUCI and after a few weeks of training I was on the air, terrified, but on the air. I have no idea how many people were really listening at the time but slowly I gained more confidence. My shows featured everything from soft jazz to punk to classical to folk music to spoken work to 30 minutes of a tuba playing one evolving note(it was college radio after all).

I eventually worked up to Training Director and even did color commentary and play-by-play for exciting Anteater basketball. This was the era of Kevin Magee and Scotty Brooks (current coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA). Much like John Rizzi, I DJ’d dances and parties and yes, The Romantics were always a hit.

For two years I also had the pleasure of serving as General Manager and leading a finicky crew of over 100 volunteers running the station.

Those were good times….